Dietz-Barely Breathing (SP)-B/V/X/M/P

Barely Breathing is a work for percussion quartet. Dietz utilizes a substantial amount of membranophones that are accentuated by the metallic instruments.

Number of Players: 4
Difficulty: Grade 4+
Instrumentation:

Player I:Toms, Woodblock

Player II:Tambourine, Congas, Bongos

Player III:Cowbell, Timbales, Bass Drum

Player IV:Ribbon Crasher, Tom-Toms

Brett William Dietz (b. 1972) is Assistant Professor of Percussion at the Louisiana State University School of Music. He is the music director of Hamiruge (the LSU Percussion Group). He earned the Bachelor of Music in Percussion and the Master of Music in Composition/Theory from the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. In 2004, Dietz earned his Doctorate of Music from Northwestern University. He has studied percussion with Jack DiIanni, Andrew Reamer, Stanley Leonard, and Michael Burritt while his principal composition teachers include Joseph W. Jenkins, David Stock, and Jay Alan Yim.