University of North Florida Percussion Professor and half of the percussion duo Escape Ten Andrea Venet chats about getting the UNF job and Scampi, the Jumbo Shrimp (01:55), making audiobook versions of the Grout text to handle the oral exams at Eastman (17:10), the story of Escape Ten (25:55), growing up in Tucson and Phoenix (32:25), going to Arizona State for undergrad (48:20), Rutgers (NJ) for the master’s (56:15), working in Dallas and later Virginia (01:05:35), going to Eastman for the DMA (01:14:25), being a woman in the percussion world (01:19:35), and the rest of the Random-Ass Questions (01:25:35).
Finishing with a rave on the TV show Atlanta (01:46:55).
Links:
Scampi, the Jumbo Shrimp Mascot
A History of Western Music - Donald Grout
Ron Swanson's Pyramid of Greatness
American Pharoah wins Triple Crown, 2015
"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow
"Marimbology" - Gunther Schuller
"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner
Star Trek into Darkness trailer
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Raves: