St. Olaf College (MN) Percussion Professor Matt McClung returns to talk about transitioning into full-time percussion before and during his master’s at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (02:45), going to Rice University (TX) for the doctorate (17:40), working for 3 years in the Honolulu Symphony (HI) (35:00), his job at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and leaving it to move to Minneapolis/St. Paul (49:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on student impressions, “bad” Tom Hanks movies, great authors, and Michelangelo’s “David” (58:20).

Finishing with a Rave on musical acts from the 2022 Roots N Blues Music Festival (01:28:30).

Links:

Part 1 with Matt McClung

Matt McClung’s St. Olaf page

“Music for Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

“George Washington Bridge” - William Schuman

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“Five Scenes from the Snow Country” - Hans Werner Henze

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Percussion Group Cincinnati

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