Edward Freytag
Edward Freytag holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education (instrumental/vocal) from the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga and a Master of Music Degree in Jazz & Studio Performance from the University Of Tennessee At Knoxville where he studied with renowned jazz educator, Jerry Coker and drum set guru, Keith Brown. Mr. Freytag was Associate Director of Bands and Instructor of Percussion & Jazz at Cleveland Junior/Senior High Schools in Cleveland, Tennessee for 13 years. While in tenure at CHS, his marching and concert percussion ensembles and jazz groups received consistent superior ratings and first place awards. He was also the Director of Bands at LaVergne High School in LaVergne, TN for 12 years where his ensembles claimed many state and national titles.
He has taught applied percussion at Tomlinson College, Lee University, Cumberland University and was the Professor of Percussion at the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga. Mr. Freytag has been a percussion section member of both the Knoxville Symphony and the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestras. He served as Percussion Caption Head for the DCA Drum & Bugle Corps “Music City Legend” in 2008 and 2009. He also has an extensive background as an adjudicator and clinician in both the percussion and jazz areas.
Mr. Freytag has performed and toured extensively throughout the United States, Russia, Germany, England and the Caribbean Islands with such well-known artists as Liberace, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias, Steve Allen, Buddy Morrow, Donald Brown, Jerry Coker, Ron Miller, Ray Stevens, Bill Watrous, Terry Gibbs, Bud Brisbois, Dude Mowrey (Arista Records), Marilyn Martin (Atlantic Records), James T. Horn (Curb Records), Philip Claypool (Curb Records), Ric Ferrell (Dreamworks Records), Mindy McCready (RCA Records), Thom Ellis (E3 entertainment, LLC), Kimber Cleveland, Dr. Hook, Terry Radigan, the legendary Carl Perkins, and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. He has done openings for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Ray Stevens, Joe Diffie, Eddie Money, Tracy Lawrence, Rick Trevino, Billy Dean, Shaver, Radney Foster, Lorrie Morgan, Restless Heart, Martina McBride, Eddie Arnold, and Leroy Parnell. He has worked in management, promotions, production, and artist relations in the music industry in Nashville.
He is the founder of BOD Productions Music Services, Guru Graphics, Serious Percussion Publications, and is currently working as a freelance percussion artist and studio musician, private instructor, percussion and jazz clinician, and staff writer for Row-Loff Productions in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Freytag is currently the percussion and jazz specialist for Eagleville HS and Whitworth-Buchanan MS. He is the author of “The Rudimental Cookbook” and “Just Desserts”, the definitive statements in rudimental drumming, and has many published percussion ensembles, books, and solos on state music lists across the nation. Mr. Freytag is an endorser for Row-Loff Productions, KHS America (Mapex Drums / Majestic Percussion / Jupiter Horns), Evans Drumheads, D’addario, Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets, Sabian Cymbals, Humes & Berg Cases and Bags, and is a writer for Maxwell Tree Music. He will serve as the 2015 Percussion Caption Head for the Birmingham, AL Drum & Bugle Corps, “Southern Knights”. Mr. Freytag is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS), National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), Middle Tennessee School Band & Orchestra Association (MTSBOA), Tennessee Bandmasters Association (TBA), National Education Association (NEA), Tennessee Education Association (TEA), and the Rutherford Education Association (REA).
Works by Edward Freytag
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3.28 Pie Squared
Extremely Advanced Snare Drum Solo- Level: Extremely Advanced/Grade VI+
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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5 + 2 = 7
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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7even, 7even, 7even
Grade II Multi-Percussion Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From Multiplicity (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Multi-Percussion Solo - Concert Snare, High Timbale, Lo Concert Tom, Ride Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Mounted Cowbell, Mounted Tambourine
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A. B. Possitive
Grade IV Snare Drum Solo (from the book: The Orchemental Snare Collection)- Level: Medium-Advanced/Grade V
- Players: 1
From The Orchemental Snare Collection (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Accentuate
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Add A Pop
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Advanced WDL Concert Show 4
Montunosis, Flight To Turkey$95.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Length: 8:05
Instrumentation: Xylophone, Vibes, (1) 4-octave Marimba, (1) 4 1/3 octave Marimba, Chimes, Electric Bass Guitar, Concert Bass Drum, (4) Concert Toms, (3) Congas, Timbales, Splash Cymbal, Cowbell, Crash Bars, (6) Suspended Cymbals, China Cymbal, (2) Shakers, Triangle, Bongos, (3) Pair of Finger Cymbals, Mounted Tambourine, Hand Tambourine, Floor Tom, Djembe, Large Gong, Small Gong, Tenor Drum, Piano, Drum Set, Guiro, Cabasa, Claves, Castanets, Snare Drum
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Advanced WDL Show 2
The Awakening, Danzon Macabre, Death By Oooga Booga, The Seventh Degree$210.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Length: 6:46
Instrumentation: Snare, Tenors, Cymbals, Bass Drums, Bells, (2) Xylophones, (2) Marimbas, (2) Vibes, Chimes, (5) Timpani, (3) Suspended Cymbals, China Cymbal, Mark Tree, Gong, Concert BD, Shaker, Ride Cymbal, Bongos, Shell of Drum, (4) Toms, Brake Drum, Triangle, Piccolo Snare Drum, Deep Snare Drum, Floor Tom, (5) Temple Blocks, Rainstick, (2) Congas, Resonant Wooden Boards, Small Gong/Large Bowl of Water, Wind Chimes, Bamboo Hollow Log (or similar effect), Deep Wood Block, Hi Hat, Tambourine, OPTIONAL - Bass Guitar
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Advanced WDL Show 4
Divergence, Mad Man Maddox, Mendelssohn’s 4th, Letter From Home, Aerial Attack$225.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Length: 5:36
Instrumentation: Snare, Tenors, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drums, Bells, Xylophone, (2) Vibraphones, (2) Marimbas, Chimes, (4) Timpani, High Pitched Gong, (4) Concert Toms, Brake Drum, Shakere, Cowbell, Splash Cymbal, (4) Pitched Suspended Cymbals, (2) Triangles, Shaker, Finger Cymbals, Sizzle Cymbal, High Pitched Suspended Cymbal, Lo Pitched China Cymbal, Wind Chimes, Gong, High Pitched China Cymbal, Large Suspended Cymbal, Concert Bass Drum, Electric Bass Guitar, Crotales, Whip, Wood Block, Mark Tree
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And The Kitchen Sink
Extremely Advanced Snare Drum Solo- Level: Extremely Advanced/Grade VI+
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Baby Pie’s Dance
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Beast Mode
Advanced Marching Feature$55.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Length: :52
Instrumentation: Snare, Tenors, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drums, Xylo, Vibes, (2) Marimbas (4 & 1/3 octave), Timpani, (2) Brake Drums, (2) China Cymbals, (4) Suspended Cymbals, Metal Trash Can, Concert Bass Drum, 18" Viennese Crash Cymbals
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Beat 70
Advanced Percussion Ensemble$55.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 10-11
- Length: 5:00
- State Lists: Texas
Instrumentation: Bells, Chimes, Xylophone, (2) Vibes, (2) Marimbas, (2) Congas, Medium Wood Block, Shaker, Drum Set, Bass Guitar Optional Lead Steel Pan
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BOD And JFC
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Medium-Advanced Concert Ensemble$45.00- Level: Medium-Advanced/Grade V
- Players: 10
- Length: 2:36
- State Lists: Arkansas, Indiana, Virginia
Instrumentation: Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibes, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, (3) Timpani, (3) Triangles, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Small Tam Tam, (3) Suspended Cymbals
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Brazilian Dreams
Easy-Medium Concert Ensemble$35.00- Level: Easy-Medium/Grade III
- Players: 7-9
- Length: 2:56
Instrumentation: Bells, Chimes, Vibes, 4 Octave Marimba, Drum Set, Triangle, Congas, Concert Bass Drum, Claves, Timbales, Bass Guitar
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Cha-Cha-Ching
Grade III Multi-Percussion Solo- Level: Easy-Medium/Grade III
- Players: 1
From Multiplicity (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Multi-Percussion Solo - Concert Snare, High Timbale, Lo Concert Tom, Ride Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Mounted Cowbell, Mounted Tambourine
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Classicle
- Level: Easy-Medium/Grade III
- Players: 6
- Length: 2:20
- State Lists: New York
From Jamsicles (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Bells, Xylophone, Marimba (can be played with a single Xylophone or single Marimba), (2) Timpani, Headed Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, (2) Concert Toms, Triangle, Hi Pitched Tenor Drum, Wood Block or Jam Block, Snare Drum, Concert Bass Drum
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Crazy Eights
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Cuban Concerto
Advanced Concert Ensemble Featuring Solo Rudimental Snare Drum$45.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 10
- Length: 4:40
- State Lists: Florida, New York
Instrumentation: Solo Rudimental Snare Drum w/ Salsa Cowbell, Vibraphone, (2) Marimba, (2) Timbales, Splash Cymbal, China Cymbal, Vibraslap, (2) Bongos, (3) Congas, (2) Concert Toms, (2) Cowbells, Claves, Drum-Set, Electric Bass Guitar