EuroBeat

drumline lot jam | marching snare + tenor (5 or 6 drums) + bass (4+) + cymbals (1+) | 1’15’’ | medium | 2024

Eurobeat is a veritable energy supplement for your marching percussionists. Sculpted in the style of “drum and bass” music and with a nod to Swiss drumming phenom Jojo Mayer, this fast and furious battery feature conveys the intensity of DnB style beats while remaining accessible to a broad range of experience levels. The piece is scored for four (or more) tonal bass drums, and an optional cymbal part has been included as well. I actually wrote this sometime around 2014 or 2015 (that’s when I first become a dad so the timeline is a little hazy…) and workshopped it a bit with my high school students in the following years.

Available for purchase here. Published by Tapspace Publications.