Dare to Drum

Dare to Drum

85 mins | Documentary | May 18, 2015

This film speaks to the uniquely inherent traits that drummers and percussionists possess as natural explorers of music and sound, and how this particular story explores the challenge of translating foreign voices of percussive expression into the dialect of a Western classical orchestra setting. Five accomplished percussionists, Drum, and a rock star composer, Stewart Copeland, come together with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a groundbreaking work.

Dare to Drum

85 mins | Documentary | May 18, 2015

Dare to Drum
This film speaks to the uniquely inherent traits that drummers and percussionists possess as natural explorers of music and sound, and how this particular story explores the challenge of translating foreign voices of percussive expression into the dialect of a Western classical orchestra setting. Five accomplished percussionists, Drum, and a rock star composer, Stewart Copeland, come together with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a groundbreaking work.
Producers
Original title Dare to Drum
Directors John Bryant
Writers

Cast

Stewart Copeland

as Himself

Jaap van Zweden

as Himself