Written in three movements, Lonely City Suite is
an outstanding new solo for concert snare drum. It requires a virtuosic
approach to the instrument and demands a high level of technical proficiency
towards extreme dynamics and touch.
The first movement, "Another Day in the Back
Bay," combines techniques found in many orchestral snare
drum etudes and "groove-like"
micro-temporal structures. The second movement, "Things
Fall Apart," is intended to be a mixed-meter funeral march.
The third movement, "Last One Out," is in
short rondo form (A-B-A-C-A) with the content of the "B"
and "C" sections consisting of expanding rhythmic cells.
Lonely City Suite comes as a professionally
bound folio, and is not available as downloadable merchandise. |