High Point University (NC) Professor of Percussion, Theory and Composition Louis Raymond-Kolker stops by to chat about HPU, North Carolina, and teaching at Appalachian State and Winston-Salem State (02:25), getting into composing and the art of teaching composition (26:05), growing up in Austin, TX and getting into all things percussion (37:40), his undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce and his time in drum corps (49:05), his masters years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (01:08:15), his gap year before heading to North Carolina, including his time as a USPS letter carrier (01:18:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of “The Percussion Canon”, Jhumpa Lahiri, Miyazaki movie scores, and “Dave the Diver” (01:26:45).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film The Zone of Interest (01:52:35).
Louis Raymond-Kolker Links:
Louis Raymond-Kolker’s website
Louis Raymond-Kolker’s High Point University website
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
High Point University Community Orchestra
Partita for Eight Voices - Caroline Shaw
Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein
“Remember, Marimba” - Errollyn Wallen
“Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” - Keiko Abe
“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki
Great Plains International Marimba Competition
Raves: