Nazareth College (NY) Percussion Professor and Director of the Music Business Program Kristen Shiner McGuire stops by to talk about Nazareth College and her performing career (07:35), her work with the Rita Collective (39:30), growing up in NYC and Potsdam, NY and the influence of her woodwind-performing father (46:00), getting her undergrad degree from the University of Illinois (01:05:00), studying with Keiko Abe in Japan after undergrad (01:14:00), her Eastman grad school years (01:23:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:36:10).

Finishing with a Rave and a Recording from the Rita Collective’s 2016 album Forty-One Seconds (01:52:45).

Links:

Kristen Shiner McGuire’s website

Kristen Shiner McGuire’s Nazareth website