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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Date @ Eight
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Death by Oooga Booga
Medium-Advanced Concert Ensemble$45.00- Level: Medium-Advanced/Grade V
- Players: 10
- Length: 2:57
- State Lists: Indiana
Instrumentation: (2) Xylophones, Marimba, Vibes, Piccolo Snare Drum, Deep Snare Drum, (2) Toms, Floor Tom, China Cymbal, (5) Temple Blocks, Rainstick, (2) Congas, Concert Bass Drum, Resonant Wooden Boards, Small Gong/Large Bowl of Water, (4) Timpani, Shaker, (3) Suspended Cymbals, Wind Chimes, Bamboo Hollow Log (or similar effect), Deep Wood Block
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Diddle City
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Diddles-R-Us
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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Display
Advanced Snare Drum Solo- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Draggin’ The Seven
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Easy Winners, The
Medium Mallet Ensemble$20.00- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 4
- Length: 3:10
- State Lists: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Instrumentation: Xylophone, (2) Marimbas
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Elysium
Advanced Percussion Ensemble$50.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 17-20
- Length: 3:17
- State Lists: Florida, Indiana
Instrumentation: (2) Vibes, Chimes, (3) Marimbas (one 4 & 1/3 octave), Electric Piano, Synth, Deep Field Drum or Rope Drum, Piccolo Snare Drum, Concert Snare Drum, Tenors (Quints), Electric Bass, Drum Set, (4) Timpani, Gong, Wind Gong, Impact Drum, Bass Drum, (4) Concert Toms, Wind Chimes, Small Triangle, Large Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Multiple Suspended Cymbals
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Entertainer, The
Easy Concert Ensemble$35.00- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 6-8
- Length: 1:56
- State Lists: Florida, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Instrumentation: Bells, Xylophone, Marimba (optional), Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum, (3) Timpani, Tambourine, Wood Block, Siren Whistle
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Fanfare & Romance
Medium Concert Ensemble$25.00- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 4
- Length: 3:06
- State Lists: Florida, Texas
Instrumentation: Concert Snare Drum, (4) Concert Toms, Concert Bass Drum, Wind Chimes, (4) Timpani, (4) Suspended Crash Cymbals, Mounted Triangle, (5) Temple Blocks, Chimes, Marimba (4 octave)
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Fantastic Voyage
Advanced Marching Feature$55.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Length: 1:21
Instrumentation: Snare, Tenors, Cymbals, Bass Drums, Bells, (2) Xylophones, Marimba, Vibes, (4) Timpani, Assorted Crash Cyms, (2) Sus Cyms, China Cym, Concert BD, Mounted Tambourine, Hand Drum w/Whisk Broom, Sleigh Bells, Small Gong, Tambourine w/head, Wood Block, Triangle, Bongos, Salsa Cowbell, Brake Drum, Splash Cym, Large Plastic Barrel, Metal Garbage Can Lids, Chimes, Large Gong
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First
Advanced Snare Drum Solo- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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First Solos and Duets
A collection of 15 (grade I) solos and duets for the snare drum, keyboard, timpani and multi-percussion. Including 3 bonus solos and 1 duet that work with RLP’s “Toolbox Curriculum” tracks. (Downloadable on this page!) Great educational tools as well [...]$15.00- State Lists: Florida
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Five Against Two
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Flammin’ Round The Mountain
Easy Snare Drum Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Flight to Turkey
Advanced Percussion Ensemble$50.00- Level: Advanced/Grade VI
- Players: 13
- Length: 4:44
- State Lists: Florida, New York, Texas
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
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Funky Fat
Medium Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium/Grade IV
- Players: 1
From The Rudimental Cookbook (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Git’n Jiggy With It
Medium-Advanced Snare Drum Solo- Level: Medium-Advanced/Grade V
- Players: 1
From Just Desserts (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Snare Drum Solo
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Googlyelmos’s Quest For Glory
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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Groove 3
Grade II Multi-Percussion Solo- Level: Easy/Grade II
- Players: 1
From Multiplicity (not sold individually)
Instrumentation: Multi-Percussion Solo - 2 Pitched Concert Toms