Description
Duration
8 min.
Commissioner
Ryan Scott
Instrumentation
Snare drum (chopsticks, wire brushes, rute, sticks)
Program Notes
“Snap Noir”, written for solo snare drum and commissioned by Ryan Scott, is a one-movement work consisting of six musical snapshots inspired by film noir elements (hence the title). Each “snapshot” explores differing snare drum techniques that is presented as a series of cinematically-inspired scenes that flow from one to the next without interruption:
I. Shadows (hands only)
II. Critters (chopsticks)
III. Hustler (wire brushes)
IV. Mumbles (rute with hand dampening)
V. Rush (sticks)
VI. Cadenzas (summarization of all previous techniques)