Trio in a Rudimental Style
Joseph Thompkins (b. 1970)

Players: Jonah Jaisen, Austin Mellen, Joshua Pyper

Trio was commissioned in 2002 by the New York Philharmonic percussion section. It is written in a funk-influenced rudimental style and features each player in turn as a soloist, backed by a groove-based snare and floor tom ostinato pattern.