Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 204 - Nicole Patrick

August 28, 2020 Pete Zambito

Following a monologue about a personally challenging week, Pete welcomes freelance percussionist Nicole Patrick to the show! We talk about her current goings on and her previous work in NYC (10:45), dealing with the coronavirus in NYC (26:15), growing up in Miami, FL, playing for musicals and her year at Interlochen (46:45), her years at the University of Michigan (01:08:30), her post graduate time in Detroit (01:22:15), and her turn through the Random Ass Questions (01:32:30).

Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Doc Rivers speech

Links:

Nicole Patrick’s Homepage

13 Drums - Maki Ishii

Six Marimbas - Steve Reich

Jojo Rabbit trailer

What We Do In the Shadows trailer

Thor: Ragnorak trailer

Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer

Akram Khan Company

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 203 - Shilo Stroman

August 20, 2020 Pete Zambito

Colorado State University Jazz and Drumset Instructor Shilo Stroman stops by to talk about his current jobs (03:20), DCI cancellations and Gig re-openings (11:30), growing up in Colorado, Neil Diamond, Vinnie Colaiuta and golf (23:00), his undergrad path through UNC (Northern Colorado), Ames Community College (CO) and then Colorado State (41:40), teaching until burning out post-undergrad (52:30), working on his master’s with Eric Hollenbeck (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Graphic Novel Watchmen (01:31:45).

This week’s podcast sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project.

Links:

Shilo Stroman’s Homepage

Shilo Stroman’s Yamaha page

Shilo Stroman’s Marching Arts Education videos

Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps

Eric Hollenbeck

Mike Portnoy plays on a Hello Kitty Drumset

“Confirmation” - Manhattan Transfer

“I Write the Songs” - Barry Manilow

“Footloose” - Kenny Loggins

“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” - Primus

Tim Alexander

Art Blakey

Dave Weckl

“Shilo” - Neil Diamond

Weckl, Gadd and Colaiuta

“Give It Away” - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thom Annum

Colts Drum & Bugle Corps

Blue Knights Winter Guard

Mike Nevin

Jim Casella

John Pratt

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Threads” - Paul Lansky

“March” - Elliott Carter

“Rotation No. 2” - Eric Sammut

“Konzertstuck for Snare Drum” - Askell Masson

“Alborada del Gracioso” - Maurice Ravel

“One O’Clock Jump” - Count Basie

“Hay Burner” - Sammy Nestico

“Brass Machine” - Maynard Ferguson

“Get It On” - Chase

“Vehicle” - Ides of March

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Robert Grasper Experiment

“Cherokee” - Kamasi Washington

Dude, Where’s My Car? trailer

White Christmas trailer

High Fidelity trailer

The Before Trilogy

Boyhood trailer

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Swingers trailer

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Abstract - The Art of Design

Olafur Eliasson

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Raves:

Watchmen - Moore and Gibbons

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 202 - Troy Hall

August 13, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Missouri Drumset Instructor and Philosophy Professor Troy Hall stops by to talk about his myriad teaching responsibilities (04:00), “The End of Jazz” (17:30), growing up in Springfield, MO, bluegrass music, and jazz camps (36:00) going to the University of North Texas for undergrad and his DCI years (52:00), getting Masters degrees in Philosophy, then Music, then teaching in Indiana (01:07:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:26:20).

Finishing with a Closing Thought on the upcoming school year (01:50:00).

Podcast Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Links:

Troy Hall’s Mizzou page

Medical Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Murray’s

We Always Swing Jazz Series

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz

Cecil Taylor

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Ed Soph

Troy Davis

Flam Paradiddle Diddle

John Pratt

George Stone

Charles Wilcoxon

“It’s Mighty Dark to Travel” - Bill Monroe

Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival

“I’m Not Over You” - Rhonda Vincent

“Down to the River to Pray” - Alison Krauss

“How I Got Over” - Mahalia Jackson

“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” - Flatt and Scruggs

“Man of Constant Sorrow” - Ralph Stanley

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” - Chris Thile

“Another New World” - Punch Brothers

“Sinister Minister” - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Service Merchandise

Drum Techniques of Rush

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Dallas Cowboy team history

George Floyd Mural at Minnesota Twins

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 201 - Chris Thompson

August 6, 2020 Pete Zambito

High Point University (NC) Instructor of Percussion and Founder and C.E.O. of Motivational Arts, Performance, and Sound (M.A.P.S.) Chris Thompson stops by to talk about HPU and M.A.P.S. (02:15), Covid-19 (29:30), growing up all over the East Coast and Bahrain (37:00), High School Band, Race, Student Government, and Golf (48:30), undergrad at NC A&T, HBCU drumming, and jazz (01:00:30), his master’s at UNCG (01:15:30), and finishing strong with the Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).

Finishing with a Rave on John Lewis’s March Trilogy (01:49:30).

Links:

Chris Thompson’s HPU page

NC A&T leaves the MEAC

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“The Lord’s Prayer” - Malotte/Gaines

“Stubernic” - Mark Ford

Bahrain

John Pratt

“The Connecticut Halftime”

“Flying Home” - Lionel Hampton

Avengers: Endgame trailer

Shawshank Redemption trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer

Reggie Miller

Steph Curry

Greensboro Downtown Art

Raves:

March trilogy

Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 200!!! - David Levy

July 30, 2020 Pete Zambito

A Landmark Episode!! – Pete’s undergraduate mentor and Wake Forest University (NC) Music History Professor David Levy stops by to talk about his position, the music department and its history (04:20), his study of Ludwig van Beethoven, the beginnings of his career, and his book Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (17:00), conducting Beethoven’s Ninth in 1997 (59:00), focusing on Richard Wagner, current issues, the Vietnam War, and New Music in the 1960s and 1970s (01:12:00), and he gets some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:31:00).

Finishing with a Rave on 4 years of Podcast Guests (01:55:40).

Links:

David Levy’s Wake Forest page

David Levy

Stewart Carter

Chautauqua Institution

Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 - 2nd movement

Beethoven-Haus

Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery - Robin Wallace

Beethoven: The Music and The Life - Louis Lockwood

Center for Beethoven Research (Boston University)

Patrick McDonough

An die Ferne Geliebte, op. 98 - Beethoven

Third Coast Percussion

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III - Wagner

The Ring of the Nibelung - Wagner

Woman in Gold trailer

She’s Out of My League trailer

Field of Dreams trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 199 - Fernando Meza (Part 2)

July 23, 2020 Pete Zambito

Fernando Meza returns in Part 2 to talk about his years in Carnegie-Mellon (PA) and Baylor (TX) (01:15), his master’s at Michigan and studying with Mike Udow (15:00), heading back to Costa Rica to teach, then one year teaching at Ohio State (25:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (40:30).

Finishing with a Rave and Appreciation for the life of John Lewis (01:11:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Fernando Meza

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota Page

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

The Serpent-Snapping Eye - Roger Reynolds

Jacob Druckman

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

Velocities - Joseph Schwantner

Theodor Milkov

Happi

Costa Rica 2014 World Cup

USA - Trinidad & Tobago 2017

Brazil - Germany 2014 World Cup

La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed

Biomuseo

Raves:

John Lewis Appreciation

The Children - David Halberstam

March - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

Walking With the Wind - John Lewis

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 198 - Fernando Meza (Part 1)

July 16, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Minnesota Percussion Professor Fernando Meza stops by to talk about his current gig (03:00), the coronavirus, Minneapolis, and the national protests (27:30), and growing up in Costa Rica, being part of the 1st wave of homegrown classical musicians, and his love of languages (54:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Shana Redmond’s 2014 book Anthem (01:07:45).

Links:

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota page

Orchestra of the Americas

Elliot Fine

Marv Dahlgren

Ensamble Percusión de Costa Rica

Stuart Maars

Raves:

Anthem - Shana L. Redmond

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 197 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 2)

July 9, 2020 Pete Zambito

SUNY-Fredonia’s Kay Stonefelt returns to talk her post-undergrad years and breaking barriers winning orchestral jobs (01:20), leaving NYC to teach and study at Indiana University with George Gaber as well as doing her Fulbright in Ghana (25:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (46:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Hamilton: The Movie (56:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Kay Stonefelt

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY-Fredonia page

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Boulevard Carroll

Herbert Grossman

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

Peter Herman Adler

Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Robert Kurka

Bohemian Rhapsody trailer

The Show Must Go On trailer

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Bill Sallak

Scott Farkas

NYU Percussion Remote Masterclasses

Raves:

Hamilton trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 196 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 1)

July 2, 2020 Pete Zambito

SUNY-Fredonia Percussion Professor Kay Stonefelt stops by to talk about her job, Bernard Woma and Cloyd Duff (03:00), the town of Fredonia and the rest of her faculty (39:00) and discusses growing up in NJ and her undergrad at Baldwin-Wallace college (OH) (01:06:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (01:23:35).

Links:

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY Fredonia page

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Drum Method Book 2 - Haskell Harr

Third Coast Percussion

Steve Reich

Seneca Falls Convention

Raves:

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 195 - John O'Neal

June 25, 2020 Pete Zambito

Fort Lewis College (CO) Percussion Instructor John O’Neal stops by to talk about his program, mountain driving, reinvigorating the jazz program and the covid-19 response (01:50), growing up all over the country, settling in Arkansas and playing in a punk band (35:00), studying at the University of Kansas under George Boberg and John W. Parks IV (48:15), master’s at Florida State, studying with Tom Freer, doctorate at North Texas and getting into online poker (01:00:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:21:20).

Finishing with a Rave on Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles (01:37:35).

Links:

John O’Neal’s Fort Lewis page

Stick Control and Accents and Rebounds - George Stone

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“In Bloom” - Nirvana

“God Save the Queen” - Sex Pistols

David Letterman

“American Idiot” - Green Day

“Waiting Room” - Fugazi

“Bull in the Heather” - Sonic Youth

John W. Parks IV

Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone

Intermediate Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

Two Movements for Marimba - Toshimitsu Tanaka

Scheherazade: Movement III - Rimsky-Korsakov

“Ogoun Badagree” - Christopher Rouse

Reflections on the Nature of Water - Jacob Druckman

Inspirations Diabolique - Rick Tagawa

KU 2008 National Championship

Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement - Shostakovich

14 Modern Contest Solos - John Pratt

Vincent Van Gogh Museum

Raves:

Twilight: Los Angeles

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 194 - David Eyler (Part 2)

June 18, 2020 Pete Zambito

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler returns to talk about his junior high/high school basketball years, his early connection to PAS and drumset playing (01:15), his undergrad at Frostburg State (MD) and master’s at Ohio State (12:15), his doctoral years at LSU and teaching high school (28:35), and takes time for some Random Ass Questions (52:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the Maya Angelou American Masters Documentary and her third autobiography Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry til Christmas (01:08:15).

Links:

Part 1 with David Eyler

David Eyler’s Concordia Page

Big Swing Face - Buddy Rich

Ben Wahlund

Chicago Transit Authority

Santana

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Rhythm Song - Evelyn Glennie

Vida Chenoweth

Laura Franklin

NCPP

Michigan - Ohio State football

The Marimba Goes Baroque - Linda Pimental

Jim Rupp

"Zyklus No. 9” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Maynard Ferguson

Gary Burton

James Moore

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Gainsborough - Tom Gauger

Century of Progress Marimba Orchestra

1970 Baltimore Orioles

Lisa Rogers

Richard Gipson

“Away in a Manger” - arr. Rogers/Gipson

Raves:

Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas - Maya Angelou

American Masters - Maya Angelou trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 193 - David Eyler (Part 1)

June 11, 2020 Pete Zambito

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler stops by to talk about his career at Concordia, the Tri-College Position, and surviving the job (03:20), storage and security of a large inventory of percussion instruments (32:50), recruitment, job transitions, and the coronavirus (41:20), and growing up near Baltimore and setting the table for his percussion career (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the frontline protestors (01:30:00).

Links:

David Eyler’s Concordia page

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Julia Gaines

Keiko Abe

Marimba Concerto No. 1 - Ney Rosauro

Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone

Bar Percussion Notebook - Linda Pimental

Leigh Howard Stevens

Gordon Stout

Gary Olmstead

Raves:

Columbia, MO’s protest

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 192 - 13th and Resources

June 4, 2020 Pete Zambito

Pete rewatches the Ava DuVernay documentary 13th as a springboard to talk about many of the great resources available to educate yourself about the events of the past week and ways to help going forward, in and out of the world of music.

Links:

13th trailer

Anti-Racism Starter Kit

20 Best Books About Anti-Racism

Black Independent Book Stores

Columbia, MO resources and businesses

Hard in the Paint with David Grubb

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Institute for Composer Diversity

Music by Black Composers Directory

Underrepresented Percussion Literature and Artists

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 191 - Rich Holly (Part 2)

May 28, 2020 Pete Zambito

North Carolina State University Executive Director of the Arts Rich Holly returns to talk about growing up on Long Island (NY), playing in a dixieland band, and his time with the Long Island Youth Orchestra (01:40), going to SUNY-Potsdam for undergrad (26:00), his time at East Carolina University for his Master’s (40:00), his first teaching gig at Western State College (CO) (46:45), the early years at Northern Illinois (58:30), and works through the Random Ass Questions (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Franchise and the 30 For 30 film Bad Boys (01:27:50).

Links:

Part 1 with Rich Holly

Rich Holly’s NCSU homepage

Long Islang Youth Orchestra

House on Haunted Hill

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Raves:

The Franchise - Cameron Stauth

Bad Boys

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 190 - Rich Holly (Part 1)

May 21, 2020 Pete Zambito

North Carolina State University’s Executive Director of the Arts Rich Holly stops by to talk about his current gig and the coronavirus (02:30), leaving Northern Illinois after 30+ years and his work as an administrator (23:00), and his years as Percussive Arts Society President in the 2000s (40:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Last Dance (01:00:30).

Links:

Rich Holly’s NCSU page

Rich Holly’s Yamaha Page

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 189 - Bonnie Whiting

May 14, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Washington Chair of Percussion Studies Bonnie Whiting stops by to talk about her percussion activities right now (02:45), teaching all up and down the West Coast and her school’s reaction to the coronavirus (15:30), growing up in Michigan and bringing her music to the underrepresented (27:40), getting her undergrad at Oberlin (OH) (43:15), starting her master’s, Tales and Scales, “selling out”, and catering to support herself (50:00), finishing up her master’s at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) before heading to UC-San Diego for her DMA (01:03:00), and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Becoming Bond (01:34:30).

Links:

Bonnie Whiting’s Washington homepage

Bonnie Whiting’s homepage

Seattle Modern Orchestra

Speaking Percussionist

Ted Poor

Christina Sunardi

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Krik? Krak! - Edwidge Danticat

All the Things I Lost in the Flood - Laurie Anderson

Raves:

Becoming Bond

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 188 - Josanne Francis

May 7, 2020 Pete Zambito

Steelpan Artist, Educator, and Artistic Director for the Cultural Academy for Excellence Josanne Francis stops by to talk CAFE, Steel on Wheels, and Parallel Intersections (03:00), the impact of the pandemic on her life and career (29:45), growing up in Trinidad (36:00), her undergrad years at Southern Miss and studying under John Wooton (53:30), her master’s degree years at Northern Illinois University and studying under Liam Teague (01:17:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1982 film Ashes and Embers (01:50:40).

Links:

Josanne Francis’s homepage

Cultural Academy for Excellence

The Strathmore Artist-in-Residence Class of 2018

Steel on Wheels

Parallel Intersections

“Raga No. 1” - Bill Cahn

“Xylophonia” - Joe Green

“Flight of the Bumblebee” - Rimsky-Korsakov

“Impressions” - Liam Teague

“Charlotte Street” - Ray Holman

“Open Window” - Robert Chappell

“From Within” - Michel Camilo

Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra - Jan Bach

“Triplets” - G.H. Green

“Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt

Rush Hour trailer

Queen & Slim trailer

The Platform trailer

“Chant” - Liam Teague

“Heal The World” - Michael Jackson

“We Are the World” - Michael Jackson

Raves:

Ashes and Embers - Haile Gerima discusses

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 187 - Jason Baker (Part 2)

April 30, 2020 Pete Zambito

Jason Baker of Mississippi State University returns to chat about his undergrad years at UConn (01:50), his master’s years at the New England Conservatory (MA) (15:00), his doctoral years at North Texas, his first years at MSU, and getting an MBA (26:30), and holds on for the Random Ass Questions (50:30).

Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: The Great War (01:10:30).

Links:

Part 1 with Jason Baker

…and the mountains rising nowhere - Joseph. Schwantner

Music for Prague, 1968 - Karel Husa

Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra - William Kraft

1991 Cadets DCI show end

Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement (Josef Krips) - Beethoven

The King’s Speech - Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Raves:

The Great War - American Experience

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 186 - Jason Baker (Part 1)

April 23, 2020 Pete Zambito

Mississippi State University Percussion Professor Jason Baker stops by to talk about his current gig, local performing and his Mississippi Composers Commissioning Project (03:25), the coronavirus’ impact on his teaching and some SEC Marching Band stories (34:10), and growing up in Connecticut and his punk rock background (57:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Bedlam (01:21:45).

Links:

Jason Baker’s homepage

Jason Baker’s Innovative Percussion page

Mississippi Arts Commission

Barry Kopetz

Craig Aarhus

The Soldier’s Tale - Stravinsky

“Training Montage” - Rocky IV

“Burning Heart” - Survivor

“Danger Zone” - Kenny Loggins

“Anarchy in the UK” - Sex Pistols

The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 1 trailer

“Punk Rock Girl” - The Dead Milkmen

“Holiday in Cambodia” - Dead Kennedys

“American Jesus” - Bad Religion

“Idiots are Taking Over” - NOFX

“Hope” - Descendents

“Obsolete Absolute” - Lagwagon

Raves:

Bedlam trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 185 - Jessica Williams

April 16, 2020 Pete Zambito

Alabama State University Percussion Professor Jessica Williams stops by to talk about her current gig teaching at her alma mater, working on her doctorate and working as a caregiver (2:20), growing up in Jackson, TN, and her high school percussion experiences (29:15), doing her undergrad at Alabama State and her HBCU show-style drumming experience (47:30), her master’s at the University of Florida and working with Bill Shaltis at the University of Memphis (01:12:30), and takes some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on exercise and activity in these pandemic times (02:01:30).

Links:

Jessica Williams’ website

Jessica Williams’ Alabama State website

Synesthesia Suite - Andy Akiho

“Clapping Music” - Steve Reich

“Four on the Floor” - Chad Rehmann