Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 385 - Arin Levy (Part 1)

February 29, 2024 Pete Zambito

Denver (CO)-based percussionist Arin Levy stops by to talk about Enso Sounds, gong selection, dealing with logistics, and the business of sound baths (03:15), growing up in Canton (OH), drum corps, playing trombone, and their involvement in theater (26:40), their undergrad years at Ohio University (36:55), going to Eastern Kentucky for master’s and teaching as a sabbatical replacement (47:00), and living in Indianapolis after the master’s degree, teaching high school drumlines, working with Jeff Queen, and freelancing (57:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (01:03:10).

Arin Levy Links:

Enso Sounds

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Becca Laurito in 2023

Other Links:

Gongs Unlimited

Tim Feeney

Steven Schick

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Raves:

Maria Schneider’s Website

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 384 - Louis Raymond-Kolker

February 22, 2024 Pete Zambito

High Point University (NC) Professor of Percussion, Theory and Composition Louis Raymond-Kolker stops by to chat about HPU, North Carolina, and teaching at Appalachian State and Winston-Salem State (02:25), getting into composing and the art of teaching composition (26:05), growing up in Austin, TX and getting into all things percussion (37:40), his undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce and his time in drum corps (49:05), his masters years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (01:08:15), his gap year before heading to North Carolina, including his time as a USPS letter carrier (01:18:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of “The Percussion Canon”, Jhumpa Lahiri, Miyazaki movie scores, and “Dave the Diver” (01:26:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film The Zone of Interest (01:52:35).

Louis Raymond-Kolker Links:

Louis Raymond-Kolker’s website

Louis Raymond-Kolker’s High Point University website

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Danny Frye in 2018

Christopher Thompson in 2020

Other Links:

North Carolina Brass Band

Inside Out Steelband

Austin Percussion Collective

High Point University Community Orchestra

Partita for Eight Voices - Caroline Shaw

Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein

“Remember, Marimba” - Errollyn Wallen

“Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” - Keiko Abe

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Guardians DBC

Great Plains International Marimba Competition

Hayao Miyazaki

Jhumpa Lahiri

DAVE THE DIVER

Raves:

The Zone of Interest trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 383 - Blair Helsing

February 15, 2024 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Band Leader, and Podcaster Blair Helsing stops by to talk about his life and a percussionist, band leader and percussion enthusiast (02:30), his work with the PAS Diversity Alliance and his career in Information Technology (17:25), growing up in Chicago and California (26:40), moving to the Bay Area in college, playing in bands regularly, PAS, Digital Audio Workstations, and San Francisco during the 1990s and 2000s (32:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including sections on maintaining good posture while playing drumset, Edgar Wright movies, John Cage, Hal Blaine, Ringo Starr, the final Sex Pistols show, and Rick Beato’s YouTube page (54:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers (01:23:45).

Blair Helsing Links:

Blair Helsing’s LinkedIn page

Echo Beach Jazz Band

Previous podcast guests mentioned:

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Heather Sloan in 2021

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Other Links:

PAS Diversity Alliance

Hurtado Brothers

M’Boom - Max Roach et. al.

Calypso - Harry Belafonte

Baby Driver trailer

The Wrecking Crew trailer

Standing in the Shadows of Motown trailer

Muscle Shoals trailer

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me trailer

Hal Blaine

J.R. Robinson

Last Night in Soho trailer

The Drummer’s Path - Sule Greg Wilson

Where the Heart Beats - Kay Larson

“Wonderful Tonight” - Eric Clapton

“Go Where You Wanna Go” - The Mama’s and The Papa’s

“Dedicated to the One I Love” - The Mama’s and The Papa’s

The Sex Pistols’ Final U.S. Tour

The Sex Pistols’ Final Concert - Winterland

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Rick Beato interviews Keith Jarrett

Rick Beato interviews Pat Metheny

Rick Beato interviews Sting

Aimee Nolte on Beatles Bridges

Raves:

The Sparks Brothers trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 382 - Olivia Kieffer (Part 2)

February 8, 2024 Pete Zambito

Grand Valley State University (MI) Visiting Professor of Music Theory, Composer, Educator and Percussionist Olivia Kieffer returns to talk about heading to Georgia State for her percussion masters degree, working with Chix with Stix, and teaching and freelancing in the Atlanta area (02:45), making the decision to pursue grad degrees in composition and heading to UW-Milwaukee for her masters (18:25), doing her doctorate at the University of Miami (FL) and demonstrating all of the toy pianos in her studio for the podcast (23:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on preparing students for the future, navigating the percussion and composition world as a woman, great movies, The Green Bay Packers, stories from doing karaoke, and the TV series Planet Earth 3 (40:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Somewhere in Queens (01:12:40).

Olivia Kieffer Links:

Part 1 with Olivia Kieffer

Olivia Kieffer’s GVSU page

Olivia Kieffer’s homepage

Toy Piano Chamber Music Database

“Nobility of the Homophones” - Olivia Kieffer

“The Texture of Activity” - Olivia Kieffer

“Playing the Changes” - Olivia Kieffer

Other Links:

Stewart Gerber

Jim Culley

Allen Otte

Chix with Stix Percussion Group

Reinhardt Contemporary Arts Festival

A Little Bit Culty podcast

Johanna Beyer

Maestro trailer

Mission Impossible 2 trailer

End of Mahler 2 conductors

Dune - Frank Herbert

The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls

“Time After Time” - Cyndi Lauper

“Moon River” - Andy Williams

“Bullet the Blue Sky” - U2

Planet Earth 3 trailer

Raves:

Somewhere in Queens trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 381 - Olivia Kieffer (Part 1)

February 1, 2024 Pete Zambito

Grand Valley State University (MI) Professor of Music Theory Olivia Kieffer stops by to talk about her job responsibilities at GVSU and some of her past experiences that led her to that particular place (04:10), her work on the PAS Diversity Alliance and the 2023 PASIC panel she moderated (21:20), growing up in Wisconsin, getting involved in percussion, her church background and her sports past (37:00), and talks about her time as an undergrad at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) (53:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film American Fiction (01:02:20).

Olivia Kieffer links:

Olivia’s GVSU page

Olivia’s homepage

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Reynaliz Herrera in 2023

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2019

Other Links:

Greg Secor

Ben Toth

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Kalani Das

Scott Farkas

Michael Burritt

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

Jim Culley

“Canticle No. 1” - Lou Harrison

“First Construction” - John Cage

Emerson String Quartet

Rusty Burge

Raves:

American Fiction trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 380 - Pablo Rieppi (Part 2)

January 25, 2024 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, and Composer/Arranger Pablo Rieppi returns in Part 2 to discuss growing up in Northern Virginia (after being born in Uruguay), getting into percussion, improvising in classical music and jazz, and getting better at focused listening (01:40), going to George Mason University (VA) for undergrad (22:30), attending Juilliard for his masters and moving to New York City (31:45), and closes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on cooking, sports fandoms, great books and movies, a crazy ballet story, and seeing Modern Art in person (36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Fallen Leaves (01:14:50).

Pablo Rieppi Links:

Part 1 with Pablo Rieppi

Pablo Rieppi’s website

NYC Ballet Orchestra

Pablo’s Method Books

Rhythmic Roots - Pablo Rieppi

Other Links:

Washington Football’s “Hogs” Offensive line

1986 NY Mets

The Godfather trailer

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Marcía Márquez

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger

The Once and Future King - TH White

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Borders Bookstore

Pan’s Labyrinth trailer

Leonardo da Vinci - Walter Isaacson

Museum of Modern Art - NYC

Unsuk Chin

Raves:

Fallen Leaves trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 379 - Pablo Rieppi (Part 1)

January 18, 2024 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, and Composer/Arranger Pablo Rieppi stops by to talk about his roles with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, subbing with the New York Philharmonic, Percussion on the Sound (P.O.T.S.), The Nutcracker, and playing the same repertoire over and over (03:00), the teaching portion of his career and pivoting to take younger percussion students (29:00), and composing/arranging for percussion, including recycling popular method books for new purposes (38:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1976 autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter (55:30).

Pablo Rieppi Links:

Pablo Rieppi’s homepage

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Pablo’s Method Books

Rhythmic Roots - Pablo Rieppi

Previous Podcast Guest mentioned:

Joshua Vonderheide in 2023

Other Links:

New York Philharmonic

The Percussion Conservatory

George Balanchine

The Firebird ballet - Igor Stravinsky

Appalachian Spring ballet - Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 3 - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Music from Suite No. 3 - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Christopher Lamb

Joe Pereira

14 Modern Contest Solos - John S. Pratt

Stick Control - George Stone

Syncopation - Ted Reed

Instruction Course for Xylophone - George H. Green

The New Breed - Gary Chester

Samuel Z. Solomon

Raves:

Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 378 - Cory Hills

January 11, 2024 Pete Zambito

Owner and Creator of SplatBoomBang! Percussive Storytelling and Los Angeles-based Freelancing Percussionist Cory Hills stops by to discuss his PASIC 2023 presentation and getting into Percussive Storytelling (02:00), living in Los Angeles, Freelancing, and making Percussive Storytelling a business (22:00), his experiences with the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet and getting to meet William Kraft (40:40), growing up in northern Virginia (46:00), doing his undergrad at Northwestern (IL), studying with Michael Burritt, and the community he cultivates in his studios (51:10), living in Australia and studying with Vanessa Tomlinson (56:10), his fellowship in Italy and doing his doctorate at the University of Kansas (01:06:16), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on percussion composer pieces, Beat Generation authors, and that party when he “performed on Christmas tree” (01:15:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Poor Things (01:37:25).

Cory Hills Links:

Cory Hills’s Homepage

Cory Hills’s YouTube page

“The Lost Bicycle” - Cory Hills

Previous Podcast guest mentioned:

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Other Links:

Fred Rogers’ Institute

Michael Burritt

Third Coast Percussion

Vanessa Tomlinson

Steven Schick

Fabrica Institute

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

Derek Tywoniuk

Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

L’Histoire du Soldat - Igor Stravinsky

“?Corporel” - Vinko Globokar

Stuart Saunders Smith

“To The Earth” - Frederic Rzewski

“And Now For the News” - Graeme Leak

William Barton

Ji Hye Jung

Carl Czerny piano exercises

Charles Hanon piano exercises

Aladdin trailer

The Fast and the Furious trailer

Tao Te Ching - Laozi

Ursula K. LeGuin

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Howl - Allen Ginsberg

Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Five Guys restaurant

J. Paul Getty Art Museum

Raves:

Poor Things trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 377 - Gifford Howarth

January 4, 2024 Pete Zambito

Bloomsburg University (Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) Percussion Professor and Band Director Gifford Howarth stops by to talk about the PASIC 2023 Keyboard Committee Panel he moderated on Front Ensemble Rehearsal Engagement (05:35), his percussion activities at Bloomsburg, his adjudication responsibilities and being an artist/clinician (25:10), getting his college job and how his job at Bloomsburg has changed over the years (40:00), the clinic work he's done in Asia over 2 decades (55:40), growing up in upstate New York, his marching and lessons background, and his choir singing, solo singing, and background in musicals (01:08:30), his undergrad at Ithaca College (NY) and studying with Gordon Stout (01:22:00), his master’s degree from Kent State (OH), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on skill development through sight reading, his active cooking life, Stephen King and The Dark Tower Series, the musical Hamilton, and being moved by performances he’s judged (01:40:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 docuseries Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning (02:15:45).

Gifford Howarth links:

Gifford’s Bloomsburg page

Gifford’s Yamaha page

Gifford’s Vic Firth page

“Leyenda” - Isaac Albéniz/Gifford Howard arrangement

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Lauren Teel in 2017

Julie Davila in 2019

Tom Burritt in 2021

Thom Hasenpflug in 2019

Other Links:

Yamaha Sounds of Summer

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“The Whole Toy Laid Down” - David Hollinden

“Marimba Quartet” - Daniel Levitan

“Bluebird Samba” - Ted Rounds

Selected Duets for Flute - H. Voxman

Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet

The Dark Tower - Stephen King

The Stand - Stephen King

James Patterson

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry

Hamilton

Raves:

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 376 - Reynaliz Herrera

December 21, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Composer, Educator, and Creator and Lead Performer of Ideas Not Theories Reynaliz Herrera stops by to talk about her recent PASIC 2023 panel appearance with the PAS Diversity Alliance on Neurodivergent Percussionists (03:10), Ideas Not Theories, writing music for bicycle, and how she works theatrically and musically with her group (12:25), growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, having an artistic family, getting into percussion, and her sports background (38:50), her undergrad years at the University of Ottawa (CA) (52:15), moving back to Mexico, then going to Boston Conservatory for her master’s (01:03:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including great and terrible movies, great TV shows, the Monterrey soccer scene, and the benefits and great music she got to hear while campaigning for a Grammy nomination (01:13:10).

Finishing with Raves on the 2023 documentary Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby and her interview with Marc Maron on WTF (01:42:30).

Reynaliz Herrera links:

Ideas Not Theories

Currents New Media

Ideas music videos

Previous Podcast Guest mentioned:

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Other Links:

“Prim” - Asked Masson

“Inspirations Diabolique” - Rick Tagawa

“Time for Marimba” - Minor Miki

Peter Sadlo

The Room trailer

Life is Beautiful trailer

Happy Go Lucky trailer

Shutter Island trailer

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Raves:

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields trailer

WTF with Marc Maron - Brooke Shields

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 375 - Karen Yu

December 14, 2023 Pete Zambito

Sound Art Curator, Co-Founder of the Upstrike Project, and Freelancing Percussionist Karen Yu stops by to talk about her PASIC 2023 performance in the New Music Research Sessions and the piece’s relationship to Hong Kong today (03:10), her work as a Freelancing Percussionist in Hong Kong with the HK New Music Ensemble and the UpStrike Project (16:00), her career as a Sound Art Curator, how she supports artists in these spaces, the concept of “new music” and the challenges of promoting it (26:20), growing up in Hong Kong and getting into music (47:40), moving to Canada to finish high school, getting used to a new education system, and the nature of being multilingual (54:00), getting her undergrad and masters at McGill University (CA) (01:09:10), moving back to Hong Kong and starting her life back there (01:25:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of creativity, her experiences as an Asian woman in percussion, Taiwanese poetry, translating between multiple languages, the competitiveness of Karaoke in Hong Kong, and great visual art (01:32:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Renaissance – a Film by Beyoncé (01:59:45).

Karen Yu’s Links:

Karen Yu’s website

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matthew Lau in 2021

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones in 2022

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Jeff Moore in 2023

Other Links:

Handover of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Arts Development Council

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Rebonds A+B” - Iannis Xenakis

Fabrice Marandola

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

“?Corporel” - Vinko Globokar

Don’t F%$8 With Cats trailer

Raves:

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 374 - Shawn Mativetsky

December 7, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Tabla Player, Freelancer, Author, and College Professor Shawn Mativetsky stops by to talk about his recent PASIC 2023 presentation on playing tabla with effects pedals (03:10), his percussion activities and responsibilities in Montreal and at McGill University (CA), teaching tabla ensemble, his book Rudimentaal , and his regular ensemble work (18:35), growing up in Montreal and his musical background (36:35), his years as a student at McGill, his first interactions with tabla, the physical and practical issues of playing the instrument, and learning how to be a student learning tabla from a master (43:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of the tabla in western performance practice, continuing the tradition of the instrument, great movies, and important albums (01:12:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film The Holdovers (01:39:00).

Shawn Mativetsky links:

Shawn Mativetsky’s website

Shawn Mativetsky’s McGill page

Shawn Mativetsky’s Vic Firth page

Rudimentaal

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Todd Meehan in 2017

Justin Alexander in 2020

Neeraj Mehta in 2018

Dan Piccolo in 2020

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 373 - I-Jen Fang

November 30, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Virginia Associate Professor of Percussion and Principal Timpanist and Percussionist for the Charlottesville Symphony I-Jen Fang stops by [after Pete learns how to say her name at (03:00)] to discuss her recent PASIC 2023 performance for the New Music Research day with Greg Beyer (04:00), her percussion responsibilities at UVA and Charlottesville, the marching band at UVA, and the challenges of recruiting there (12:50), growing up in Taiwan, having artistic parents (who are not in the music field), getting started in piano, and the culture of music there (41:10), studying at Carnegie Mellon University (PA) for undergrad with Tim Adams and performing on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (53:40), living in Chicago and studying with Michael Burritt for her masters at Northwestern (IL) (01:10:00), doing the doctorate at University of North Texas and her research into the 1986 Marimba Commissions (01:18:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with sections on developing well-rounded percussionists, being an Asian woman in the percussion world, her love and skill at cooking, Anime series, and performing the music of Christopher Deane (01:29:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the movies of Bruce Lee (01:59:00).

I-Jen Fang Links:

I-Jen’s UVA page

I-Jen’s Innovative Percussion page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Mark Ford in 2023

John Lane in 2023

Eric Willie in 2022

William Moersch in 2019

Jason Baker in 2020

Other Links:

Greg Beyer

Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival

Michael Burritt

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Shenandoah National Forest

Tim Adams

“Wind in the Bamboo Grove” - Keiko Abe

Ju Percussion Group

She-e Wu

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

Top Gun: Maverick trailer

Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailer

Hunter x Hunter Set 1 trailer

Hot Tub Time Machine trailer

UVA Men’s Basketball 2018 and 2019

2017 Charlottesville Protests

“Child of Tree” - John Cage

“The Bones of Chung Tzu” - Christopher Deane

Raves:

Fist of Fury - dojo fight

The Way of the Dragon - fight with Chuck Norris

Enter the Dragon - fight vs. O’Hara

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 372 - Tim Feerst (2023)

November 23, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Northern Colorado Percussion Professor Tim Feerst returns to discuss his recent PASIC 2023 clinic on Multi-Percussion FUNdamentals (03:20), his new job at UNC, the playing opportunities in the Denver area, and the change of scenery from Texas (18:30), and a shorter version of the Random Ass Questions, including segments on rewatching great TV shows, his beloved Washington Commanders, new video games, and Classic Christmas movies (39:40).

Finishing with a Rave about the Southeast Missouri University Percussion Studio during Pete’s recent appearance there (01:12:50).

Tim Feerst Links:

Tim’s appearance on the podcast in 2021 - Part 1 and Part 2

Tim’s website

Tim’s UNC page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Todd Meehan’s appearance in 2017

Andy Bliss’ appearance in 2023

Other Links:

Saul Goodman

Ideo-Kinetics - Gordon Stout

“Bone Alphabet” - Brian Ferneyhough

“XY” - Michael Gordon

“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

“Rogosanti” - James Wood

Corey Robinson

“Time Intermittent” - Corey Robinson

The Multiple Percussion Book - Nick Petrella

Multitudes - Andy Bliss

Reflex - Brett William Dietz

Ed Soph

“Asanga” - Kevin Volans

Stick Control - George Stone

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

“The King of Denmark” - Morton Feldman

Bright Star

Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra

Undercover Boss

House

Dan Snyder

E:60 - Alex Smith: Project 11

Cyberpunk 2077

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (Part One) trailer

John Wick: Chapter 4 trailer

White Christmas trailer

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) trailer

Raves:

SEMO Percussion and Steel Band webpage

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 371 - Matthew Henry (2023)

November 16, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Director of Percussion Studies Matt Henry returns to the podcast to talk about his PASIC 2023 presentation, “Settling the Score” (03:20), Matt’s career before and since 2017, and changes in the music department at UMSL (23:40), SpecDrum and the importance of belonging (34:35), and an updated Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of great books, great pop music from the 1970s and 1990s, and artist Travis Sheridan (47:45).

Closing with a Rave on Pete’s favorite moment from PASIC 2023 (01:10:15).

Matt Henry Links:

Matthew’s previous appearance on the podcast in 2017

Matthew’s UMSL page

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 370 - 2023 PASIC Preview! (Part 2)

November 8, 2023 Pete Zambito

PASIC Week is here! Part 2 of the Annual 2023 PASIC Preview is here, featuring interviews with presenters Cory Hills (01:30), Reynaliz Herrera (24:25), and Matthew Henry (35:45).

Links:

2023 PASIC Preview Part 1

Cory Hills

Reynaliz Herrerra

Matthew Henry

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 369 - 2023 PASIC Preview! (Part 1)

November 7, 2023 Pete Zambito

PASIC Week is here! Let’s preview some of the clinics, performances, and presentations you can see this year. Presenting on Thursday are I-Jen Fang (02:20), Tim Feerst (11:45), Shawn Mativetsky (25:45), Gifford Howarth (42:45) and Karen Yu (01:02:50).

Links:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 368 - Andrew Richardson

October 26, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Oklahoma Chair of the Percussion Area Andrew Richardson stops by to talk about his job, the OU-Texas football rivalry, and the OU Percussion Press (03:40), growing up in Northern Virginia and playing in jazz band and marching band (24:15), getting his undergrad degree from James Madison University (VA) and playing in a pop/punk band in high school (34:20), returning to JMU for his masters (49:05), heading to OU for his doctorate and his dissertation research on the marimba music of Raymond Helble (59:35), and stays for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the OKC Thunder, Oklahoma tornados, What-A-Burger, and local concerts (01:14:25).

Finishing with a Rave about attending a recent Samara Joy concert (01:28:30).

Andrew Richardson Links:

Andrew Richardson’s OU page

OU Percussion Press

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Lance Drege in 2017

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Cort McClaren in 2022

Other Links:

Benjamin Holmes

Richard Gipson

NCPP

“Red River Showdown” 2023

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Palace of Nine Perfections” - Eric Ewazen

“Debris Field” - Jessica Flanigan

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Hey Jude” - The Beatles

“The Final Countdown” - Europe

“Kokomo” - The Beach Boys

“Tequila” - The Champs

Yamaha Sounds of Summer

Marlon Foster

The Go-Go’s documentary trailer

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones documentary trailer

“London Calling” - The Clash

“Chain Saw” - The Ramones

Teaching Percussion - Gary Cook

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Limerick Daydreams” - Nathan Daughtrey

“The Crystals” - David Long

“Sharpened Stick” - Brett Dietz

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

“Stubernic” - Mark Ford

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

“Preludes 1-5” - Michael Burritt

“Der Provokateur” - Leander Kaiser

“The Worried Drummer” - Adolf Schreiner

“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich

“Beads of Glass” - Gordon Stout

“Canticle” - Stanley Leonard

Raves:

Samara Joy’s website

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 367 - John Lane

October 19, 2023 Pete Zambito

Sam Houston State University (TX) Director of Percussion Studies John Lane stops by to talk about his job and the journey to get there (03:00), the social justice collaborative project The Innocents with Al Otte (22:30), his podcast Standing in the Stream (31:40), growing up in central Texas, music within his family, and his time in DCI (41:30), going to Stephen F. Austin State University (TX) for undergrad and becoming more serious about his physical fitness as an adult (50:20), his Masters at North Texas, teaching in Wyoming, and going to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for his doctorate (01:01:25), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on composers of percussion music, his love of cooking, Oppenheimer, and Susan Neiman (01:15:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 4K re-release of the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense (01:46:50).

John Lane Links:

John Lane’s SHSU page

The Innocents

Standing in the Stream: Conversations with Creatives podcast

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Eric Willie in 2022

Jason Baker in 2020

Norm Weinberg in 2017

Raves:

Stop Making Sense 2023 trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 366 - Nick Meyers

October 12, 2023 Pete Zambito

East Central University (OK) Director of Bands and Director of Percussion Studies Nick Meyers stops by to talk about his school, recruiting to the university, and the alumni donor network he’s cultivated (03:20), his composition background, being on Percussive Arts Society committees, and incorporating composition and improvisation into his teaching (17:20), growing up in Augusta (GA), The Masters Golf tournament, getting into music, and working outside of music (30:50), getting lots of different experiences in percussion during his undergrad at Augusta State (GA) (45:00), going to the University of Tennessee for his master’s (56:00), teaching for the next 7 years, moving to North Dakota State University for his doctorate, the NDSU football juggernaut, and his research on timpani teaching and performance (01:06:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the Indiana Jones movies, traveling throughout Europe, and the Expressionist work of Edvard Munch (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2007 documentary Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (01:42:30).

Nick Meyers links:

Nick Meyers’ webpage

Nick Meyers’ East Central University homepage

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Josh Gottry in 2020

Julie Hill in 2019

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Rebecca Kite in 2018

David Eyler in 2020

Kenyon Williams in 2017