University of Washington Chair of Percussion Studies Bonnie Whiting stops by to talk about her percussion activities right now (02:45), teaching all up and down the West Coast and her school’s reaction to the coronavirus (15:30), growing up in Michigan and bringing her music to the underrepresented (27:40), getting her undergrad at Oberlin (OH) (43:15), starting her master’s, Tales and Scales, “selling out”, and catering to support herself (50:00), finishing up her master’s at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) before heading to UC-San Diego for her DMA (01:03:00), and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Becoming Bond (01:34:30).

Links:

Bonnie Whiting’s Washington homepage

Bonnie Whiting’s homepage

Seattle Modern Orchestra

Speaking Percussionist

Ted Poor

Christina Sunardi

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Steve Schick

Keith Claeys

Scratch Orchestra