2021
Commissioned for Ryan Scott, with support from The Canada Council for the Arts.

DURATION

8 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION

Snare drum (chopsticks, wire brushes, rute, sticks)

Snap Noir (solo snare drum):

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)

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Trudy Chan
Email: tc@blackteamusic.com
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