Executive Director for the Symphony of the Mountains Orchestra, Percussionist, Freelancer, and Educator Cassidy Lester stops by to talk about her work with the Symphony (03:05), her freelancing and teaching and how important performing is to her mental health (16:30), growing up in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee, traveling with family to jam band concerts, getting into percussion, and her unique marching experiences (31:30), attending East Tennessee State University, getting her undergrad and MBA degrees, and how COVID changed her path (51:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of instrument stereotyping, the Pride and Prejudice movie from the mid-2000s, the Fourth Wing books, and great artwork (01:12:05).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 nonfiction book Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld (01:52:00).
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Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
“The Hero” - Clarice Assad (arr. TCP)
“Second Thoughts” - Evan Chapman
“Happy Now” - Blue Iron Community Steel Band
“Watercolor Sun” - Ivan Trevino
Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival
“Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance
Pride and Prejudice Original Soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trailer
This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin
Rhinoceros Success - Scott Alexander
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
Vampire Diaries: Season 1 trailer
Four Darks in Red - Mark Rothko
Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill
Raves: