Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 226 - Alissa Castro-Evans (Part 1)

January 28, 2021 Pete Zambito

Benedict College (SC) Adjunct Percussion Instructor and Columbia, SC-based percussion teacher Alissa Castro-Evans stops by to talk about her teaching responsibilities and teaching at an HBCU (02:00), getting her career started in Columbia, SC (25:10), how she came to the PAS Health and Wellness Committee and being an advocate of your own personal health (30:40), and growing up in GA and FL with a percussionist father and clarinetist mother, and getting into percussion playing (01:05:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the Trevor Noah’s memoir Born a Crime (01:28:45).

Links:

Alissa Castro-Evans’ Music Arts page

Joe W. Moore III on PPP

Health and Wellness at PAS

Brad Meyer on PPP

Rebecca Kite on PPP

Omar Carmenates on PPP

Oliver Molina on PPP

Beth Gottlieb

Raves:

Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 225 - Connor Stevens

January 21, 2021 Pete Zambito

Current Eastman (NY) DMA Doctoral Student and recent colleague Connor Stevens stops by to talk about teaching at Mizzou, working towards finishing his DMA, Charles Wuorinen, and studying for the doctoral exams (03:40), working in marching programs in GA prior to his doctorate (24:30), growing up in NY and GA, his family connections to percussion, and his enjoyment of DCI (51:00), his undergrad years at FSU, Parks and Burritt, and getting into running in FL (01:03:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:22:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary film King in the Wilderness (01:51:30).

Links:

Connor Stevens’s Hochstein page

Megan Arns on the podcast

Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone

“Marimba Variations” - Charles Wuorinen

“Janissary Music” - Charles Wuorinen

Percussion Symphony - Charles Wuorinen

Percussion Quartet - Charles Wuorinen

Michael Burritt

The Book of Keyboards - Philippe Manoury

Brant Blackard

Green Box Media

“Spero” - Michael Burritt

Musica Nova

History of Western Music - Grout

John W. Parks IV

Switch~Ensemble

Julia Gaines

“Doll’s House Story” - István Márta

Melinda Leoce

Alexander Jiménez

Symphony No. 10, movement 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst

Ringo Starr

John Bonham

Cadets 2005 show

Phantom Regiment 2006 show

Ionization - Edgard Varese

“Peaux” - Iannis Xenakis

La La Land trailer

Umbrellas of Cherbourg trailer

Moonlight trailer

The Shining trailer

El Topo trailer

Inland Empire trailer

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me trailer

Eraserhead trailer

Blue Velvet trailer

“I Want to Tell You” - Beatles

“The Ocean” - Led Zeppelin

David Hardman

My Struggle - Karl One Knausgaard

Where The Heart Beats - Kay Larson

Raves:

King in the Wilderness trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 224 - Derrick Greene

January 14, 2021 Pete Zambito

Tennessee State University Percussion Professor Derrick Greene stops by to talk about teaching and gigging while also finishing his doctorate at the University of Memphis (02:45), his marching band and drumline duties and his involvement in the PASIC 2020 presentation on HBCU Drumming Styles (21:30), growing up in Chattanooga and the influence of church on his musical development (33:35), his undergrad years at Tennessee State (45:35), his grad school time at Memphis and the challenges of recruiting (01:03:30), and the Random Ass Questions portion, including a segment on the importance of African American representation in composition, education and performance (01:19:00).

Closing with a Rave on the 1993 film Addams Family Values (01:45:15).

Links:

Derrick Greene’s TSU page

Southern Heritage Classic

NCPP

Bill Shaltis

Mathias Elmer

“Phylogenesis” - Russell Wharton

“Chatterbox” - Chad Floyd

“War Drum Peace Drum” - David Reeves

“Side By Side” - Michio Kitazume

“Being Black” - Joe W. Moore III

“Smile” - Charlie Chaplin

“Pure Imagination” - Bricusse/Newley

“Big Hair Air Guitar” - Casey Cangelosi

“Bad and Boujee” - Migos

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme son

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson

Holes - Louis Sachar

The Music Lesson - Victor Wooten

The Prophet Ezekiel

Raves:

Addams Family Values trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 223 - Tony Lymon (Part 2)

January 7, 2021 Pete Zambito

Tony Lymon returns! Tony’s Random Ass Question segment sees him discussing problems in music education (03:45), race in percussion and music, “outperforming your blackness”, politics and social media (08:00), great and terrible movies, and NOT having a sports fandom (37:15), and his love of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings (50:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the accomplishments of Stacy Abrams (56:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Tony Lymon

Tony Lymon’s Pacific Crest page

George Floyd Protests

Marshall McLuhan

“Think Globally, Act Locally”

Jonathan Swift

Sling Blade trailer

John Ritter

Billy Bob Thornton

Jurassic Park trailer

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at Star Wars

Stephen A. Smith

King Konga in 1998

Star of Indiana 1993

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

Platoon and Adagio for Strings

Raves:

Stacy Abrams

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 222 - Tony Lymon (Part 1)

December 31, 2020 Pete Zambito

Petal (MS) based Marching Arts Designer and Educator Tony Lymon stops by to talk about his PASIC 2020 panel on Electronics and the Marching Arts (05:45), his current career activities, getting his first orchestral pit gig, and making some needed life changes (21:30), the teaching challenges during coronavirus (43:00), growing up near Mississippi Valley State University and his time in the Star of Indiana Drum Corps (52:00), his undergrad time at Southern Mississippi (01:07:00), and touring with the band King Konga and their experiences at Woodstock 1999 (01:15:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 Pixar film Soul (01:30:15).

Links:

Tony Lymon’s Pacific Crest page

Tony’s 2020 PASIC Presentation

Blue Devils 1986 drumline

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

“Africa Hot” - John Wooton

Biloxi Blues trailer

Joan Rivers

Regis Philbin

“Rock N Roll Fantasy” - Bad Company

King Konga Live in 1998

Woodstock 1999

Raves:

Soul trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 221 - Julie Strom (Part 2)

December 24, 2020 Pete Zambito

Part 2 with University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Percussion Professor Julie Strom begins with her time as a doctoral student at UNC with Gray Barrier (02:20), her years in Canada as a percussion freelancer (15:45), and an extended Random Ass Questions segment with her thoughts on “The Case Against Marimba”, Women in Percussion, and her love of tennis (27:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1970 TV special Santa Claus is Coming to Town (01:03:15).

Links:

Part 1 with Julie Strom

Julie Strom’s homepage

Gray Barrier

Peter Sadlo

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Etude No. 1” - Delécluse

“13 Drums” - Maki Ishii

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Fantasie Impromptu” - Chopin

“Temazcal” - Javier Alvarez

Shawshank Redemption trailer

Pulp Fiction trailer

Father of the Bride trailer

Federer and Nadal

Banksy

Raves:

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 220 - Julie Strom (Part 1)

December 17, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Percussion Professor Julie Strom stops by to talk about her PASIC 2020 presentation on networking in the percussion community, and challenges of selecting percussion literature (03:00), her job at UNC and the challenges in the pandemic (28:30), growing up in Charlotte, NC, studying with Charlotte Symphony Percussionists and her years in marching band (43:00), studying with Christopher Lamb at the Manhattan School of Music and why the orchestral career wasn’t her true calling (51:45), and studying with Peter Sadlo and Gert Mortensen in Europe (01:10:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Citizen Kane (01:31:30).

Links:

Julie Strom’s UNC webpage

Julie Strom’s homepage

Julie Strom’s PASIC 2020 Session

Colorado Symphony

Denver Young Artists Orchestra

The Fulbright Program

Gert Mortensen

Raves:

Citizen Kane trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 219 - Keith Aleo

December 10, 2020 Pete Zambito

Interlochen Center for the Arts (MI) Percussion Professor Keith Aleo stops by to talk about his 2020 PASIC Clinic on Complementary Percussion (03:15), Interlochen, finding your musical voice, the coronavirus and teaching at all hours of the day (15:35), growing up in Florida as the classical nerd with parents in the arts (50:30), his undergrad at Eastman (58:00), his master’s at Miami, playing in the Florida Philharmonic, and the nature of auditioning (01:12:40), interviewing and working at Zildjian, teaching at Boston Conservatory, and living in the Northeast (01:39:20), and the Random Ass Question segment, including discussions of Italy and Sicily, when he played E.T., and E.E. Cummings (01:54:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2017 film Princess Cyd (02:04:35).

Links:

Keith Aleo’s website

Keith Aleo’s Interlochen page

Keith’s PASIC 2020 session

Keith’s Complementary Percussion

Stick Control - George Stone

Method for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse

“Temazcal” - Javier Alvarez

“Streaming” - Michael Burritt

“THE BIG AUDITION” - Casey Cangelosi

John Murphree

“Drum Corps on Parade” - John S. Pratt

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

The Rat Pack

“Allegro Brillante” - George Balanchine

“Overture for Percussion Ensemble” - John H. Beck

“Gainsborough” - Tom Gauger

Fred Hinger

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Under the Tuscan Sun trailer

Rocky Horror Picture Show trailer

“Somewhere I Have Never Traveled” - E. E. Cummings

Raves:

Princess Cyd trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 218 - Jillian Baxter

December 3, 2020 Pete Zambito

Albany State University (GA) Percussion Professor Jillian Baxter stops by to talk about her recent PASIC 2020 Diversity Panel Appearance (03:20), her job at Albany State and her previous adjunct positions at other HBCUs that put 250,000+ miles on a Chrysler! (16:30), growing up in SC, touring with her grandfather, and moving away from her piano focus towards percussion (35:45), studying with Lalo Davila at MTSU (50:35), eventually getting to Belmont University (TN) to study with Chris Norton for her master’s (01:00:00), her challenging years at South Carolina State and her work with Timothy K. Adams, Jr. at Georgia for the doctorate (01:13:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including mutual praise for Stephen King and enjoying seafood (01:37:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Full Metal Jacket (01:58:00).

Links:

Jillian Baxter as newest PAS Board Member

PASIC 2020 Diversity Panel

Darton State and Albany State Combine

Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1930s and 1940s

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Hunger Games trailer

Going to America trailer

Undercover Brother trailer

Edgar Allan Poe

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

Mindset - Carol Dweck

The Spirit of a Man - Iyanla Vanzant

Stephen King

Raves:

Full Metal Jacket trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 217 - Dave Gerhart, Heather Mansell and Alice Pan

November 26, 2020 Pete Zambito

Heather Mansell appears for the first time, while Dave Gerhart and Alice Pan make return appearances to the podcast! Heather and Dave from Yamaha Corporation talk about their PASIC 2020 Presentation on Funding (04:00) and the 2020 year for Yamaha and both of them personally (21:00). Percussionist and Professor Alice Pan talks about her PASIC 2020 Marimba and Voice Performance (45:00) and her teaching at the University of North Alabama, living in the deep south, and moving back to Taiwan (58:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic comedy The Naked Gun (01:21:45).

Links:

Dave Gerhart’s previous podcast appearance

Dave Gerhart’s Yamaha page

Heather Mansell’s Yamaha page

Marcia Neel

CARES Act Funding

Yamaha’s funding resources

Alice Pan’s previous podcast appearance

Alice Pan’s homepage

Josh Oxford

PASIC 2020 presentation

University of North Alabama percussion

Matthew Lau

“Zombie” - The Cranberries

Raves:

The Naked Gun trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 216 - Lamon Lawhorn, 2020

November 19, 2020 Pete Zambito

NCA&T State University Assistant Band Director and Percussion Instructor Lamon Lawhorn returns to talk about his recent PASIC 2020 Session on HBCU Drumming styles (02:50), his school year and new recording work (23:00), getting on the PAS Executive Board, PASIC interactions and praise for the podcast (43:00), and a Cowboys and Duke Blue Devils update, along with praise for Tobe Nwigwe (53:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Sweet Charity (01:06:00).

Links:

Lamon’s previous podcast appearances in early 2017 and late 2017

Lamon Lawhorn’s NC A&T page

Lamon Lawhorn’s homepage

Derrick Greene

Tim Greene

Elisha Powell

PASIC 2020 Presentation on HBCU Drumming

Sean Daniels

Drumline trailer

NC A&T at the Honda in 2020

Raves:

Sweet Charity trailer

Sweet Charity - “Aloof, The Heavyweight, The Big Finish”

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 215 - PASIC 2020 Preview, Day 2

November 12, 2020 Pete Zambito

For Part 2 of the Annual PASIC Preview show, conversations with Dave Gerhart and Heather Mansell (02:00), Keith Also (20:00), Jillian Baxter (33:30) and Alice Pan (48:00).

Links:

PASIC 2020

Dave Gerhart, Heather Mansell, and Marcia Neel

Keith Aleo

Jillian Baxter and the Diversity Alliance Panel

Alice Pan

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 214 - PASIC 2020 Preview (Friday Sessions)

November 11, 2020 Pete Zambito

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).

Links:

PASIC 2020

Brad Meyer and Sherry Rubins

Tony Lymon

Julie Strom

Lamon Lawhorn

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 213 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 2)

October 29, 2020 Pete Zambito

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:

Part 1 with Ksenija

Ksenija’s homepage

David Collier

Marimba Concerto - Emmanuel Séjourné

Fertility Rites - Christos Hatzis

Rebonds b+a - Iannis Xenakis

“Drum Corps on Parade” - John Pratt

“Rock Your Body” - Justin Timberlake

“Radioactive” - Imagine Dragons

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Wonder Woman trailer

Joker trailer

Black Widow trailer

The Room trailer

Wayne’s World trailer

Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

Martin Bresnick

Novak Djokovic highlights

Mark Rothko

“Satisfied” - Hamilton the Musical

Raves:

The U.S. Government Voting site

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 212 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 1)

October 22, 2020 Pete Zambito

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:

Ksenija Komljenovic’s website

Rite of Spring for piano and percussion

Matt McClung

Table Music - Thierry de Mey

Rite of Spring with original choreography

Michael Tilson Thomas and The Rite of Spring

Steven Schick

Theodor Milkov

Dmitrii Nilov

Dame Evelyn Glennie on @percussion

South Park

Malcolm Gladwell

Mark Applebaum

Yugoslavia basketball

Martin Bresnick

Broken Record Podcast

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

“November Rain” - Guns N Roses

“Is This Love” - Whitesnake

“Light My Fire” - The Doors

“Would?” - Alice in Chains

“Interstate Love Song” - Stone Temple Pilots

“Fall to Pieces” - Velvet Revolver

“Like a Stone” - Audioslave

“Bulls on Parade” - Rage Against The Machine

David Collier

Raves:

How To! with Charles Duhigg

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 211 - Marja Kerney (Part 2)

October 15, 2020 Pete Zambito

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:

Marja Kerney - Part 1

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Trey Harris

Jim Snell

Marimba Sol de Chiapas

“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

1984 - George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn

Star Wars

The Lord of the Rings

The Hunt for Red October trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Ocean’s Eleven trailer

The Departed trailer

Raves:

Driving While Black trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 210 - Marja Kerney (Part 1)

October 8, 2020 Pete Zambito

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:

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Judy Moonert

Trey Harris

The Unfinished Journey - Chafe

The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

The 1960 U.S. Presidential Election

Matt Henry

“Mississippi Goddam” - Nina Simone

“The Pill” - Loretta Lynn

“Not Ready to Make Nice” - The Chicks

Duo 421

Baljinder Sekhon

“Two Trees” - Baljinder Sekhon

Center Stage trailer

Raves:

Wayne’s World trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 209 - Raychel Taylor (Part 2)

October 1, 2020 Pete Zambito

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).

Links:

Part 1 with Raychel Taylor

Raychel Taylor’s Girls March

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 208 - Raychel Taylor (Part 1)

September 24, 2020 Pete Zambito

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

Spartacus trailer

Dan Kennedy

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

Raves/Appreciation:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 207 - Frank Chapple and the Hand-2-Hand Project

September 17, 2020 Pete Zambito

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).

Links:

Donate to Hand-2-Hand

Frank’s first appearance on the podcast

The Packet