In and Out of the Pocket
General Info
Year: 19
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kendor
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
each player needs: snare drum, bass drum, splash cymbal
Program Notes
Although Kendor designates "In and Out of the Pocket" a drumset quartet, it is not typical of pieces that feature four players sitting at immodestly large drumsets "trading fours." Rather, the piece reflects the composer's intellect and wit in creating a unique performance opportunity. For starters, the instrumentation of this piece is most unusual, with each player limited to a snare drum, bass drum and a single splash cymbal. This limited instrumentation is used in a most interesting fashion, however; the listener is kept off balance with the impression that the four drummers, much to their consternation, cannot seem to find the same groove. In fact, in one theatrical gesture, players are asked to "look confused." Beck cleverly accomplishes the out-of-time effects by changing tempi from measure to measure, using cross rhythms and requiring each player to execute a "solo out of time" over the established groove. Although the four players eventually get together at the end, the composer gets the last laugh in the final measure.
Reviewed By: John R. Raush
Review Originally Published: February 2002
Commercial Discography
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Snare Drum Solo
10 Intermediate Snare Drum Solos – Snare Solo
Advanced Solos for Snare Drum – Snare Solo
Bicentennial Drummer – Snare Solo
Classical Snare Drum Solos – Snare Solo
Colonial Capers – Snare Solo
Colonial Drummer – Snare Solo
Colonial Episode – Snare Solo
Siegfried Fink Siegfried - Fink Luxembourg – Snare Drum Solo
Timpani Solo
Alpine Slide
Grand Duchy
Grand Teton
Cross-Over March
Interactions for Timpani and Sound – with Electronics
Modulations – Timpani Solo
Motives – Timpani Solo; with Piano
Snake River – Timpani Solo
Sonata for Timpani (Beck) – Timpani Solo
Three Episodes for Timpani – Timpani Solo; with Piano
Three Movements for Five Timpani – Timpani Solo
Triptych Motif – Timpani Solo
Multiple Percussion Solo
Episode for Solo Percussion
Istra
The Inverted Pyramid
Concerto
Concerto for Drum Set & Percussion Ensemble (Beck) – Percussion Septet; with Drum set
Concerto for Timpani and Percussion Ensemble (Beck) – Percussion Quintet; with Timpani
Percussion Ensemble
Episodes for Percussion Trio – Percussion Trio
Fanfare for the Common Percussionist
Four to One – Percussion Duo
G-Force – Percussion Trio
In and Out of the Pocket – Percussion Quartet
In the Pocket – Percussion Quartet
Jazz Miniature – Percussion Sextet
Jazz Variants – Percussion Octet
Latin Fantasy – Percussion Sextet
Little March – Percussion Sextet
Overture for Percussion Ensemble (Beck) – Percussion Octet
St. Patrick's Shenanigan – Percussion Trio
Additional Resources