Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 351 - Jeremiah Ingram

June 29, 2023 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Masters of Music Graduate in Percussion Performance Jeremiah Ingram stops by talk about his 2022 Masters recital (02:15), his responsibilities as Graduate Teaching Assistant with Marching Mizzou’s drumline, staying for a third year, the saturation of the music field, and heading to the University of Kentucky to start his doctorate in the Fall (08:00), growing up in Opelika, Alabama, being a first-generation college student, his high school percussion experiences, and being part of the Future Business Leaders of America (27:45), attending Auburn University (AL) for undergrad (43:45), his process of auditioning and preparing to come to Mizzou (01:04:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including the challenges of attending Primarily White Institutions (PWIs), great movies, the Boston Celtics, and great books and poetry (01:14:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (01:40:30).

Links:

Guests from Previous Podcast Episodes mentioned:

Other Links:

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Complexus” - Paul Rennick

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Over the Rainbow” - Robert Oetomo

“As One” - Gene Koshinski

“Eight on 3 and Nine on 2” - Robert Marino

Rick Holland

Michael McGlynn

Future Business Leaders of America

“The Kick 6” - Auburn vs. Alabama 2013

Mizzou vs. Auburn 2022 college football

The @Percussion Podcast

“Transformation of Pachelbel’s Canon” - arr. Nanae Mimura

The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle

The Inner Game of Music - Tim Gallwey and Barry Green

JP Bouvet

Maya Angelou and Poetry

A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson

Raves:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 350 - Julie Licata (Part 2)

June 22, 2023 Pete Zambito

Capital University (OH) Director of Percussion Activities Julie Licata returns to talk about teaching post-undergrad in Columbus, taking a break from school, doing her master’s at the University of South Carolina, and teaching at 8AM (01:20), going to the University of North Texas for her doctorate and getting the SUNY-Oneonta job (17:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with sections on being a woman in academia, biking, cooking, great books, her Italian heritage, and the tambourine parts in the music of Motown (33:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the Fletch films (01:11:20).

Links:

Previous Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

Julie Licata, Part 1

Jason Baker in 2020

Scott Herring in 2022

Eric Willie in 2022

Other Links:

Julie Licata’s webpage

Watershed I - Roger Reynolds

The Percussionist’s Art - Steven Schick

Sheila E. drum solo from Sign O’ The Times

Printer scene from Office Space

The Overstory - Richard Powers

The Invention of Solitude - Paul Auster

4 3 2 1 - Paul Auster

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi 2001 U.S. Open

“Land” - Takatsugu Muramatsu

Ain’t Too Proud musical selections

Standing in the Shadows of Motown - tambourine

Raves:

Fletch trailer

Confess, Fletch trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 349 - Julie Licata (Part 1)

June 15, 2023 Pete Zambito

Capital University (OH) Percussion Professor Julie Licata stops by to talk about her job there, teaching previously at SUNY-Oneonta, being bold in job interviews, and forming a work-life balance (02:20), her research work with Psychology Professor Michael Faber on performing (25:15), growing up in Ohio, learning organ and percussion, lifting weights and playing sports, and the benefits of working temp jobs (40:35), and her undergrad years at Capital University, along with making decisions about finding and playing literature then and now (59:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic 1980 film My Bodyguard (01:10:00).

Links:

Julie Licata’s webpage

Julie Licata’s Capital University webpage

Hartwick College (NY) School of Music

Michael Faber

“Another One Bites the Dust” - Queen

“Back in Black” - AC/DC

“Surfin’ USA” - The Beach Boys

“Sunshine of Your Love” - Cream

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” - The Who

“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” - Celine Dion

“Bullet With Butterfly Wings” - Smashing Pumpkins

Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony

Bob Breithaupt

Benjamin Ramirez

“Log Cabin Blues” - George Hamilton Green

“Duettino Concertante” - Ingolf Dahl

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Tapspace Publications

Drop 6 (Row-Loff)

Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Composer Metadatabase

Raves:

My Bodyguard trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 348 - Tim Heath

June 8, 2023 Pete Zambito

Wake Forest University (NC) new Director of Bands Tim Heath stops by to talk WFU and the challenges of recruiting there, the “shared experience” for students outside the university, and teaching during the pandemic (02:40), growing up outside Greenville, NC, getting into drumset playing and various bands, his early college years, and his sports background (26:25), his undergrad years at community college, UNC-Pembroke, and UNC-Greensboro, and the challenges of transferring classes from one school to another (43:00), teaching middle school and high school after undergrad, getting his master’s at UNCP, and eventually getting to the University of Alabama for his Ph.D. (55:45), his job at Sanford University (AL) prior to Wake, and getting a conducting certificate recently from NC School of the Arts (01:09:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of old clothes, BBQ, The Last of the Mohicans, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Grant, and (early) Pearl Jam (01:22:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Fast X (01:47:05).

Links to previous podcast guests mentioned:

Jeff Calissi in 2016

Ksenija Komljenovic in 2020

David Levy in 2020

Cort McClaren in 2022

Tracy Wiggins in 2017

Other Links:

North Carolina Poultry Federation

Jonathan Latta

Jonathan Wacker

Carlton Fisk’s highlights

Jennifer Walter

Woodstock ‘99 documentary trailer

Robert Gutter

Teaching Music Through Performance

Piedmont Wind Symphony

Neal Flum

Tim Feeney

Gasparilla Bowl 2022 highlights - Wake Forest vs. Mizzou

“In Two Places” - Haley Woodrow

Last of the Mohicans trailer

Spaceballs trailer

Malcolm Gladwell

Think Again - Adam Grant

Originals - Adam Grant

Pearl Jam discography

Weezer skit from SNL

Raves:

Fast X trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 347 - Jennifer Jolley

June 1, 2023 Pete Zambito

Following a brief mention of #tenurejosh…Composer, Conductor, and Professor of Composition at Lehman College (NY) Jennifer Jolley stops by to talk about her Fulbright Scholarship in Egypt, her teaching schedule there, Ramadan, and names (04:25), her receiving the Opera America Grant, her previous attempts at writing opera, getting commissioned, and doing the “pre-work” to composition (23:30), teaching composition students, outdated techniques, and a history of music departments (45:20), growing up in southern California, learning piano, and her fandom of The Beach Boys and the Los Angeles Dodgers (54:30), studying composition at the University of Southern California for undergrad (01:09:00), taking time off of her studies to teach and work in Vermont (01:15:50), going to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM) for her master’s and doctorate (01:21:30), teaching at Ohio Wesleyan University and Texas Tech prior to teaching at Lehman (01:30:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including portions on resumé inflation, sexism in academia, Olivia Wilde, Ted Lasso, great foods, and the poet Maggie Smith (01:38:40).

Finishing with a Rave on traveling, Toronto, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (02:00:00).

Links to guests mentioned who appeared on past Pete’s Percussion Podcast Shows:

Josh Jones in 2020 (Part 1 and Part 2)

Emily Salgado in 2021

Joshua Simonds in 2022

Other Links:

Black Orchestral Network website

“We Stand With Josh”

Classically Black Podcast

Jennifer Jolley’s website

Jennifer Jolley’s Lehman College page

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Sibelius Academy

The 26th of July - Egypt

Transient Canvas

First All-Women’s Spacewalk - 2019

Jessica Meir

Einstein on the Beach - Philip Glass

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer trailer

The Shape of Water trailer

Tower documentary trailer

Jerry Junkin

Ash - Jennifer Jolley

Questions to Heaven - Jennifer Jolley

2001: A Space Odyssey trailer

György Ligeti and 2001

Olivia Sletteland

Dame Evelyn Glennie

“Tiger Rag” - Art Tatum

Stewart Gordon

“Imperial March” - John Williams

Piano Concerto in G Major - Maurice Ravel

Piano Sonata No. 1 - Alberto Ginastera

Excursions - Samuel Barber

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

The Complete Songbooks - Ella Fitzgerald

Appalachian Spring/The Tender Land - Aaron Copland

The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Short Ride in a Fast Machine - John Adams

In the White Silence - John Luther Adams

Switched on Bach - Wendy Carlos

“Surfer Girl” - The Beach Boys

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” - The Beach Boys

“Sweet Little Sixteen” - Chuck Berry

“Surfin’ U.S.A.” - The Beach Boys

“It’s A Blue World” - The Four Freshmen

Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli

“The Serpent’s Kiss” - William Bolcom

David St. John

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Bear McCreary

Symphony No. 1 - John Corigliano

“Scorefollower” on Instagram

Olivia Wilde on Instagram

Come Sunday - Omar Thomas

Ted Lasso Season 1 trailer

Get Shorty trailer

Wonder Woman 1984 trailer

Honey & Spice - Bolu Babalola

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

Food That Tastes Like Home: Korean American - Eric Kim

“Good Bones” - Maggie Smith

You Could Make This Place Beautiful - Maggie Smith

Raves:

Art Gallery of Ontario

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 346 - Ian Antonio

May 25, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Michigan Percussion Professor Ian Antonio stops by to talk about all aspects of teaching at the school (02:00), his extensive chamber career with Wet Ink, Zs, Talujon, and Yarn/Wire (18:50), growing up in Albany (NY), having music teacher parents, taking lessons locally, and the Empire State Youth Orchestra (33:00), going to the Manhattan School of Music (NY) for undergrad, living in a hotel as his dorm, and “stubbing” (45:50), attending SUNY-Stonybrook for his Master’s and Doctorate, playing a lot of gigs, and working outside of school at Albert Augustine Ltd. (01:07:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the usage of YouTube, his dislike of John Wick films, advanced baseball stats, the NY Yankees, and Dewa Alit (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film When a Man Loves a Woman (01:44:00).

Links:

Ian Antonio’s website

Ian Antonio’s Michigan webpage

Doug Perkins’ Michigan webpage

Britton-René Collins on the podcast in 2023

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Kroumata Ensemble

Percussions de Strasbourg

Gérard Grisey

Jamie Jordan

Four/Ten Media

Colleen Bernstein on the podcast in 2022

Empire State Youth Orchestra

Duncan Patton

Symphony No. 8 - Antonin Dvorak

Megan Arns on the podcast in 2016

Drumming - Steve Reich

Matt Ward

Eduardo Leandro

Steven Schick

Albert Augustine, Ltd.

Bonnie Whiting on the podcast in 2020

Philippe Hurel

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

“Mirage pour Marimba” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

The Departed trailer

Christoph Sietzen

John Wick trailer

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

2666 - Robert Bolaño

Cases of the Yips

Scott Brosius ties Game 5 of the 2001 World Series

Van’s Vietnamese Restaurant

Druther’s Brewery

International Contemporary Ensemble

Park Avenue Armory

Louis Andriessen

Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat

Raves:

When a Man Loves a Woman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 345 - Kent Lineberry

May 18, 2023 Pete Zambito

Palen Music Educational Representative Kent Lineberry stops by to talk about his job with Palen Music in the Kansas City area (02:30), growing up in Jefferson City (MO), getting into band and percussion, the beginnings of his DCI experience, and playing in a garage band (15:45), his experiences at the University of Central Missouri and Truman State University (MO) for his college work, teaching drum corps with the Colts, and studying under Michael Bump (26:45), teaching at Rockwood Summit and Blue Springs in Missouri and mentoring teachers these days (47:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on Star Wars, Zora Neale Hurston, Battlestar Galactica, and Eric Whitacre (01:15:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein (01:37:00).

Links:

Kent Lineberry’s Palen Music page

Spirit of Atlanta DCI

“Wild Thing” - The Troggs

Of Sailors and Whales - W. Francis McBeth

Colts DCI

Tim Linsenbardt

“Plush” - Stone Temple Pilots

“5150” - Van Halen

“Johnny B. Goode” - Back to the Future

Julie Davila on the podcast in 2019

Peter Repp

David Gronneberg

Cassie Renner

Clif Walker on the podcast in 2021

Broken Arrow trailer

Empire Strikes Back trailer

Rogue One trailer

The Mandalorian trailer

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston

Battlestar Galactica trailer

Adam Bruce on the podcast in 2023

“Lucretia Mac Evil” - Blood, Sweat and Tears

“Sleep” - Eric Whitacre

The Big Lebowski trailer

Raves:

The Bride of Frankenstein trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 344 - Angela Kepley

May 11, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussion Educator, Performer and Composer Angela Kepley stops by to chat about running her own private studio in the Chicago area, how she’s incorporated percussion ensemble into the private studio experience, and making it all work with billing and equipment (04:05), fitting composing in to her activities (24:00), taking and teaching fitness classes (27:30), growing up in southern Illinois, her piano background, and her marching band career under legendary band director Carolyn Dominick (34:40), attending Millikin University (IL) for undergrad (44:25), teaching percussion post undergrad, going to Northern Illinois University for her master’s, and working through the pandemic as a private studio teacher (54:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her studies of gender in the percussion world, cooking tofu, and recovering from an elbow injury (01:16:30).

Finishing with a Rave on books by Rich Holly, Lemuel Watson, Diane Petrella, and Nick Petrella (01:41:30).

Links:

Angela Kepley’s website

Nathan Daughtrey on the podcast in 2021

“SyncoShift” - Angela Kepley

Dynamic Duos for Mallets - Angela Kepley

FORM Barre + Fitness

“County Clare” - arr. David Steinquest

Jeremy Brunk

Brian Justison

“Monograph IV” - Richard Gipson

“Prism” - Keiko Abe

Rich Holly on the podcast in 2020

“The Odyssey, According to Penelope” - Kevin Bobo

“Rebonds B A” - Iannis Xenakis

“(Manipulation)” - Brian Wach

Watership Down - Richard Adams

Third Coast Percussion

Gino’s East Chicago

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

“To The Earth” - Frederic Rzewski

The Percussionists’ Guide to Injury Treatment and Prevention - Darin Workman

Raves:

The Musician’s Toolbox - Diane Petrella and Nick Petrella

Majoring in Music - Rich Holly

Majoring in Education - Rich Holly and Lemuel Watson

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 343 - Nadia Azar

May 4, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Windsor (ON) Associate Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Nadia Azar stops by to talk about her teaching and research job at Windsor (02:45), her research on drumset players, what she’s learned so far, and related research she’s interested in pursuing in the future (13:10), the town of Windsor and more about the university (41:20), growing up on the outskirts of Windsor, playing piano for many years, her love of musicals and rock power ballads, and the power of grit in musical and sports training (45:40), her undergraduate and graduate study, the challenges of the job market, and the research side of her field (59:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including portions on the challenges of the academic job market, being a woman in the science field, the Harry Potter books, what to do when visiting Windsor, and the inspiring work of architect and designer Hector Guimard (01:23:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front (01:58:50).

Links:

Nadia Azar’s University of Windsor page

Mike Mangini

Body Media Fit

Jeff Burrows

“Injury Prevention Considerations” - Nadia Azar

Mike Mangini’s slow motion drumming and cymbal hits

Hexoskin Smart Shirts

“Tell Me On a Sunday” - Andrew Lloyd Webber

“Memory” - Andrew Lloyd Webber

“Can You Feel the Love Tonight” - Elton John

“A Whole New World” - Aladdin

“Can’t Fight This Feeling” - REO Speedwagon

“High Enough” - Damn Yankees

“Sister Christian” - Night Ranger

“When I’m With You” - Sheriff

“Home Sweet Home” - Motley Crue

“Making Love Out of Nothing At All” - Air Supply

“This Is Me” - The Greatest Showman

“Roll With the Changes” - REO Speedwagon

Harry Potter

The Lord of the Rings

CSI

South Park

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga trailer

Step Brothers trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street trailer

Saw trailer

The Outlander Series - Diana Gabaldon

All Souls Series - Deborah Harkness

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

Windsor’s Little Italy

Walkerville, Ontario

Lake Erie Wine Trail

Ojibway Nature Center

Point Pelee

Hector Guimard

Raves:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 342 - James Yakas

April 27, 2023 Pete Zambito

VanderCook College of Music (IL) Percussion Professor James Yakas stops by to talk about his job, its unusual components, and teaching music education students of all ages (02:15), growing up in the Detroit (MI) area, learning drumset and getting into marching band, and his baseball background and Detroit Tigers fandom (28:05), going to the University of North Texas (UNT) for undergrad (51:00), Northern Illinois University for his master’s (58:45), taking faculty posts at the University of Central Florida and in Minneapolis before teaching at the University of Texas at Arlington and getting his doctorate at UNT (01:06:35), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of Martin Scorcese, Star Wars movies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Detroit deep-dish pizza, and the PASIC 2022 climate change exhibit (01:21:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2018 documentary McQueen (01:48:15).

Links:

James Yakas’s VanderCook page

Cort McClaren on the podcast in 2022

VanderCook’s Continuing Education program (MECA)

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

Charley Poole

“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin

“The Right Time” - Ray Charles

Troy Hall on the podcast in 2020

Chris Romanowski

James Campbell

Bluecoats DCI

Santa Clara Vanguard DCI

Alan Trammell highlights

Pete DeSalvo

Detroit Tigers win 1984 World Series

NY Yankees win 1977 World Series

Rich Holly on the podcast in 2020

Robert Chappell

Clifford Alexis

Orlando Cotto

Midlife: A Philosophical Guide - Kieran Setiya

Omar Carmenates on the podcast in 2018

Thad Anderson

Fernando Meza on the podcast in 2020

Jeff Ausdemore

Michael Varner

Andrew Eldridge on the podcast in 2022

Mark Ford

“Concerto Piccolino” - Milton Babbitt

The Godfather trailer

Baseball - Ken Burns

Star Wars: Episode Two - Attack of the Clones trailer

Seinfeld trailer

Curb Your Enthusiasm trailer

Clif Walker on the podcast in 2021

“Cocktails for Two” - Spike Jones

Detroit Deep Dish pizza

Michael Gould

Keith Also on the podcast in 2020

Raves:

Lee Alexander McQueen and Ann Ray

McQueen documentary trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 341 - Aiyun Huang (Part 2)

April 20, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Toronto Percussion Professor Aiyun Huang returns to talk about coming to North America and studying with NEXUS and the challenges of moving and being a student in Canada (02:10), studying at the University of Toronto for undergrad (10:10), going to Paris to study theatrical percussion (21:15), going to the University of California-San Diego for her doctorate and publishing a book and DVD on theatrical percussion (34:45), teaching at McGill University (Canada) (46:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including working in the percussion field as a woman, her favorite restaurants all over the world, discussions of cooking, the world badminton championships, and the L’Orangerie in Paris (56:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 narrative podcast Holy Week (01:26:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Aiyun Huang

Aiyun Huang’s website

NEXUS Percussion

Russell Hartenberger

Robin Engelman

From Me Flows What You Call Time - Toru Takemitsu

Vinko Globokar

Georges Aperghis

Ju, Tzong-Ching

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

Bernard Woma

Steven Schick

Persaphassa - Iannis Xenakis

soundSCAPE

Banff Centre

Transplanted Roots Research Symposium

Musee L’Orangerie

Rothko Chapel

Raves:

Holy Week podcast

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 340 - Aiyun Huang (Part 1)

April 13, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Toronto Percussion Professor Aiyun Huang stops by to talk about her teaching job at the University of Toronto (03:00), managing the soundSCAPE Music festival that occurs annually in Europe (21:40), her PASIC 2022 performance of David Bithell’s Windward and issues related to performing with technology (41:50), and growing up in Taiwan and Canada, studying piano and developing her perfect pitch, and her early percussion development (01:01:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 film Clemency (01:14:50).

Links:

Aiyun Huang’s website

Aiyun Huang’s University of Toronto page

soundSCAPE

Banff Centre

National Youth Orchestra of Canada

McGill University Percussion

soundSCAPE Performance faculty

Raves:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 339 - Raynor Carroll (Part 2)

April 6, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Composer, Performer, Educator and Entrepreneur Raynor Carroll returns to talk about growing up in Los Angeles, playing drumset, and getting into concert percussion at a young age (02:15), studying with Mitchell Peters at California State University – Los Angeles, and his personal enjoyment of a “clean musical score” (21:25), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of student focus, his West African musical study, Ravi Shankar, The L.A. Rams, Wilt Chamberlain, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. (27:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1997 film The Apostle (01:07:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Raynor Carroll

Raynor Carroll

Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Mamaday Keita

CODA trailer

Plan 9 From Outer Space trailer

Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi

Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar - Oliver Craske

Concerto No. 1 for Sitar and Orchestra - Ravi Shankar

Wilt Chamberlain career highlights

L.A. Rams 2021 Super Bowl

Frank Robinson highlights

Roman Gabriel highlights

Lawrence McCutcheon highlights

Merlin Olsen highlights

The Hollywood Bowl

Daphnis et Chloé - Maurice Ravel

Sir Simon Rattle

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.

Raves:

The Apostle trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 338 - Raynor Carroll (Part 1)

March 30, 2023 Pete Zambito

Orchestral Percussionist, Teacher, Author, Composer, Entrepreneur, and Mentor Raynor Carroll stops by to talk about the Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP) (02:45), his books, teaching timpani, practice techniques, and working with composers (24:50), and winning the Los Angeles Philharmonic job, playing in youth orchestras, and what he’s learned through the audition process (48:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film RRR (01:11:30).

Links:

Raynor Carroll

Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP)

Johnny Lee Lane

Tim Adams

Mike Crusoe

Douglas Cardwell on the podcast in 2019

Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast in 2019

Josh Jones on the podcast in 2020

Unfinished Symphony - Franz Schubert

Mitchell Peters

Exercises, Etudes, and Solos for the Timpani - Raynor Carroll

Modern Method for Timpani - Saul Goodman

City Noir - John Adams

The Rose Lake - Michael Tippett

Richard Weiner

“Mambo” from Symphonic Dances - Leonard Bernstein

“200 Motels” - Frank Zappa

American Youth Symphony

Mehli Mehta

Michael Tilson Thomas

Carlo Maria Giulini

Symphony No. 8 - Anton Bruckner

Rhapsodie Espagnole - Maurice Ravel

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - Piotr Tchaikovsky

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - Paul Dukas

Charles DeLancey

Raves:

RRR trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 337 - Edward Choi

March 23, 2023 Pete Zambito

After Pete discusses a very busy month for the Athletics Bands at Mizzou, Principal Percussionist for the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and educator Edward Choi stops by to talk about his orchestral position, the ways he serves the greater Korean percussion community, and his college teaching schedule (04:10), his work with the Percussion Conservatory (27:25), growing up mostly in Toronto, his Drum Corps years, getting an English degree and studying Asian languages, and coming to percussion later in life (33:50), living and learning in Korea, and teaching Drum Corps in Asia (49:00), studying with Michael Burritt at Northwestern and She-e Wu at Rutgers (01:04:50), his time learning from Alan Abel (01:11:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of the value of both Drum Corps and Orchestral Music study, issues of IDE, watching U.S. sports in Korea, and great books (01:23:50).

Finishing with a Rave regarding more of Pete’s recent travels (01:59:10).

Links:

Edward Choi’s Percussion Conservatory page

Edward Choi’s Seoul Philharmonic page

Will James on the podcast in 2017

Norm Weinberg on the podcast in 2017

“The Birds” - NEXUS Percussion, 1984

Thom Hannum

Colin McNutt

Keiko Abe

Method of Movement for Marimba - L.H. Stevens

Beverley Johnston

“Dynamite” - BTS

Squid Game trailer

The Three Japanese Alphabets

“Mirage pour Marimba” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

“Caprice No. 24” - Nicolo Paganini/Johan Bridger

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Rhythmic Caprice” - L.H. Stevens

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

I-Jen Fang

Scheherazade, Mvt. III - N. Rimsky-Korsakov

Bolero - Maurice Ravel

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones on the podcast in 2022

Dune (2021) trailer

Eternals trailer

Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger

IQ84 - Haruki Murakami

Doug Flutie NFL Highlights

Old Dutch Ketchup Potato Chips

Canadian Butter Tarts

Coffee Crisp Chocolate Bar

Dark Chocolate Hobnobs

Jaap van Zweden

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Symphony No. 1 - Jean Sibelius

Becca Laurito on the podcast in 2023

Raves:

Old Sacramento

DOCO

Fisherman’s Wharf (SF)

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 336 - Britton-René Collins

March 16, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Composer, and Solo and Chamber performer Britton-René Collins stops by to talk about the Excelsis Quartet and its importance in the percussion field (02:30), the Vision Duo with violinist Ariel Horowitz, and getting into composing and arranging (13:40), the 2022 PASIC panel on Black Women Percussionists, including discussions of isolation, loneliness, and the pressure of the “superwoman” complex (24:40), growing up in Gainesville, Fl, her piano background, and her very accomplished musical family (46:00), going to the University of Toronto (ON) for her undergrad, and attending soundSCAPES in Italy (01:02:10), studying her Master’s at the University of Michigan (01:14:45), and takes on the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of the Harry Potter books and movies, Rafa Nadal, and Chan’s Chinese Food in Gainesville (01:22:20).

Finishing with a Rave on Baltimore Boys and The Boys of Dunbar (01:47:00).

Links:

Britton-René Collins’s website

Excelsis Percussion

Vision Duo

So Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

Doug Perkins

Concert Artists Guild

Marimolin

“History of Tango” - Astor Piazzolla

“Legal Highs” - David P. Jones

Jillian Baxter on the podcast in 2020

“Thirteen Drums” - Maki Ishii

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

Harry Potter

Andy Harnsberger on the podcast in 2022

“Imaginary Landscape No. 1” - John Cage

“Ricefall” - Michael Pisaro

Interstellar main theme - Hans Zimmer

Interstellar trailer

“Dancing Queen” - ABBA

Chan’s Chinese Food in Gainesville, FL

“Misty” - Erroll Garner

“Temazcal” - Javier Alvarez

Raves:

Baltimore Boys

The Boys of Dunbar - Alejandro Danois

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 335 - Adam Bruce

March 9, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Composer, Educator, and Palen Music Store Manager Adam Bruce stops by to talk about his composition career (03:10), his job with Palen Music in Broken Arrow (OK) (14:30), growing up in Edmond (OK), music being the family business, and his high school marching band and sports background (23:20), attending Oklahoma Christian University for undergrad and being the only undergrad percussion major there, along with his years marching DCI (38:20), teaching and building a studio after his undergrad, doing his Masters degree at Oklahoma City University, building a marimba, encounters with Vida Chenoweth, and the Moore (OK) tornado of 2013 (59:30), teaching at Tulsa Union (OK) in a percussion director position, and working with indoor drumline (01:18:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of The Godfather, Stephen King, and great music (01:23:00).

Finishing with a Rave on films that Pete enjoyed during the 2023 True/False Documentary Film Festival (01:47:15).

Links:

Adam Bruce’s webpage

Palen Music - Broken Arrow (OK)

Tarzan soundtrack - Phil Collins

The Mummy end credits - Jerry Goldsmith

Nathan Daughtrey on the podcast in 2021

Brian West

Clif Walker on the podcast in 2021

Oklahoma Music Educators Association

Lehman Trilogy

“Imperial March” - John Williams

OKC Thunder 2012 highlights

David Steffens

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Stick Control for the Snare Drummer - George Stone

2006 Bluecoats Show - Connexus

Aimachi

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Montana Music” - David Maslanka

Moore (OK) 2013 tornado

“José/beFore John 5” - Aurel Hollo

Cort McClaren on the podcast in 2022

Julie Davila on the podcast in 2019

The Godfather trailer

Cry Wilderness MST3K

Jaws Theme Song - John Williams

Indiana Jones Theme Song - John Williams

Ford v Ferrari trailer

Yellowstone trailer

Burn Company BBQ - Tulsa (OK)

Rob Parks

Ivan Trevino on the podcast in 2022

Raves:

True/False

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 334 - Ben Tomlinson

March 2, 2023 Pete Zambito

Texas A&M-Kingsville Percussion Professor Ben Tomlinson stops by to talk TAMUK and the New Faculty Investment Program at his school (02:10), the University Pedagogy Committee for PAS (and Pete’s appearance there last fall) (22:40), growing up in Greenville, SC, the challenges of building percussion programs in the state, and being an Eagle Scout (29:00), attending Furman University (SC) for undergrad and the University of South Carolina for his master’s, along with a discussion of the marriage partnership as it relates to jobs (41:15), his years studying at Florida State University for the doctorate (59:35), teaching adjunct at Stephen F. Austin State University (TX) (01:08:05), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, Coffee, FSU sports, Chuck Palaniuk books, and Everything Everywhere All At Once (01:18:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Living (01:35:45).

Links:

Ben Tomlinson’s website

Ben Tomlinson’s TAMUK website

Randy Fluman

New Faculty Investment Program

Brad Meyer on the podcast in 2021

Brian Thacker

Nathan Daughtrey on the podcast in 2021

Michael Rosen

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Steve Schick

Mike Sammons on the podcast in 2022

Omar Carmenates on the podcast in 2018

Gordon Hicken

Threads - Paul Lansky

Ballet Mécanique - George Antheil

Scott Herring on the podcast in 2022

John W. Parks IV on the podcast in 2018

She-e Wu

Tom Burritt on the podcast in 2021

Chase Banks

Innovative Percussion

Hal Leonard

Karel Husa

Onyx Coffee

Methodical Coffee - Greenville, SC

Driftwood Coffee Company - Corpus Christi, TX

Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer

Kaleidoscope trailer

Chuck Palaniuk

Sully’s Steamers

Falls Park, Greenville (SC)

Charlie’s BBQ - Greenville, SC

Cookout

Tandem Creperie - Traveler’s Rest, SC

Sierra Nevada - Asheville, NC

Raves:

Living trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 333 - Erin Elstner (Part 2)

February 23, 2023 Pete Zambito

Webster University (MO) Percussion Professor Erin Elstner returns to talk about living and working in New York City post-undergrad (01:35), dealing with the COVID pandemic and maintaining her high level of activity (16:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on navigating the percussion world as a woman, suspense movies, playing very challenging and odd percussion music, and a wonderful story of re-connecting (22:20).

Finishing with a Rave on a recent Take 6 live concert (01:00:30).

Links:

Part 1 with Erin Elstner

Erin Elstner’s Canopus Drum page

Carnegie Hall Teaching Artists

Third Street Music School Settlement

“In The Street” - Big Star

Hit Like A Girl contest

“I Love Rock and Roll” - Joan Jett

Riki Lindhome

Wednesday

Rope trailer

Monsieur Hire trailer

Coming to America trailer

Gigli trailer

Hunger - Knut Hamsun

The Pillow Book trailer

Raves:

Take 6

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 332 - Erin Elstner (Part 1)

February 16, 2023 Pete Zambito

Webster University (MO) Percussion Professor and Freelance Percussionist Erin Elstner stops by to talk about teaching and performing in the St. Louis Area, teaching and playing in Asia, setting up a new program, and the fun of bringing in guest artists (05:15), more talk about her Webster jog (33:00), growing up in Iowa and St. Louis, her musical family, playing challenging piano music, marching band experiences, and her enjoyment of playing sports (41:00), and talks about her time in undergrad at the New School in NYC (01:06:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the book and film Being There (01:24:50).

Links:

Erin Elstner’s Canopus Drums page

Erin Elstner on “The Humble Tambourine” on NPR

Postmodern Jukebox

The Fabulous Fox Theater

Powell Hall Renovations

The MUNY (STL)

Final Fantasy concerts

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Quinton Robinson

Tommy Lee