Pennsylvania State University Percussion Professor Lee Hinkle stops by to talk about all things Penn State, getting hired during the pandemic, negotiating the job, and entrepreneurship classes (03:35), his predecessor Dan Armstrong, the facilities, recruitment, and Penn State football (18:20), freelancing and his faculty teaching load (32:55), his recent album release Modern American Percussion Concerti (41:00), growing up in central Florida, the folk musicians in his family, marching band, drumset, and martial arts (50:20), attending the University of South Florida for undergrad, focusing on percussion and voice performance, and the importance of vocal pedagogy in musical performance (01:02:35), attending the University of Maryland for his master’s and doctorate, then transitioning to a faculty position soon after (01:19:20), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including the tearing down the silos of the percussion world, his active physical health regimen, student memes, great books, scuba diving and submersibles, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (01:35:05).
Finishing with a Rave on a recent live performance by the UK band The Last Dinner Party (01:58:40).
Lee Hinkle Links:
Modern American Percussion Concerti - Lee Hinkle
Williamsport Symphony Orchestra
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra
Evelyn Glennie’s Concertos page
“The Wanton Song” - Led Zeppelin
“What is Hip?” - Tower of Power
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” - Stevie Wonder
“A Love Supreme” - John Coltrane (Elvin Jones, drums)
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Nirvana
John Tafoya’s Orchestral Repertory Books
Jack Reacher series - Lee Child
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
Ninth Symphony - L.V. Beethoven
Raves: