Percussion: Star of the Show?

Imagine you're given the chance to compose a piece of music for....solo snare drum. What do you do? How do you go about it? The last 100 years have seen an explosion in the amount of music written where Percussion is the star of the show - solo pieces for multiple percussion instruments, concertos, duos, quartets and percussion ensembles. In this video I look at the influences that led to this rise in percussion compositions, and talk to percussionist/composer Gene Koshinski about how to write a piece with no pitches and also how to notate it!

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Videos referenced:

Gene Koshinski "Swerve" for Solo Snare Drum
   • "Swerve" for Solo Snare Drum by Gene Koshi...  
Gene Koshinski "As One"
   • "As One"  

John Cage Water Walk
   • John Cage "Water walk"  
Mahler 6 Hammer Stroke
   • famous hammer stroke Mahler 6th symphony   and    • HAMMER  
Opera Storm piece:
   • Marin Marais -〈Alcione〉Tempête (Jordi Sava...  

Monastery percussion    • TOACA (Semantron - the wood's song from mo...  

Steve Reich Drumming    • Steve Reich - Drumming  
Guatamalen Marimbas    • Some beautiful, traditional, marimba music...  
Steve Schick on Solo Percussion    • Steven Schick on Solo Percussion  

Ghana Drums    • KETE (Unity Drum, in Cape Coast, Ghana)  
Stockhause Zyklus    • Zyklus - Karlheinz Stockhausen  
Cage Sonata V    • John Cage - Sonata V (from Sonatas and Int...  
Ostinato Pianissimo Henry Cowell    • Ostinato Pianissimo by Henry Cowell  
Varese Ionisation    • Edgard Varèse, Ionisation - Ensemble inter...  
Stravinsky Soldier's Tale    • Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat (The...  
Baby Dodds:    • BABY DODDS (Full Film) -"NEW ORLEANS DRUMM...  
Feldman King of Denmark:    • The King of Denmark by Morton Feldman - pe...  
Psappha Xenakis    • Robert Rocheteau | Psappha by Iannis Xenakis  
DSO Percussionists    • A Day in the life of the DSO Percussionists  
John Luther Adams triangle piece    • John Luther Adams - The Mathematics of Res...