It’s essentially just a conveniently placed grouping of popular percussion instruments and yet, the drum kit is often cited as the dividing line between popular music and classical. We’ll examine how composers are using the drum kit today and what impact it’s having on genre boundaries.
Drum Kit: Problem Child
Playlist
Ted Hearne: Furtive Movements, III
Steven Snowden: For So Long It’s Not True
Alarm Will Sound; Payton MacDonald, drums
Christopher Rouse: Bonham
Perkussion NRW
John Elmquist: Treehouse
Hard Art Groop
Ted Hearne: Furtive Movements, I & II
Ron Wiltrout, drums; Ashley Bathgate, cello
Brian Baxter: A Message from the French Embassy fr. Book of Drum
Baxter, drums
Missy Mazzoli: In Spite of All This
Newspeak
Eric Moe: Concerto for Drum Set and Orchestra, Kick and Ride, I
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose