Southern Oregon University Percussion Professor Terry Longshore stops by to talk about his job at the University, building a program, and his very active chamber and freelancing performance career (02:35), growing up in Fresno (CA) and his early background on a variety of instruments (32:20), attending Fresno State University for his first undergrad degree, playing regular gigs, and what he learned majoring in computer programming (42:40), his non-music job out of undergrad, then heading to Sacramento State (CA) to study music (56:40), his time as a grad student at the University of California-San Diego and learning under the mentorship of Steven Schick (01:07:30), his first teaching position in North Dakota and how he negotiated for a better job title (01:19:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on percussion stereotypes, impressions, challenging circumstances, making hummus, wedding songs, great movies and books, and being inspired by music he’s currently performing (01:26:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2013 film About Time (01:59:15).

Terry Longshore Links:

Terry Longshore’s website

Terry Longshore’s SOU page

Terry Longshore’s Marimba One page'

Rogue Valley Symphony

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Steven Schick in 2025

Hannah Weaver in 2021

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