Moore, J.-Quit...-SD

Joe Moore III's Quit...for rudimental snare drum and its title, is essentially a bit of reverse psychology essentially encouraging the player to "quit" quitting and push yourself to achieve something you may have never thought you could.

Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation: Snare Drum

Program Notes
Quit... was written for my student Kathleen Camero to play as a jury piece in the fall of 2017. As percussionists, we encounter a plethora of instruments daily and we are required to master a level of proficiency each of them. So in essence, there are times when we are required to practice an instrument that we may not be extremely fond of because we don't think we are "good" at it. That instrument varies from player to player.

Sometimes when we are practicing the instrument we aren't so fond of, our tendency is to quit practicing, thinking we will never be as good as "so and so" on that instrument or that we will just never "get it." This piece and its title, is essentially a bit of reverse psychology essentially encouraging the player to "quit" quitting and push yourself to achieve something you may have never thought you could. I hope you enjoy playing Quit... and I hope it inspires you to achieve your dreams in ways you didn't think possible.

- Joe W. Moore III