Percussionist, Composer, and Solo and Chamber performer Britton-René Collins stops by to talk about the Excelsis Quartet and its importance in the percussion field (02:30), the Vision Duo with violinist Ariel Horowitz, and getting into composing and arranging (13:40), the 2022 PASIC panel on Black Women Percussionists, including discussions of isolation, loneliness, and the pressure of the “superwoman” complex (24:40), growing up in Gainesville, Fl, her piano background, and her very accomplished musical family (46:00), going to the University of Toronto (ON) for her undergrad, and attending soundSCAPES in Italy (01:02:10), studying her Master’s at the University of Michigan (01:14:45), and takes on the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of the Harry Potter books and movies, Rafa Nadal, and Chan’s Chinese Food in Gainesville (01:22:20).

Finishing with a Rave on Baltimore Boys and The Boys of Dunbar (01:47:00).

Links:

Britton-René Collins’s website

Excelsis Percussion

Vision Duo

So Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

Doug Perkins

Concert Artists Guild

Marimolin

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