Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 284 - Marco Schirripa

University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Percussion Professor Marco Schirippa stops by to talk about teaching at UTRGV and getting the tenure-track job (2:40), growing up in Syracuse, NY, having parents in the stand-up comedy business, having an older brother in music, video games and pro hockey (18:50), going to Ithaca College (NY) for undergrad and getting a degree in theory along the way (38:35), working at Target before getting his master’s and doctorate at Indiana University, along with discussion of “intentional playing” (51:00), teaching at Tennessee Tech as an adjunct, finishing up the doctorate, and job-related stress (01:10:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment (01:22:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film The Worst Person in the World (01:46:15).

Links:

Marco Schirripa’s homepage

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast

Mark Ramirez

Daniel Hunter-Holly

Kevin Bobo on the podcast

John Tafoya

Gordon Stout

Conrad Alexander

Drew Carey

Ray Romano

Bruno Schirripa

Robert Bridge

Pokemon Silver

Rocket League

NHLPA 93

John H. Beck

Colin Hill on the podcast

“Black Sphinx” - Leander Kaiser

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner (played by Ji Hye Jung)

Heartland Marimba

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

Mike Spiro

Steve Houghton

NOTUS

Andy Harnsberger

Superbad trailer

Jackass Forever trailer

Balls of Fury trailer

Borderlands 2 trailer

Dana Wilson

Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer

Life is Strange trailer

Raves:

The Worst Person in the World trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 283 - Mike Sammons (Part 2)

University of Utah Percussion Professor Mike Sammons returns to talk more about this undergraduate experience at Florida, Utah’s Drumline, and being a band director’s son (02:25), going to the University of Arizona for his master’s and doctorate (28:00), and going through the Random Ass Questions, including rolling on marimba, playing pickup basketball, parenting books, and paying attention to nature (36:10).

FInishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Drive My Car (01:04:10).

Links:

Part 1 with Mike Sammons

Mike Sammons’s Utah page

Mean Girls musical

Ken Broadway

David Waybright

Gary Cook

Norman Weinberg on the podcast

Teaching Percussion - Gary Cook

CrossTalk

Cantata para America Magica - Alberto Ginastera

Lex - Mark Rush

Josh Armstrong on the podcast

Elf: The Musical

Aladdin: The Musical

Babywise

The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey

Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nicole Detling

Raves:

Drive My Car trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 282 - Mike Sammons (Part 1)

University of Utah Percussion Professor Mike Sammons stops by to ask Pete some questions about the podcast (03:05) before talking about his gig at Utah, performing locally, working at South Alabama, and how he’s built a community (06:50), growing up in Vero Beach, FL, NASA, having parents as band directors, finding ways to teach and connect, and being able to learn (39:15), his beginning percussion years, teaching philosophies, and the Treasure Coast Percussion Camp (56:00) and briefly discusses aspects of his time in undergrad at the University of Florida (01:14:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 Tour for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis (01:18:05).

Links:

Mike Sammons’s webpage

Mike Sammons’ Utah page

Mean Girls musical

Flight Opera trailer

Danny Taylor

Aladdin musical

Paul Buyer on the podcast

Kingsbury Hall

Pioneer Theater, Utah

Doug Wolf

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Tapspace

C. Alan Publications

Gene Koshinski

Christopher Bradford

Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky

Four Corners National Monument

Yellowstone National Park

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

Taylor Keown

James Sammons

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Billy Gladstone drum pad

N.A.R.D. 13 Essential Rudiments

Treasure Coast Percussion

Ken Broadway

David Waybright

Gary Cook

Norman Weinberg on the podcast

Michael Vercelli

Bernard Woma

Ray Holman

Liam Teague

Raves:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2022 Tour

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 281 - Kyle Peters

Composer, Performer, and Eastman Community Music School Percussion Director Kyle Peters stops by to talk about his gig and life in Rochester (02:45), getting into composing (15:00), growing up in New York - upstate (28:10), studying at SUNY-Potsdam for undergrad (40:30), getting his master’s at Eastman (52:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including sections on percussionists as composers, Lord of the Rings, and Stephen Sondheim (01:03:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (01:26:00).

Links:

Kyle Peters

Kristen Shiner McGuire on the podcast

Roberts Weslyan percussion

George Eastman

Eastman Community Music School

Michael Burritt

Charles Ross

Jim Petercsak

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Cameron Leach

“Memories” - Kyle Peters

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Hannah Weaver on the podcast

Connor Stevens on the podcast

Darren Lin

Brant Blackard

Keith Moon

Rob Bourdon

Sean Ritenauer

“Virginia Tate” - Paul Smadbeck

World of Warcraft

“Ballet Mécanique” - George Antheil

“Toccata” - Carlos Chavez

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Megan Arns on the podcast

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

The Two Towers trailer

Mark Ruffalo

Chris Pratt

Parks and Recreation

The Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski

No Country for Old Gnomes - Delilah S. Dawson

“Another Hundred People” from Company - Stephen Sondheim

“Sunday in the Park with George” - Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim on Music - Mark Eden Horowitz

Raves:

Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 280 - John Wooton (Part 2)

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 279 - John Wooton (Part 1)

University of Southern Mississippi Percussion Professor John Wooton stops by to, first, have Pete talk about this podcast (03:00) before getting to Southern Miss, Drumeo, and his marching and drumline activities (06:45), getting the job at Southern Miss, working at the University of Iowa to finish his doctorate, and setting up the steel band program (26:45), being the Institutional Memory at Southern Miss and the importance of “functional theory” (51:00), and growing up in Louisiana, being gifted a vibraphone, Marty Hurley, Phantom Regiment, and the dangers of playing pick-up basketball at an advanced age (01:00:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 film documentary Time (01:24:40).

Links:

John Wooton’s website

John Wooton’s Southern Miss page

Josanne Francis on the podcast

Tony Miceli

Tom Davis, percussionist

Dr. Tom Davis, basketball coach

Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra (SoMiSPO)

John Wooton on Drumeo

“Right Place Wrong Time” - Dr. John

“Beer Barrel Polka” - Frank Yankovic

Marty Hurley

Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show

Robert Schietroma

Dick Schory

Gary Burton

Ney Rosauro

Sherman Hong

Dan Moore

Paul Price

Ellie Mannette

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

Troy Breaux

1989 Phantom Regiment DCI Show

Raves:

Time (2020) trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 278 - Caitlin Jones

Freelancing Percussionist, Educator, and Performer Caitlin Jones stops by to talk about teaching Adjunct at Lee University (TN), performing locally, her Social Media presence, and what it means to be a young artist (02:30), her time so far on the PAS Health and Wellness Committee and her career as a personal and group fitness trainer (22:50), growing up in Cocoa, FL, getting steel band experience in high school, and her years running on the cross country team (35:40), her undergrad at the University of Florida under Ken Broadway and her master’s at Lee University under Andy Harnsberger (43:45), her doctoral work and training at the University of South Carolina with Scott Herring and hitting a mental wall early on there (58:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including commentary on great percussion performances, Harry Potter, and Will Ferrell (01:17:25).

Finishing with a Rave on a recent WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode with Bob Spitz (01:40:35).

Links:

Caitlin Jones Malletech page

Caitlin Jones’s Instagram page

Andy Harnsberger

Tom Hurst

Lee University

Jeff Calissi on the podcast

Boston Crusaders

Ken Broadway

Scott Herring

Les Mills fitness

Schwinn Certification

Darin “Dutch” Workman

Danielle Moreau on the podcast

Tim Tebow highlights

Urban Meyer at Florida

Janis Potter

“Azure” - Michael Burritt

“Departures” - Emmanuel Sejourne

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Tangaroa” - Gareth Farr

Sympatico Percussion Group

Beyond Talent - Angela Myles Beeching

J. Daniel Jenkins

Peter Lea

“Thinking Songs” - Lukas Ligeti

Theory of African Music - Gerhard Kubik

Ji Hye Jung

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlln” - Andrew Thomas

Harry Potter

The Book of Eli trailer

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Talladega Nights trailer

Kicking & Screaming trailer

The Wedding Singer trailer

Blended trailer

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary trailer

Florida Basketball 2007 NCAA championship

Patric Young highlights

Swamp Symphony

Nancy Zeltsman

Sandbox Percussion

Raves:

WTF Podcast - Bob Spitz

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 277 - Cara Wildman, 2021/2022

Percussionist, Educator, and Bodhran performer Cara Wildman returns to talk about her (then) upcoming PASIC presentation, session etiquette, and the living art of Folk Music (03:05), going full bore in bodhran playing and teaching, using social media, virtual clinics, and inventive teaching uses of Crisco (27:30), leaving Elementary School teaching (40:00), her PASIC experience after the presentation (47:00), the Christmas tour she was on in December (54:05), and does a shorter version of the Random Ass Questions (01:03:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Queen Bees (01:15:55).

Links:

Cara Wildman’s homepage

Cara’s 2018 appearance on the podcast

Cara Wildman’s instagram page

“Party in the U.S.A.” - Miley Cyrus

Robin McKinley

The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley

Sylvia Plath

Virginia Woolf

Game of Thrones TV

Heartland TV show

O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat

“Christmas Eve” Reel

Robert’s Western World

John C. Campbell Folk School

Scratch Off Map

David Hale’s “Hope” Mural

Raves:

Queen Bees trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 276 - Elizabeth DeLamater, 2021

Percussionist and Educator Elizabeth DeLamater returns to the podcast to discuss the Percussive Arts Society Diversity Panel Session she hosted at PASIC 2021 on “Percussion is for Everybody”, and discusses some of the other Diversity Events that happened at PASIC (02:50), getting COVID in late 2019 and the long-term effects from that (31:10), her continued professional activities and getting vaccinated (48:45), and a brief Random Ass Questions segment on The Go-Go’s, Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee, Reservation Dogs, Summer of Soul, and her love of nature (57:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 documentary All Madden (01:10:05).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater’s 2019 appearance on the podcast (and Part 2)

PAS Diversity Alliance

Jen Martinez-Bre

David Segal

Darren Williams, Jr.

Sean Daniels

Adam Groh

Oliver Molina on the podcast

Buster Bailey

“In Too Deep” - Belinda Carlisle

“We Got The Beat” - The Go-Go’s

The Go-Go’s trailer

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee

Reservation Dogs trailer

Summer of Soul trailer

Raves:

All Madden trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 275 - Oliver Molina, 2021

Northwestern State University (LA) Percussion Professor and Band Director Oliver Molina returns to talk about his 2021 PASIC New Literature Ensemble Session, and his group winning the Chamber Competition at PASIC in 2019 (03:40), updates at NWSU, his son’s birth, finishing his doctorate, and his PAS Education Committee Chair responsibilities (28:50), and goes through a shortened version of the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of Karaoke, Kids TV Shows, Atomic Habits, and “In Tenderness” (52:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the conclusion of the HBO Series Insecure (01:06:00).

Links:

Oliver Molina on the podcast in 2017

Oliver Molina’s homepage

Oliver Molina’s 2021 Midwest Band Clinic Presentation

Oliver Molina’s Northwestern State Page

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Francisco Perez on the podcast

Dave Hall on the podcast

“Archipelagos” - Dave Hall

Brad Meyer on the podcast

Emily Tannert Patterson on the podcast

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast

“Merlin”, movement 2 - Andrew Thomas

“Marimba D’Amore” - Keiko Abe

Kennan Wylie

Mandy Quinn

John Wooton

Chris Dandeles

Pablo Rieppi

“Tequila” - The Champs

That Thing You Do! trailer

Bluey

Gumball

Atomic Habits - James Clear

“In Tenderness” - CITIZENS

“Hide and Seek” - Regina Price

“Fix You” - Coldplay

Raves:

Insecure

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 274 - Quintin Mallette (Part 2)

Quintin Mallette returns to talk about his time at the University of Georgia for his grad degrees and his amazing experience learning under Tim Adams (05:00), how he created a career after his doctorate, “all music is film scoring”, and his convoluted path to his job at Fayetteville State (NC) (20:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including talk of canon formation, his love of Rom-Coms, a list of book recommendations, the Cleveland Browns, and Anna Karenina (42:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the podcast The Plot Thickens (01:19:40).

Links:

Part 1 with Quintin Mallette

Quintin Mallette’s Website

Tim Adams

Tony McCutcheon

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 100 - Franz Josef Haydn

Pierrot Luniare, mvt. 1 - Arnold Schoenberg

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

Violin Concerto - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov

The Carlton Dance (Alfonso Riberio)

Coco trailer

Must Love Dogs trailer

50 First Dates trailer

Sleepless in Seattle trailer

The Flywheel Effect - Jim Collins

Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns

The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Dubois

Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow

That’s The Joint! - Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal

The Big Payback - Dan Charnas

Rap and Hip Hop Culture - Fernando Orejuela

Black Lives Matter and Music - Fernando Orejuela and Stephanie Shonekan

Lamon Lawhorn on the podcast

Atlanta Braves win 2021 World Series

Florida vs. Georgia

Red River Rivalry

Browns win against Jets in 2018

“My Way” - Frank Sinatra

“I Will Survive” - Gloria Gaynor

Manchester United

U.S.A. - Mexico “dos a cero” 2021

U.S.A. - Netherlands 2019 Women’s World Cup Final

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

“Chaconne in D Minor” - J.S. Bach

Raves:

The Plot Thickens

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 273 - Quintin Mallette (Part 1)

Fayetteville State University (NC) Percussion and Music Professor Quintin Mallette stops by to talk about his PASIC Research on Illocution, Ecological Systems, Respect of Concert Music vs. Vernacular music, among other topics (03:30), his FSU job, creating a career, doing lots of driving, and specialists vs. generalists (36:45), growing up in Eastern Carolina, arriving late to music as a possible career, and tales of playing football and baseball (56:30), and attending East Carolina University and Howard University (D.C.) for undergrad (01:05:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Together Together (01:26:40).

Links:

Quintin Mallette’s homepage

Quintin Mallette’s PASIC page

Illocutionary Force

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory

Bronfenbrenner’s Chronosystem

Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Lt. Kije Symphonic Suite - Sergei Prokofiev

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Colour of Music

Sphinx Organization

Don Parker

Tim Adams

Jonathan Wacker

Bill Richards

Gifford Howarth

“Sonata No. 1” - Anthony J. Cirone

Violin Concerto - Piotr Tchaikovsky (Itzak Perlman)

Janis Potter

Verge Ensemble

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“Etude in E Minor” - Pius Cheung

“Musical Moment No. 5 - Romance” - Pius Cheung

“Saëta” - Elliot Carter

“The Love of L’Histoire” - Charles Delancey

“Topf Tanz” - Eckhard Kopetzki

“Chaconne in D Minor” - J.S. Bach

Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky

Clarinet Concerto - Carl Nielsen

Raves:

Together Together trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 272 - Donnie Johns

DMV Music Academy founder, percussionist, entrepreneur, freelancer, professor, and performer Donnie Johns stops by to talk about his recent PASIC performance as part of the Colour of Music Orchestral Percussion Section (03:00), his percussion activities with Richmond Symphony, Bowie State, UMBC, and DMV (19:00), growing up south of Baltimore, his extensive musical background, and his baseball and sports background (35:30), his years at the University of Maryland for undergrad (54:05), going to grad school back at Maryland and his decision to leave full-time secondary school teaching (01:11:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being an African American in percussion, C.S. Lewis, and Nikki Giovanni (01:20:45).

FInishing with a Rave on Muhammad Ali’s 1975 autobiography (01:40:10).

Links:

Donnie Johns’ DMV Percussion Page

The Colour of Music PASIC Performance

Lee Pringle

Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast

Sean Daniels

“Adoration” - Florence Price

Raynor Carroll

Jovon Milford on the podcast

Thomas Spann, Jr. on the podcast

Emmanuel Scott

Malcolm Jackson

Marcia McCants

Lamon Lawhorn on the podcast in 2020

Joshua Simonds on the podcast

Sphinx Organization

Gateways Music Festival

St. Elmo’s Indianapolis

John Tafoya

Tony Ames

Cal Ripken, Jr. highlights

Michael Jordan highlights

Brett Favre highlights

Ron Barnett

Maryland wins 2002 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

“The Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Ionization” - Edgard Varese

“And the Mountains Rising Nowhere” - Joseph Schwantner

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“Log Cabin Blues” - GH Green

“Hangar 84” - Paul Bissell

“Sunset Glow” - Samuels/Friedman

“Prelude No. 1” - Ney Rosauro

“Chain” - Kazunori Miyake

“Timpani Concert No. 1” - James Oliverio

Earl Yowell

Karli Viña on the podcast

Scent of a Woman trailer

Dude, Where’s My Car? trailer

The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis

Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

“Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green

“What’s Going On” - Marvin Gaye

“Gemini” - Nikki Giovanni

Raves:

The Greatest: My Own Story - Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham


Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 271 - Brian Calhoon

Marimbist and Vocalist Brian Calhoon stops by to talk about his PASIC performance and how he put together singing and playing marimba (05:10), his percussion and innkeeper responsibilities (29:00), growing up in the Bay Area, Chanticleer, his marimba-playing grandmother, and his early undergrad years (47:20), leaving CA to finish his higher education degrees in Boston, working as an admissions counselor, the good/bad of traveling, the beginnings of Marimba Cabaret (01:03:15), and the Random Ass Questions Segment, including LGBTQIA+ in percussion, other Brian Calhoons, Kermit the Frog, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Fred Hersch (01:27:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 Concert Film David Byrne’s American Utopia (02:10:00).

Links:

Marimba Cabaret

Brian Calhoon’s PASIC page

“Thunder Road” - Bruce Springsteen

“Around the World” - Grey Gardens

“The Ladies Who Lunch” - Company

Provincetown, MA

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Chanticleer

Ruth Stuber Jeanne

Vida Chenoweth

Keiko Abe

Artie Storch

Jonathan Haas

James Baker

James Saporito

“Popular” - Wicked

“Circle of Life” - The Lion King

“Somewhere” - West Side Story

Jack Van Geem

Nancy Zeltsman

Keith Aleo on the podcast

John Grimes

Sam Solomon

Handel and Haydn Society

The Drunken Tenor

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

2005 Blue Devils Show

“Rainbow Connection” - Kermit the Frog

“Love on Top” - Beyoncé

Best in Show trailer

Schitt’s Creek

Halloween Kills trailer

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Leaves of Grass - Fred Hersch

“The Sleepers” - Fred Hersch

Raves:

David Byrne’s American Utopia trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 270 - Danielle Moreau

University of Florida Adjunct Percussion and Music History Professor Danielle Moreau stops by to talk about her PASIC Performance of Derek Tywoniuk’s “Savino” (02:25), her job at Florida, the unusual dual degree programs offered there, and the challenges for new college students (13:00), the Moreau/VanTuinen duo she plays in with her wife, Danielle Van Tuinen, and working in Maine and New Hampshire prior to teaching in Florida (24:15), growing up in Connecticut and Arizona, and her time in high school band and softball (36:05), her undergrad career at the University of New Hampshire (47:00), her master’s and doctoral time at Arizona State and her dissertation work on jazz percussion ensemble and improvisation (54:55), and the Random Ass Questions segment, including her thoughts on being LGBTQIA+, Harry Potter, and NPR (01:17:15)

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Belfast (01:38:15).

Links:

Danielle Moreau’s homepage

Moreau/VanTuinen duo

Danielle’s PASIC page

“Savino” - Derek Tywoniuk

Brandon Ilaw

Obergefell v. Hodges

Audiostretch

“Stop Speaking” - Andy Akiho

Spectrum Ensemble

Jaime Esposito on the podcast

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 269 - Alexandros Fragiskatos, 2021

Columbia (MO) based Percussion Performer, Educator, Adjudicator and Arranger Alexandros Fragiskatos returns to talk about his performance for solo voice and percussion at PASIC 2021 (06:40), job transitions in Missouri after Covid issues, and new opportunities availing themselves at Central Methodist University (MO) and elsewhere (24:40), going back to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to present his music and research as an alum (40:50), substitute teaching in Columbia (a position Pete also once held) (48:00), and he does some extra Random Ass Questions to add onto the ones he did in 2019 (54:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film The French Dispatch (01:05:20).

Links:

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ website

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ PASIC page

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ 2019 appearance on the podcast

“Unspoken Dialogue” - Alexandros Fragiskatos

Percussion Group Cincinnati

“Oh Darling!” - Beatles

“Yesterday” - Beatles

“My Friend’s Over You” - New Found Glory

Pulp Fiction trailer

The Office

Gilmore Girls

Bob Thalhuber

Bougatsa

Raves:

The French Dispatch trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 268 - Juan Álamo

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Percussion Professor Juan Álamo stops by to talk about his 2021 PASIC presentation (03:30), his job at UNC-Chapel Hill and his compositional and performing outlets (22:45), growing up in Cidra, Puerto Rico, his beginnings playing timbales to recordings, and his time at the Conservatory in San Juan, PR (44:15), getting his master’s and doctorate at North Texas (01:09:45), teaching adjunct in TX and making a career out of many parts prior to getting to UNC-CH (01:21:20), and takes a spin through the Random Ass Questions (01:27:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the people Pete talked to at PASIC 2021 (01:51:00).

Links:

Juan Álamo’s UNC page

Juan Álamo’s PASIC page

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

Lynn Glassock

Cort McClaren

“Oye Como Va” - Tito Puente

“El Raton” - Cheo Feliciano

“Sonido Bestial” - Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz

“Un Dia Bonito” - Eddie Palmieri

“Toccata Fantasy in E-Flat Minor” - Raymond Helble

“Night Rhapsody” - John Serry

“Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” - Claude Debussy

Christopher Deane

Mark Ford

Keiko Abe

The Pursuit of Happyness trailer

E.T. trailer

Bad Boys trailer

Joe Dumars career highlights

Dallas Mavericks 2011 Finals highlights

J.J. Barea highlights

The Art of Possibility - Rosamund Stone Zander and Ben Zander

Creativity: The Perfect Crime - Philippe Petit

Michael League

Miguel Zénon Tiny Desk Concert

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 265 - Hannah Weaver (Part 2)

Percussionist and Educator Hannah Weaver returns to talk about Omaha weather, “Parks and Rec”, and more about her Eastman undergrad experience (03:45), her years at the University of Michigan for the master’s (11:40), working in Indiana after undergrad, returning to Eastman for the doctorate and their “famous” doctoral exams, and dealing with burnout (19:45), and finishes with her tour through the Random Ass Questions (34:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the possibilities of PASIC 2021 (01:04:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Hannah Weaver

Hannah Weaver’s homepage

Parks and Rec (TV Show)

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Ron Swanson

Michael Burritt

Sean Connors

Ivan Trevino on the podcast

Maria Finkelmeier on the podcast

Chris Jones

Annie Stevens

Joe Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Ian Ding

Joseph Becker

Latitude 49

Chris Sies

Jolly Pumpkin

Sphinx Organization

Megan Arns on the podcast

TROMP Percussion Festival

Cynthia Yeh

Julie Spencer on the podcast

Nancy Zeltsman

“See Ya Thursday” - Stephen Mackey

“Toccata” - Anna Ignatowicz

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

A Christmas Story trailer

“Wannabe” - Spice Girls

Schitt’s Creek

College World Series

Glacier National Park

Wall Drug

Raves:

PASIC 2021