Fort Zumwalt West (MO) Percussion Director and Chapter President for the Missouri Percussive Arts Society Neil Flannigan stops by to talk about his teaching position (03:25), the MOPAS Presidency (21:40), growing up in STL, his percussion and guitar background, the band Rush, Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps, and working at Dierberg’s Grocery Store (31:00), attending St. Louis CC and the University of Missouri-St. Louis for undergrad, and meeting his eventual wife Jessie (47:30), his early teaching jobs, his decision not to follow the band director path, and landing his current position during COVID lockdown (01:00:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions about setting boundaries, Indian food, Jurassic Park, puppetry, bourbon, and great visual art (01:27:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic George Eliot novel Middlemarch (02:03:20).

Neil Flannigan links:

Neil Flannigan’s Innovative Percussion page

Neil Flannigan’s SABIAN Cymbals page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Jessie Flannigan in 2025

Alex Smith in 2018

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021