Four Portraits of Jim, Snare Drum Suite - 8 Min.; 4 Sätze (Paradiddle, Jazzy, Latin, Contemporary); gewidmet James Petercsak; schwer

Dedicated to well known percussion educator Jim Petercsak, this work is a Grade 6  “tour de force” of styles  & sounds for solo snare drum written by Murray Houllif, a prolific composer of outstanding percussion music.  The 4 movements – “Paradiddle Jim” – “Jazzy Jim” – “Senor Jim” – Contemporary Jim” – exploit differing aspects of snare drum technique and sonorities.  In its entirety, this work is an excellent mature recital choice, or selected individual movements can be used  for contest or study.