Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 185 - Jessica Williams

Alabama State University Percussion Professor Jessica Williams stops by to talk about her current gig teaching at her alma mater, working on her doctorate and working as a caregiver (2:20), growing up in Jackson, TN, and her high school percussion experiences (29:15), doing her undergrad at Alabama State and her HBCU show-style drumming experience (47:30), her master’s at the University of Florida and working with Bill Shaltis at the University of Memphis (01:12:30), and takes some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on exercise and activity in these pandemic times (02:01:30).

Links:

Jessica Williams’ website

Jessica Williams’ Alabama State website

Synesthesia Suite - Andy Akiho

Andy Akiho

Ian Rosenbaum

Bill Shaltis

Teddy Hall, Jr.

Magic City Classic

“Clapping Music” - Steve Reich

“Four on the Floor” - Chad Rehmann

“Benediction” - John Stevens

“Just Buckets” - Brian Justison

“Taiko” - Scott Harding

“Do You Have a Light?” - Emmanuel Sejourne

“Total Praise” - Richard Smallwood

“African Wind” - Eckhard Kopetzki

Frank Shaffer

Kenneth Broadway

“Champagne Life” - Ne-Yo

“Fancy” - Iggy Azalea

“Spanish Dance” - Kai Stensgaard

“Asturias Leyenda” - Albeniz/Stensgaard

“A cricket sang and set the sun” - Blake Tyson

“Nocturne” - Andrew Thomson

“Cuban Overture” - George Gershwin

“Porgy and Bess" Suite - George Gershwin

Variations on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov

The Red Silk Thread - Stella Sung

Requiem - Verdi

“Point Blank” - Paul Dooley

Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith

El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copland

Overture to the School for Scandal - Samuel Barber

“Vesuvius” - Frank Ticheli

Die Moldau - Bedrich Smetana

Traveler - David Maslanka

In Evening’s Stillness - Joseph Schwantner

“Rebonds B+A” - Iannis Xenakis

Concerto for Marimba and Choir - Gene Koshinski

Aladdin trailer

The Lion King trailer

The Princess and the Frog trailer

Sextuplets trailer

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron trailer

“People” - Jonathan McReynolds

Terrell - Jonathan McReynolds

Terrell - Cynthia Erivo

“Purple Rain” - Cynthia Erivo