Ryan Scott
21st Century Canadian Snare Drum

out: February 13, 2026 on Collection QB (2xCD/DL)
genres: Contemporary Music, Percussion Music, Electroacoustic

RYAN SCOTT — ryanscottpercussion.com
COLLECTION QB — collectionqb.com | collectionqb.bandcamp.com
DAME —  actuellecd.com

Toronto’s Ryan Scott, a formidable contemporary music percussionist, released the 21st-Century Canadian Snare Drum, a two-disc affair with the Quatuor Bozzini’s Collection QB imprint. While it centres an instrument with a relatively narrow sonic scope, it’s a remarkably varied set that showcases the versatility and pliability of the drum in question. It also features some of today’s most exciting composers, with contributions from the likes of Bekah Simms, Michael Oesterle, Nicole Lizée, Anna Höstman, Andrew Staniland, Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Amy Brandon, and Monica Pearce, artists who explore everything from delicate, stripped-back pieces to peculiar rhythmic invention, intricate electroacoustics to probing the resonances of the snare drum.

COVERAGE:
Award Nomination — Jury Zeitgenössische Musik, Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik
List — Upcoming Releases, Tinnitist
List — Upcoming Releases, A Closer Listen
List — New Album Releases, Exclaim!
List — Upcoming Canadian Releases, Cups N Cakes
List — Aktuelle Neuerscheinungen, Minutenmusik
List — Nouveautés musicales du 13 février 2026, Caisse de son
News/ List — Darryl Sterdan, Next Week in Music | February 9-15 • The Long List: 415+ Releases On The Way, Tinnitist
Newsletter/ List — A Closer Listen Weekly #100, A Closer Listen
Newsletter/ List — A Closer Listen Weekly #101, A Closer Listen
Newsletter/ List — A Closer Listen Weekly #102, A Closer Listen
News/Preview — Viva Scene
News/ Preview — Wideblick
News/ Preview — Frontview Magazine
News/ Preview — Eksperiment
Preview/ Facebook — Clair et obscur
Interview — Anya Wassenberg, INTERVIEW | 21st-Century Canadian Snare Drum: Percussionist Ryan Scott Talks About His New Album, Ludwig Van Toronto
Review — Martin Hufner, HörBar neue muzikzeitung
Review — Simon Heggum, Seismograf
Review — Frédéric Cardin, PAN M 360
Review — Jon Worley, Aiding and Abetting
Review — Russell Trunk, Exclusive Magazine
Review/ Round-up — Peter Margasak, The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, February 2026, Bandcamp Daily
Review/ Round-up — Gianluca Diana, Gli Ultrasuonati, Il Manifesto
Review/ Round-up — Frank P. Eckert, Motherboard: März 2026, Groove
Review/ Round-up — Singoli febbraio 2026: parte 1, Europa e cultura elettronica
Podcast — Discussions in Percussion #475
Podcast — The Moderns, #406
Podcast — Different Noises #130
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 30, CJSW (April 23, 2026)
Radio/ Chart — Top 10 Experimental/ Contemporary Classical, CJSW (April 23, 20
Radio/Interview — Noise, CJSW (April 16, 2026)
Radio — Flight Risk, KOP (April 8, 2026)
Radio — That’s Classical?, CJSW (April 5, 2026)
Radio — A Fresh Pair of Ears, Sooke Community Radio (March 30, 2026)
Radio — Elysian Fields, KXCI (March 21, 2026)
Radio — Towards The Creative Nothing, CKXU (March 17, 2026)
Radio — The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa, WRUV (March 17, 2026)
Radio — It’s Complicated With Dave Mandel, WFMU (March 16, 2026)
Radio — La Croche Oreille, CKRL (March 15, 2026)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (March 15, 2026)
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (March 12, 2026)
Radio — Playing Enough New Interesting Stuff, KAOS (March 10, 2026)
Radio — That’s Classical?, CJSW (March 8, 2026)
Radio — Outside In, CICK (March 1, 2026)
Radio — Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol, WFMU (March 1, 2026)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (February 28, 2026)
Radio — Melody in Mayhem, Asheville FM (February 27, 2026)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (February 24, 2026)
Radio — Not Brahms and Liszt, WMBR (February 23, 2026)
Radio — Valckenaers & Vanhoudt, VRT/ Klara (February 22, 2026)
Radio — That’s Classical?, CJSW (February 22, 2026)
Radio — The New Music Show, BBC Radio 3 (February 21, 2026)
Radio — Classical Connection, CFCR (February 18, 2026)
Radio — Daniel Blumin, WFMU (February 16, 2026)
Radio — The Jazz Disturbance, All About Jazz (Febraury 16, 2026)
Radio — Pushing The Envelope, WHUS (February 14, 2026)
Radio — No Pigeonholes EXP, KOWS (February 12, 2026)
Radio/ Feature — Flight Risk, KOPN (February 11, 2026)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (February 10, 2026)
Radio — Outside In, CICK (February 8, 2026)
Radio — Cooler Classics Extra, NCCR (February 8, 2026)
Radio — Don’t Trip w/ Margarita, NTS Radio (February 6, 2026)
Radio — Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol, WFMU (February 1, 2026)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (February 1, 2026)
Radio — Música para aeropuertos, RTVE3 (January 25, 2026)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (January 25, 2026)
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (January 22, 2026)
Radio — Polyglot with Jesse Dorris WFMU (January 21, 2026)