Jason Baker (b. 1976) serves as Professor of Music and Percussion Area Coordinator at Mississippi State University. He holds degrees from the University of North Texas, New England Conservatory of Music, and University of Connecticut. His current performance interests focus on commissioning solo percussion music by emerging composers from the American South.
Jason has commercially released four solo albums, four etude books, and over 30 arrangements and compositions - many of which are included on s scholastic solo and ensemble music lists throughout the United States. His works have been performed at the Modern Snare Drum Competition, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Kaohsiung Band Festival in Taiwan, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
Jason is Associate Editor of New Literature Reviews for Percussive Notes and previously served as chair of the College Pedagogy Committee and president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He was a performing member with the Glassmen and Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps and later served on the instructional staff of the Boston Crusaders. Jason is proud to be an artist for the Yamaha Corporation of America, Innovative Percussion, Remo, Sabian, and Grover Pro Percussion.
An eccentric and thematic multipercussion solo that will challenge performers' technical skills while providing them with plenty of opportunities for individual musical interpretation.
This piece was written to combine rudimental drumming vocabulary with the structure and flexibility of a concert solo, and as such is intended for concert hall performance.
This is a marimba transcription of a very popular piece by Leo Brouwer. This arrangement captures the heart of the original work through the marimbas expressive range.
Written in three movements, this is an outstanding solo requiring a virtuosic approach to the instrument and a high level of technical proficiency towards extreme dynamics and touch.
Duration: 3:30
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 1 player
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