Part 1 of our Annual PASIC Preview features interviews with Brad Meyer and Sherry Rubins (03:00), Tony Lymon (30:00), Julie Strom (49:00), and Lamon Lawhorn (01:09:00).
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 213 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 2)
Ksenija Komljenovic returns to talk about her master’s and doctorate degrees, studying under Svet Stoyanov, and her “DMA Spreadsheets” (03:15), her capstone research on female percussionists (30:00), living, teaching, traveling and eating in Hong Kong (46:20), and rolls through the Random Ass Questions, including time spent on Novak Djokovic and David Foster Wallace (01:01:00).
Pete then Raves on Voting (01:29:30). Seriously…GO VOTE!
Links:
Marimba Concerto - Emmanuel Séjourné
Fertility Rites - Christos Hatzis
“Drum Corps on Parade” - John Pratt
“Rock Your Body” - Justin Timberlake
“Radioactive” - Imagine Dragons
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer
“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden
“Satisfied” - Hamilton the Musical
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 212 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 1)
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Percussion Professor and podcast host Ksenija Komljenovic stops by to talk about her percussion responsibilities and the handling of Covid-19 (05:00), her work on The Rite of Spring and other chamber works (23:45), co-hosting @percussion, podcasting, and Malcolm Gladwell (38:30), growing up in Serbia in a war zone and her early years in music and ballet (57:30) and her undergrad in Serbia and the U.S. and her love of grunge and metal music (01:11:15).
Finishing with a Rave on the podcast How To! With Charles Duhigg (01:35:00).
Links:
Rite of Spring for piano and percussion
Rite of Spring with original choreography
Michael Tilson Thomas and The Rite of Spring
Dame Evelyn Glennie on @percussion
“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden
“November Rain” - Guns N Roses
“Interstate Love Song” - Stone Temple Pilots
“Fall to Pieces” - Velvet Revolver
“Bulls on Parade” - Rage Against The Machine
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 211 - Marja Kerney (Part 2)
Western Michigan University Percussion Professor Marja Kerney returns to talk about her grad years at UMKC and her fondness for Kansas City (04:15), her immediate post grad and teaching in Florida (28:15), and the Random Ass Questions, where Marja talks about, among other things, navigating the percussion world as a woman, gendered honorifics in emails, and the greatness of Ani DiFranco (35:45).
Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Driving While Black (01:06:45).
Links:
“Invisible Men” - Nigel Westlake
“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar
“Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden
Clarinet Concerto - Nielsen (snare part)
MaddAddam Trilogy - Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn
The Hunt for Red October trailer
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 210 - Marja Kerney (Part 1)
Western Michigan University Music and Percussion Professor Marja Kerney chats about her current job, the coronavirus, pregnancy, and the situation with WMU’s athletic bands (04:00), teaching a course in Protest Music (21:00), Duo 421 and going to clarinet conferences (36:40), growing up in Michigan, her beginnings in percussion, and her musical theater and dance background (43:40), and her time at Michigan State during a particularly turbulent time in the percussion program (01:11:30).
Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Wayne’s World (01:20:10).
Links:
The Unfinished Journey - Chafe
The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
The 1960 U.S. Presidential Election
“Mississippi Goddam” - Nina Simone
“Not Ready to Make Nice” - The Chicks
“Two Trees” - Baljinder Sekhon
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 209 - Raychel Taylor (Part 2)
Percussionist Raychel Taylor returns to talk about her undergrad at North Texas (02:45), her master’s days at Northern Illinois (13:00), her post-grad “existential crisis” and her time in Bali (23:00), and discusses “world music” (42:30), Girls March (51:00), and many other topics in the Random Ass Questions, right after which Pete tells you to register and vote (01:31:15).
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 208 - Raychel Taylor (Part 1)
Percussion educator, performer, and creator of Girls March Raychel Taylor stops by to talk about her current teaching situation (03:30), coronavirus issues and her work with the Arcomusical Berimbau Ensemble (22:45), growing up in California, her piano/organ background, and her drum corps years (42:45), and her time in undergrad at CSU-Sacramento that led her later to North Texas (01:04:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (01:17:00).
Links:
Raychel Taylor’s Innovative Percussion page
Phantom’s “Spartacus” show, 2008
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 207 - Frank Chapple and the Hand-2-Hand Project
Dallas-area Percussion Educator and Publisher Frank Chapple returns to talk about teaching in the time of coronavirus (02:00) and his new Fundraiser, The Hand-2-Hand Project (18:45).
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 206 - Alana Wiesing (Part 2)
Alana Wiesing returns to talk about her years as an undergrad and masters student at Arizona State and Indiana University and her struggles with burnout (01:35), then settles into the Random Ass Question segment to talk about issues in percussion education and performance (29:55), being a Black woman in percussion, blind auditions, and outreach to underserved populations (40:00), and questions about movies, cooking, and her enjoyment of Taylor Swift and Rupi Kaur (01:17:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the current Sports calendar (01:35:00).
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 205 - Alana Wiesing (Part 1)
Principal Timpani for the Tucson (AZ) Symphony Orchestra Alana Wiesing stops by to talk about the ends of her semester teaching at the University of Arizona and the orchestral season due to Covid-19 (02:15), winning her audition after many close calls (21:15), growing up in Phoenix and her enjoyment of Led Zeppelin and Radiohead (49:00) and her tennis experiences and mutual admiration for Roger Federer and Serena Williams (01:13:00).
Finishing with a Rave on a Great Performances edition of King Lear (01:44:15).
Links:
“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin
“Out on the Tiles” - Led Zeppelin
“Fool in the Rain” - Led Zeppelin
“Achilles Last Stand” - Led Zeppelin
Federer - Nadal 2017 Australian Open
Federer - Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 204 - Nicole Patrick
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
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What We Do In the Shadows trailer
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 203 - Shilo Stroman
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 Marching Arts Education videos
Mike Portnoy plays on a Hello Kitty Drumset
“Confirmation” - Manhattan Transfer
“I Write the Songs” - Barry Manilow
“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” - Primus
“Give It Away” - Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Third Construction” - John Cage
“Rotation No. 2” - Eric Sammut
“Konzertstuck for Snare Drum” - Askell Masson
“Alborada del Gracioso” - Maurice Ravel
“One O’Clock Jump” - Count Basie
“Brass Machine” - Maynard Ferguson
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Robert Grasper Experiment
“Cherokee” - Kamasi Washington
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 202 - Troy Hall
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:
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
“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
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 201 - Chris Thompson
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:
“The Lord’s Prayer” - Malotte/Gaines
“Flying Home” - Lionel Hampton
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 200!!! - David Levy
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:
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 - 2nd movement
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)
An die Ferne Geliebte, op. 98 - Beethoven
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III - Wagner
The Ring of the Nibelung - Wagner
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 199 - Fernando Meza (Part 2)
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:
Fernando Meza’s Minnesota Page
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
The Serpent-Snapping Eye - Roger Reynolds
Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Velocities - Joseph Schwantner
Brazil - Germany 2014 World Cup
La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
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The Children - David Halberstam
Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 198 - Fernando Meza (Part 1)
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
Ensamble Percusión de Costa Rica
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 197 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 2)
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:
Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY-Fredonia page
Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Robert Kurka
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
NYU Percussion Remote Masterclasses
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 196 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 1)
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
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 195 - John O'Neal
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:
Stick Control and Accents and Rebounds - George Stone
“God Save the Queen” - Sex Pistols
“Bull in the Heather” - Sonic Youth
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
Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement - Shostakovich
14 Modern Contest Solos - John Pratt
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