Percussion (and other things)
Clip show! Clip show! Featuring help from David Grubb (:50), Jason Kihle (08:15), Laura Franklin (15:35), Edward White (19:45), Julia Gaines (24:15), Jeff Calissi (27:20), Josh Armstrong (29:15), Sherry Rubins (32:35), Nathan Daughtrey (35:50), Drew Worden (38:50), Jeff Hewitt (42:25), Bobby Lopez (44:40), and Victoria Sparks (48:20).
Links to full Pete's Percussion Podcast episodes included:
A New York themed episode this week, featuring University of Alabama Ethnomusicologist (and fellow native Long Islander) Jennifer Caputo. We discuss New York traffic (01:30), her story of arriving at Alabama (03:05), growing up in West Islip, NY (18:25), transitioning from violin to percussion (23:55), her high school years doing show choir, dance, and playing drumset for pit band (37:15), going to Queens College (CUNY) for undergrad (54:15), dealing with a comment from the crowd for her junior recital (01:09:30), working for Ethos Percussion Group before heading to Tufts University for her Master's (01:11:05), her master's thesis on Italian American Religious Festivals in Boston's North End (01:19:10), working on her Ph.d. at Wesleyan (CT) (01:29:40), researching in Southern Italy (01:35:00), and moving from the Northeast to the Deep South (01:42:20).
Closes with a rave on a special version of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (01:52:40).
Links:
Jennifer Caputo's Alabama page
Triborough Bridge (Now RFK Bridge)
Random Show Choir Cole Porter Performance
Journey Through a Japanese Landscape - Thea Musgrave
Raves:
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - The Partridge Family
University of Manitoba and Brandon University (MB) Percussion Professor Victoria Sparks talks about some end-of-the-semester oddities (02:40), Canada's cold weather and live hockey games (04:00); her current job situation and scheduling at 3 separate schools in Manitoba (07:15); getting filmed for a documentary (30:25); Canadian benefits? (34:45); growing up outside of Winnipeg (41:15); beginning piano and transitioning to percussion (56:50); doing undergrad at the University of Manitoba (01:08:15); her semester in Iceland (01:10:40); getting the master’s at Butler University while also working in the Orchestra Box Office (01:20:00); working with a community drumline in Indianapolis (01:36:45); watching the Butler men’s basketball team’s run to the NCAA Championship Game in 2010 (01:42:25); and the good and bad about being a woman in the percussion world (01:48:30).
Closes with a rave on a special version of "O Holy Night" (02:03:20).
Links:
Victoria Sparks' Brandon University page
University of Manitoba Percussion Page
Victoria Sparks' Prairie Percussion page
"Take the Long Way Home" - Supertramp
"The King of Denmark" - Morton Feldman
Gordon Hayward's half-court shot near-make vs. Duke, 2010
Rave:
Texas State University Percussion Professor (and Mariachi Guitar Hero) Bobby Lopez talks about the NordicTrack in my basement (02:00), getting the Trinity adjunct job and Texas State job (03:10), growing up in Corpus Christi, TX (24:05), beginnings of playing guitar (29:00), his life in mariachi bands (36:45), high school band (54:00), going to Del Mar College (01:01:45), calling Steve Weiss on the phone (01:15:15), being a band director in Corpus Christi and Austin (01:17:55), doing the Masters at Texas State University and then getting hired there (01:26:30), minority, diversity, and political issues (01:41:50), and getting involved in NCPP (01:55:10).
Closes with a rave on "Cut the Cake" (02:00:20).
Links:
Bobby Lopez's Texas State Page
Bobby Lopez's Innovative Percussion Page
Wayne's World - Guitar Shop Scene
"Marimba Spiritual" - Minoru Miki
"Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute" - Fernando Sor/Potter
"Four Pieces for Timpani" - John Bergamo
Texas State University post-election Protests
Raves:
In a rare solo episode, Pete recounts his experiences at various clinics and performances from the Wednesday (00:35), Thursday (02:45), and Friday (08:10) days of PASIC 2016.
Links:
After discussing some upcoming hopeful Christmas albums (02:10), Park University College Professor and Shawnee Mission (KS) East Percussion Director Dr. Jeff Hewitt talks about what he’s doing these days (03:25), his work with the World Percussion Group (12:40), the WPG robbery in San Antonio (29:00), growing up in Kansas City (45:50), his love of Rock N Roll music (50:45), piano lessons and Guns N' Roses (58:50), high school percussion (1:09:20), Toad the Wet Sprocket merchandise (1:13:30), going to Kansas State for undergrad (01:18:10), the 2003 Big 12 Championship game upset (01:36:00), concert reviews (01:41:30), teaching public school in central Kansas (01:44:15), doing the Master’s at Mizzou (01:47:30), “Wednesday” music (01:57:30), doing the doctorate at Arizona (02:02:10) and Norm Weinberg’s rock band Sanctuary (02:09:00).
Finishes with raves: (02:11:00).
Links:
Park University International Center for Music
Shawnee Mission East Marching Bands
News story on San Antonio WPG robbery
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy
"Bounce" Commercial with The Outfield's music
"November Rain" - Guns N' Roses
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"All I Want" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
"Omphalo Centric Lecture" - Nigel Westlake
"Rite of Passage" - Jesse Monkman
"Third Construction" - John Cage
"Spanesque Oscillations" - Steve Riley
"Winning It All" - The Outfield (Bulls 1996 championship)
"Twittering Machine" - Al Payson
"Lonelyness of Santa Claus" - Fredrik Andersson
"Prelude and Blues" - Ney Rosauro
2003 Big 12 Football Championship Highlights
Jeff Hewitt's article on White Laces in Whurk Magazine
"The Sinister Minister" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
"The Whole Toy Laid Down" - David Hollinden
"Martian Tribes" - Emmanuel Sejourne
Raves:
PASIC Preview Part 2: New England Conservatory of Music's Entrepreneurial Musicianship Program Director Drew Worden talks about getting the job at NEC (02:15), his PASIC presentation on wellness (12:05), Athletes vs. Musicians (19:30), growing up in Phoenix (29:50), going to Northern Arizona University for undergrad (41:00), playing drumset with Tonight Show bassist Joel DiBartolo (59:20), struggling to get into a Master’s Program (01:17:30), getting his Master’s at Eastman (01:23:45), and his 5 months at Mizzou (01:33:00).
Finishes with a PASIC rave (01:37:15).
Links:
New England Conservatory's Entrepreneurial Musicianship Website
Drew's arts medicine work at Eastman
Joel DiBartolo bass solo on Carson
Buddy Rich rim-shot-filled drum solo
SO Percussion Summer Institute
"Marimba Concerto" - Emmanuel Sejourne
Raves:
Stephen F. Austin percussion director Dr. Brad Meyer talks about his 2016 PASIC presentation on Burnout (01:55), getting the SFA job (10:00), growing up in Ermo (SC) and playing with the Bergen County Cadets (31:20), going to the University of Kentucky for undergrad (51:00), University of South Carolina for his Masters (01:14:30), back to UK for his doctoral degree (01:25:00), and Conceal and Carry in Texas (01:47:55).
Finishes with raves (01:50:25).
Links:
Brad Meyer's Stephen F. Austin page
"Classic African" - Joseph Aiello
"See Ya Thursday" - Steve Mackey
"South of Jupiter" - Thom Hasenpflug
Raves:
"Watching the Wheels" - John Lennon
"Watching the Wheels" - Greg Phillingaines and Aloe Blacc at the John Lennon 75th Anniversary convert.
Percussionist, Composer, C. Alan Publications VP and Pete's former UNCG classmate Nathan Daughtrey gets interrupted by Cort McClaren (02:25). Then, Nathan reflects on his time teaching at High Point University (03:15), growing up in Durham, NC (07:40), when he (didn’t) meet my wife in high school honor band (31:15), going to UNCG for undergrad (32:00), master’s (42:50), when Bob Van Sice stopped by the UNCG studio (01:10:40), and doctorate (01:16:00), getting started composing (01:26:50), and the business of being a composer (01:34:10). Also, find out about our extraordinary first meeting!
Concluding with raves (01:41:35).
Links:
Nathan Daughtrey's C. Alan page
Lionel Hampton's "It Don't Mean a Thing"
Stained Glass by David Gillingham
Five Pieces for Clarinet and Percussion Orchestra by Philip Parker
Dream of the Cherry Blossoms by Keiko Abe
Dona Eis Requiem by Bruce Roberts
Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miki
Gate to Heaven by David Gillingham
Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble by David Long
Nathan's 2001 CD Spiral Passages
Limerick Daydreams by Nathan Daughtrey
Adaptation by Nathan Daughtrey
Lost Souls by Nathan Daughtrey
Raves:
Colbert at the 2016 Republican National Convention
Colbert at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
University of Texas-San Antonio Percussion Professor Sherry Rubins talks about getting the UTSA job (00:02:35), growing up in Peru (Illinois) (00:14:25), going to Western Illinois University for undergrad (00:27:10), going to Baylor for her master’s (00:38:05), moving to teach at Judson School District in San Antonio and beginning her career (00:52:25), making percussion kids match pitch through sight-singing at auditions (good idea!) (00:57:00), Being a Percussionist While Female (01:01:20), Issues of Diversity (01:12:05), San Antonio life (01:13:40), Home-Life Balance (01:19:05), her other career as a fitness instructor (01:22:55), the teachers in high school who inspired her (01:28:45), and meeting Huey Lewis (01:32:30).
Closes with raves (01:41:15).
Links:
Sherry Rubins' Mid-Texas Symphony page
Larry Vanlandingham Baylor obituary
Richard Cheadle Western Illinois Celebration
Dale Hopper's Western Illinois obituary
Variations on Lost Love by David Maslanka
Concertino for Brass and Timpani by Michael Colgrass
Inspirations Diabolique by Ken Tagawa
Concerto for Xylophone and Orchestra by Toshiro Mayuzumi
2016 Women Band Directors Clinic
Huey Lewis and the News "Heart of Rock N Roll"
James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" 1979
Raves:
Delta State percussion professor Dr. Josh Armstrong talks about getting the DSU job (00:02:45), growing up outside Houston (00:17:35), getting to Texas Tech for undergrad (00:34:35) and the masters (00:53:05), his career highlight of meeting me at NCPP (01:00:00), doctoral years at Arizona (01:05:45), and Cleveland, Mississippi in the news (01:25:00). Plus, Josh tries to watch Texas Tech football in Mississippi!
Closes with raves (01:34:25).
Links:
Josh Armstrong's Delta State page
Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1
Warren Benson's "Three Dances"
Finale from Ken LaFave's "Three Pieces for Five Timpani"
Infamous Nolan Ryan/Robin Ventura fight
Gary Lewis, Orchestra Director
Cleveland, Mississippi and integration and football
Rave:
Part 2 of "Calissi-Fest" includes Jeff showering me with compliments about the Podcast (00:03:10), taping songs off the radio (00:04:15), getting to UNCG (00:05:55), the highlight of his life...meeting me (00:43:10), studying under Cort McClaren and problems in percussion literature (01:00:15), issues with PASIC College Concerts (01:09:20), working at North Carolina A&T (01:17:15), and family and job concerns when getting the full-time gig in the Northeast (01:29:30).
Concludes with a "Man in the Mirror" rave (01:45:45).
Links:
Giorgio by Moroder - Daft Punk
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Velocities - Joseph Schwantner
Jorge Sargimentos Marimba Concerto
Mambo from West Side Story - Dudamel
Raves:
Former UNCG classmate and groomsman to my wedding (along with being Percussion Instructor at Eastern Connecticut State University) Dr. Jeff Calissi talks about getting the job in CT (00:03:50), growing up in NJ (00:38:40), drumset players and rock music (00:58:00), getting to Radford University (01:24:10), and making his way to UNCG (01:42:40).
Closing with raves (01:52:00).
Links:
John Parks' 2016 PAS Article on Tenure Track Jobs
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo
Daniel McCarthy - River is the Way
David Gillingham - Gate to Heaven
Raves:
The Best American Non-Required Reading Series
"If He Hollers, Let Him Go" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
University of Missouri School of Music Director (and former Percussion Instructor) Dr. Julia Gaines talks about getting the Mizzou job (00:02:40), growing up in Idaho (00:13:35), getting to Lawrence University (00:32:30), playing with Santa Clara Vanguard (00:42:20), going to Russia and ending up at Eastman (00:56:25), and the University of Oklahoma (01:09:50). She talks also about going into administration (01:22:50), being a conservative and a mom in academia (01:37:55), and appearing on TV as a "professional drummer" (01:47:05). Also...find out which direction her career NEARLY went after undergrad!
Concludes with me raving about John Williams (01:50:45).
Links:
Julia Gaines's web page at the University of Missouri
Marimba Levels and Marimba Pedagogy Book
The Love of L'Histoire by Charles DeLancey
Tanaka's Two Movements for Marimba
Daniel Bukvich's University of Idaho page
Dane Richeson's Lawrence University page
SCV's 1989 Phantom of the Opera Show
Raves:
River City Drum Corps (KY) director Edward White talks about the beginnings of his group (00:05:00), growing up in Louisville (00:14:45), house building and house rehabilitation (00:23:30), post high school career (00:37:15), working as a commercial photographer (00:47:20), getting lost in the wrong town at the wrong time (00:57:30), and the present and future of RCDC (01:12:50). Also, find out how to make photographing electric razors and golf clubs fun!
Concludes with Raves (01:30:25).
Links:
The SIAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)
Don Parker's Fayetteville State University page
Raves:
"Wanna Be Startin' Something" Live in Japan 1987
Laura talks about getting the Brevard College job (00:02:30), the Saint Louis University job (00:17:15), how she got out of being a farmer in West Texas (00:30:25), Texas Tech life (00:46:10), the story behind her one "B" in undergrad (00:59:30), the culture-shock of Boston and studying with Vic Firth (01:04:45), and the UNCG years (01:23:40). Also, find out how YOU can tell it was a good year for farmers in drought/flood ridden Abernathy, TX (there'll be a test).
The podcast concludes with Raves (01:43:00).
Links:
Laura Franklin's Saint Louis University page
Cort McClaren's C. Alan Composers page
Kurt Gartner's Kansas State page
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy
Brevard Music Center and Festival
Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page
Allen Teel's Abilene Christian page
Raves:
Jason meets my wife via FaceTime (:07), talks about getting the Texas A&M Kingsville job (:09), growing up all over the country (:26), mutually dodging the Pre-Med track (:42), surviving the Red River flood of 1997 (:52), taking middle-school and high-school jobs in Arizona and Colorado (1:04), finding his way to Northern Colorado for grad school (1:23), and the state of percussion literature (1:36). Also, Jason drives me nuts by constantly referring to Northern Colorado as "UNC". Like I'm not supposed to have an allergic reaction to that acronym.
Links:
Jason Kihle's Texas A&M-Kingsville homepage
1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Don Denkinger's blown call in 1985 World Series (2:20 mark)
The 1997 Red River flood in North Dakota
Thomas Gauger's "Gainsborough"
Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page
Raymond Helble's "Diabolic Variations"
Norm Weinberg's Percussion History and Literature Course
Raves:
Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters (1984) trailers
Megan Arns talks about growing up in St. Louis, teaching and performing in Amman, Jordan, and navigating a tough year at Mizzou while also interviewing at other schools. Also, we debate about whether or not I played a recital at Truman State while she was a student there (spoiler alert: I did).
Arns interview notes:
Megan Arns' Missouri home page
Julia Gaines' Missouri home page
Michael Burritt's Eastman home page
John Parks' Florida State home page
Michael Bump's Truman State home page
@ Percussion Podcast Facebook page
Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps
Raves:
Two old men relive their college years and talk about their mutual love for Prince. Also, the PR and communications director at Dillard University (LA) talks about life in Louisiana, failing to order good Cajun food in Massachusetts, sports media and bipolar disorder.
Lincoln University Program Cut Information
Grubb interview notes:
David Grubb at Dillard University
Colleges and Universities in New Orleans
TIm Duncan Wake Forest highlights
Scooter Banks alleyoop vs. UNC
An Unquiet Mind (memoir on Bipolar Disorder)
Prince at the 2004 Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame
Prince Hall of Fame Intro video
Prince's 2007 Super Bowl Halftime Show
Raves:
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off The Wall
An Actor Prepares by Konstantin Stanislavski
Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) by Tower of Power
Scott Cameron talks about working and living in the midwest, his slightly off-the-beaten-track way of getting to his percussion career, and the joys of editing a 300-page dissertation on a Dot Matrix printer.
Cameron interview notes:
Morris Goldenberg's Modern School
J.S. Bach's A Minor Violin Concerto, played on marimba
David Maslanka's Crown of Thorns
RAVES:
