Rooted
General Info
Year of Published: 2023
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration::00:08:10
Cost: $24.00
Instrumentation
Concert Snare Drum & Muted Snare Drum & Glockenspiel
Description
Rooted by Brian Blume is a contemporary, advanced percussion solo with audio track accompaniment inspired from Blume’s personal reflection on life, the changes he has undergone, and the pillars that have remained constant. The piece musically embodies these concepts with recurring harmonic and melodic language along with rhythmic motifs that appear in various altered and unaltered states.
Written for two snare drums (one a muted, prepared drum) and glockenspiel, the piece marries many facets of Blume’s musical upbringing. The snare drum portions of the piece undergo numerous treatments from orchestral to rudimental and sometimes something in between. This provides a rich canvas for the performer to explore interpretation, touch, and tone.
The piece begins with whimsical, orchestral snare drum playing before ramping up into a more aggressive rudimental style. The middle of the piece is constructed of three components, including an interactive glockenspiel passage with the audio track, a bold and exuberant snare drum cadenza, and a disorienting snare drum section. Finally, the piece concludes with a flurry of blended orchestral and rudimental snare drum passages that propel the piece to the end.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba Solo
Like a Burden too Heavy
Stretch
Three Pieces for Marimba (Blume)
Unforced Rhythms
Winterludes
Snare Drum Solo
Beat Back
Kids These Days
Strands of Time
Multiple Percussion Solo
Mallets Duet
Songs of Eden
Winterludes for Two
Percussion Ensemble
Alarm! - Percussion Septet
Boiling Point
Black Racer - Multiple Percussion Quartet
Detour - Percussion 13
Hit It! - Percussion Quintet
Persistence - Percussion Quintet
Take Two
Under the Influence - Percussion Septet
West Winds - Percussion 10
Mallet Ensemble
Friction - Marimba Duet
Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel - Marimba Duet / Vibraphone Duet
Scenes from the Woods - Marimba Quartet