Pete's Percussion Podcast - Episode 5: Laura Franklin

Laura talks about getting the Brevard College job (00:02:30), the Saint Louis University job (00:17:15), how she got out of being a farmer in West Texas (00:30:25), Texas Tech life (00:46:10), the story behind her one "B" in undergrad (00:59:30), the culture-shock of Boston and studying with Vic Firth (01:04:45), and the UNCG years (01:23:40).  Also, find out how YOU can tell it was a good year for farmers in drought/flood ridden Abernathy, TX (there'll be a test).

The podcast concludes with Raves (01:43:00).

Links:

Laura Franklin's Saint Louis University page

Cort McClaren's C. Alan Composers page

Kurt Gartner's Kansas State page

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Brevard Music Center and Festival

Brevard College Percussion

Alan Shinn's Texas Tech page

Lisa Rogers' Texas Tech page

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Kari Klier's Texas State page

Vic Firth Recollections page

Ted Atkatz homepage

Nancy Zeltsman homepage

Allen Teel's Abilene Christian page

Raves:

Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Love & Mercy trailer

"Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 4 - Jason Kihle

Jason meets my wife via FaceTime (:07), talks about getting the Texas A&M Kingsville job (:09), growing up all over the country (:26), mutually dodging the Pre-Med track (:42), surviving the Red River flood of 1997 (:52), taking middle-school and high-school jobs in Arizona and Colorado (1:04), finding his way to Northern Colorado for grad school (1:23), and the state of percussion literature (1:36).  Also, Jason drives me nuts by constantly referring to Northern Colorado as "UNC".  Like I'm not supposed to have an allergic reaction to that acronym.

Links:

Jason Kihle's homepage

Jason Kihle's Texas A&M-Kingsville homepage

David Lang's "Anvil Chorus"

Art Pepper's Plus Eleven

Andrew Thomas's "Merlin"

Matthias Schmitt's "Ghanaia"

1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Don Denkinger's blown call in 1985 World Series (2:20 mark)

Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"

Dave Samuels' "Footpath"

Mark Ford's "Head Talk"

The 1997 Red River flood in North Dakota

Thomas Gauger's "Gainsborough"

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Raymond Helble's "Diabolic Variations"

Norm Weinberg's Percussion History and Literature Course

Raves:

Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters (1984) trailers

The Best American Sports Writing series

"Buggin' Out" by A Tribe Called Quest

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 3 - Megan Arns

Megan Arns talks about growing up in St. Louis, teaching and performing in Amman, Jordan, and navigating a tough year at Mizzou while also interviewing at other schools.  Also, we debate about whether or not I played a recital at Truman State while she was a student there (spoiler alert: I did).

Arns interview notes:

Megan Arns website

Megan Arns' Missouri home page

Julia Gaines' Missouri home page

Khan Variations

Michael Burritt's Eastman home page

John Parks' Florida State home page

Michael Bump's Truman State home page

@ Percussion Podcast Facebook page

Third Coast Percussion

Drum Corps International

Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps

Raves:

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

Let's Groove

 

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 2 - David Grubb

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 1 - Dr. Scott Cameron

Scott Cameron talks about working and living in the midwest, his slightly off-the-beaten-track way of getting to his percussion career, and the joys of editing a 300-page dissertation on a Dot Matrix printer.

Cameron interview notes:

Scott Cameron Homepage

Morris Goldenberg's Modern School

Method of Movement

J.S. Bach's A Minor Violin Concerto, played on marimba

Paul Creston's Concertino

David Maslanka's Crown of Thorns

Lance Drege

Lisa Rogers

RAVES:

OJ: Made in America

Dreams from My Father

Late in the Evening 1991  and 1992 Unplugged