Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 352 - Joshua Vonderheide (Part 1)

Percussionist, Educator, and creator of the Percussion Conservatory Joshua Vonderheide stops by to talk about his professional symphony experiences with the Malaysian Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony (03:15), the origins and operations of the Percussion Conservatory (22:05), growing up outside Houston (TX), his beginnings in percussion, and his experiences as a competitive swimmer (42:00), and his undergrad years of at Juilliard (NY) (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Monica (01:26:50).

Links to Previous Podcast Episodes:

Julia Gaines in 2016

Megan Arns in 2016

Edward Choi in 2023

Will James in 2017

Mike Sammons in 2022

Other Links:

The Percussion Conservatory

Joshua Vonderheide

Houston Symphony

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Chad Crummel

ExPat Car Sales

Pius Cheung

Nancy Zeltsman

Matthew Strauss

Ethiopia’s Shadow in America - Florence Price

“Cortege” from Mlada - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Craig Hauschildt

Eric Harper

Michael Webster

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphony No. 5 - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Brendan Hansen, swimmer

Michael Phelps’ diet

Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar

Greg Zuber

Dan Druckman

AXIOM Ensemble

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

Raves:

Monica trailer