Settle and Tompkins

I performed Charles Settle’s Communication Cinq Down and Joe Tompkins’s Hazel Nuts snare drum solos in my AD recital at Glenn Gould in Toronto, and they are based on French-American rudimental drumming, flow, and groove.

Girlfriend’s Medley

I recorded this arrangement by Bob Becker at NEC for my senior recital, and it is a fun, technically challenging, and ragtime piece for xylophone and marimba accompaniment!

Asventuras

This solo by Gerrasimez features several different ways of playing the snare drum, with sticks, brushes, hands, and timpani mallets, as well as some stick tricks and fun grooves throughout the piece.

Xenakis and Bui

I recorded Xenakis’s Rebonds B in Brown Hall at NEC, and start at 18:16 of the video. I commissioned Robbie Bui to write a piece for percussion and piano duo in my Bachelor’s recital.