High Point University (NC) Instructor of Percussion and Founder and C.E.O. of Motivational Arts, Performance, and Sound (M.A.P.S.) Chris Thompson stops by to talk about HPU and M.A.P.S. (02:15), Covid-19 (29:30), growing up all over the East Coast and Bahrain (37:00), High School Band, Race, Student Government, and Golf (48:30), undergrad at NC A&T, HBCU drumming, and jazz (01:00:30), his master’s at UNCG (01:15:30), and finishing strong with the Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).
Finishing with a Rave on John Lewis’s March Trilogy (01:49:30).
Links:
“The Lord’s Prayer” - Malotte/Gaines
“Flying Home” - Lionel Hampton
Raves: