Kutztown University (PA) Percussion Director and Department Chair Frank Kumor stops by to talk about his PASIC50 New Music/Research Day performance of Jennifer Stasack’s “Six Elegies Dancing” and his longtime connection to the piece (03:55), his job at Kutztown University, the connections to the Center for Mallet Research at the school, his percussion staff, and the odd path to his job becoming tenure-track (24:40), growing up in Wilkes-Barre (PA), his beginnings in percussion, and his keyboard and organ experiences growing up (57:15), his undergrad and graduate percussion work at Kutztown, Duquesne (PA), and the University of Kentucky, and his work in the music industry after his doctorate (01:09:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on providing percussion ensemble experiences to young percussionists, David Sedaris, great performances, and the Art Institute of Chicago (01:33:15).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film Bugonia (01:47:15).
Frank Kumor links:
Frank Kumor’s Kutztown University page
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner
“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout
Puerto Rico Festival de Percusiôn
Ballet Mechanique - George Antheil
The Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research
“Muskrat Love” - Captain and Tennille
“Run to the Hills” - Iron Maiden
“Fooled Around and Fell in Love” - Elvin Bishop
Run to the Light - Ivan Trevino
Raves: