Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 156 - Douglas Cardwell

September 12, 2019 Pete Zambito

New Mexico Philharmonic Principal Timpanist Douglas Cardwell stops by to talk about his orchestral happenings (01:45), private teaching, working at the University of New Mexico, gigging, and living in New Mexico (17:00), being an African-American in the mostly white orchestral world (30:00), growing up in central Virginia and his background in sports (43:30), his undergrad at James Madison University (VA) Master’s at Rice University (TX), and his professional career in Detroit (01:02:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:23:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the film On Her Shoulders (01:34:50).

Links:

Douglas Cardwell’s homepage

Douglas Cardwell’s Pearl Drums page

Douglas Cardwell’s New Mexico Philharmonic page

“So What” - Miles Davis

“My Favorite Things” - John Coltrane

Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

Scott Ney

Spoleto Festival

TImothy K. Adams, Jr.

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Sphinx Organization

Daisy Newman

The National Orchestra Institute

National Repertory Orchestra

“Shout it Out Loud” - KISS

“Gimme All Your Lovin’” - ZZ Top

“Jump” - Van Halen

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

“Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” - Temptations

Kung Fu Panda trailer

King Kong (2005) trailer

Federer-Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon Final

Langston Hughes

Lao Tzu

Raves:

On Her Shoulders trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 155 - Alix Porembski

September 5, 2019 Pete Zambito

Instrumental Educator, Percussionist, Arts Manager, and Multi-Language Translator Alix Porembski stops by to talk about living and working in Poland and her work as a liner-note translator (01:30), growing up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, learning percussion from many sources, and her basketball career (23:30), attending the University of Houston (TX) for undergrad and her extended arts interests (36:20), her years as an Arts Administrator in Chicago and getting her Master’s (47:30), moving to Poland and creating a career there (01:03:00), and sticks around for the Random Ass Questions (01:13:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1984 classic Splash (01:34:00).

Links:

Alix Porembski’s Linked-In Page

Mike Krzyzewski

“Django” - Modern Jazz Quartet

Justin Preece

Troy Hall

Drew Lang

Michael Jordan Career Highlights

“Ilijas” - N. J. Zivkovic

“Concerto for Percussion” - Darius Milhaud

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Warsaw Podcast

Roma trailer

Latino USA podcast

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan

“Your Song” - Elton John

“Third Construction” - John Cage

The Five Year Engagement trailer

It’s Complicated trailer

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure trailer

Fast & Furious trailer

Listen to This - Alex Ross

The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Speaking Of Podcast

Raves:

Splash trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 154 - Jauvon Gilliam

August 29, 2019 Pete Zambito

Timpanist for the National Symphony Orchestra and University of Maryland Percussion Professor Jauvon Gilliam talks about his current percussion duties and owning Capitol Percussion Backline Rentals (04:30), being an orchestral percussionist who’s African-American (29:40), growing up in Gary, Indiana, his basketball background and attending the 1988 NBA All-Star weekend (37:15), going to Butler University (IN) for undergrad and his Arts Administration background (50:45), his year of Master’s Work in Cleveland and his years in Winnipeg (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:20:45).

Finishing with Raves on Lizzo and Missy Elliott (01:33:15).

Links:

Jauvon Gilliam’s University of Maryland page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Innovative Percussion page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Sabian Cymbals page

Jauvon Gilliam’s 2014 profile

Kennedy Center Expansion

2019 Kennedy Center Honorees

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Teddy Hall, Jr.

Joe W. Moore III

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Richard Weiner

“Concertino for Marimba” - Paul Creston

14 Modern Snare Solos - John Pratt

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Concerto in F - George Gershwin

1988 NBA Dunk Contest

Coming to America trailer

Hugo trailer

“All Night Long” - Lionel Richie

“Upside Down” - Diana Ross

Gerry Brown

Raves:

Lizzo’s Tiny Desk Concert

Missy Elliot’s VMA Performance

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 153 - Matthew Geiger

August 22, 2019 Pete Zambito

Eastern Tennessee State University (ETSU) Percussion Professor Matthew Geiger talks about the ETSU job, training music majors and recruiting in the Appalachian Valley (05:20), teaching part-time at Morehead State (KY) and getting the job at ETSU (33:40), growing up in Indianapolis, learning piano, and playing decent golf (50:20), going to the University of Kentucky for undergrad (01:09:45), going to Michigan for the Master’s before heading back to Kentucky for the DMA (01:25:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:44:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Somm (02:05:00).

Links:

Matthew Geiger’s website

Matthew Geiger’s ETSU page

Matthew Geiger’s Innovative Percussion page

Matthew Geiger’s Yamaha page

Players First - John Calipari

The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Listen to This - Alex Ross

Freakonomics podcast

Grit - Angela Duckworth

Peak - Anders Ericcson

“Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X

2012 Kentucky Basketball Championship

Billy Gillespie

Symphony No. 1 - Gustav Mahler

“Bless the Broken Road” - Rascal Flatts

Raves:

Somm trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 152 - Sarah Thawer

August 15, 2019 Pete Zambito

Toronto-based drumset player and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Thawer talks about her current percussion acitivites and her thoughts on being a woman in the drumset world (02:50), growing up in Toronto with a bandleader father, lots of instruments in the house and a large Indian community in Canada (20:00), her early YouTube days and studying at York University in Toronto for undergrad (34:10), the opening years of her freelancing career and leading her own band (52:15) and her takes on the Random Ass Questions (59:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Chris Herren: The First Day (01:14:05).

Links:

Sarah Thawer’s Instagram page

Sarah Thawer Drum Magazine profile

Sarah Thawer and Friends

Watsky

Sheila E. Drum Solo

Emmanuelle Caplette

Cindy Blackman Santana

Toronto Raptors win 2019 NBA Championship

“Swagism” - Ghost-Note

“Don’t Know Why” - Norah Jones

York University (Canada) Music

A.R. Rahman

Larnell Lewis

“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy

Toy Story 4 trailer

Scary Movie trailer

Jay Shetty

Raves:

Chris Herren

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 151 - Brianna Trainor

August 8, 2019 Pete Zambito

2019 Mizzou Master’s in Percussion Graduate Brianna Trainor stops by to talk about the 2 recitals she gave this year (01:50), going to Ghana in 2018 (18:20), her experience with the New Music Ensemble at Mizzou and the idea of supporting other musicians (26:25), working as Personnel Manager with the Missouri Summer Symphony and upcoming work (38:05), growing up in Wisconsin and her musical influences (46:10), going to Wisconsin-Stevens Point for undergrad (01:06:00), moving to Chicago to work for Third Coast Percussion (01:20:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:37:30).

Finishing with a Rave on frequent guest David Grubb and his new Radio Show (01:50:20).

Links:

Brianna Trainor’s bio

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Hannah Hutchins

Juan José R. Calvo

“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska

Chen Yi

“Faded Lines” - Andrea Venet

Andrea Venet

“Head to Toe” - Molly Joyce

“The mirror in the shoe store that you use…” - Susan Powell

“Impromptu” - William May

Dagbe Cultural Institute

Bernard Woma

So Percussion

The Contemporary Percussionist - Michael Udow

“Cold Pressed” - David Hollinden

Third Coast Percussion

Flat Water Percussion Trio

CHannel2 Percussion Duo

Niko Schroeder

Mikkel Christensen

Wontonara

Missouri Symphony Society

Columbia Civic Orchestra

Ayodele

Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps

Urban Olive & Vine

“A Terrible Beauty” - Roger Braun

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

“Bone Alphabet” - Brian Ferneyhough

“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier

Ryan Korb

Adam Rappel

Brian Baldauff

Dancer in the Dark trailer

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Nirvana

“Alive” - Pearl Jam

“Lovesong” - The Cure

“Motorcrash” - The Sugarcubes

“The Clampdown” - The Clash

“Just Can’t Get Enough” - Depeche Mode

“Holiday in Cambodia” - Dead Kennedys

“Hunter” - Björk

“Runs in the Family” - Amanda Palmer

“The So-Called Laws of Nature” - David Lang

What We Do in the Shadows trailer

Raves:

David Grubb’s appearances on the podcast in 2016, 2017, and 2018

Hard in the Paint AM 1280

David Grubb’s Go Fund Me page

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 150 - Julie Hill (Part 2)

August 1, 2019 Pete Zambito

In Part 2, UT-Martin’s Julie Hill returns to talk about her Master’s Degree at Arizona State (02:45), her years teaching high school in TN (14:10), going to the University of Kentucky for her doctorate (23:10), her years in PAS leadership and as PAS President (35:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (45:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the David Lee Roth episode of the WTF Podcast (01:03:30).

Links:

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Which Time Mark” - Scott Wyatt

“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang

Nancy Zeltsman

Bob Schietroma

Sarcoidosis

“Seven Bridges Road” - Eagles

“Back in Black” - AC/DC

“Garage Drummer” - James Campbell

“Canned Heat” - Eckhard Kopetzki

“From My Little Island” - Robert Aldridge

“Dance of Passion” - Robert Aldridge

“Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler

Out of Africa trailer

Platoon trailer

Schindler’s List trailer

Notting Hill trailer

“Heartache Tonight” - Eagles

“Wasted Time” - Eagles

“One of These Nights” - Eagles

“Sad Cafe” - Eagles

Hidden Brain podcast

Rough Translation podcast

Raves:

WTF Podcast - David Lee Roth

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 149 - Julie Hill (Part 1)

July 25, 2019 Pete Zambito

Part 1 with University of Tennessee-Martin Music Department Chair Julie Hill, as she talks about getting the percussion job there, further building the program and her chair responsibilities (03:00), being a member of the Caixa Trio as well as other ensembles (33:00), growing up in Martin, TN (43:00), her undergrad years at UT-Martin and going to LHS’s Summer Marimba Seminar (55:20), and a brief note about her time at Arizona State for her Master’s (01:13:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (01:20:10).

Links:

Julie Hill’s UT-Martin page

Julie Hill’s Innovative Percussion page

Julie Hill’s RowLoff page

Chelsea Tinsler Jones

James Campbell

J.B. Smith

Sarcoidosis

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System - Raoul Arreola

LH Stevens Summer Marimba Seminar

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“Four Movements for Marimba” - Michael Burritt

Jim Petercsak

Raves:

The Last Black Man in San Francisco trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 148 - Juan José R. Calvo (Part 2)

July 18, 2019 Pete Zambito

Juan José R. Calvo returns to talk about his undergrad years in Costa Rica and about learning English and Japanese (02:25), his undergrad recital and how he got to Mizzou through meeting Megan Arns a decade ago (21:30), and he takes on the Random Ass Questions with panache, including the time he fell off a bus (37:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the WTF Podcast and an interview with Eve Ensler along with a special performance to close (01:12:40).

Links:

Juan’s Part 1

Dragon Ball Z

Pokémon

Spirited Away trailer

Princess Mononoke trailer

Studio Ghibli

Manga

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

“Saëta” - Elliott Carter

Costa Rican - North American Cultural Center

TOEFL

Ryan Patterson

Rebecca McDaniel

anna provo (puck meeko)

Megan Arns

H-1B1 Visa

Interstellar trailer

Godzilla (1998) trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

The Divine Comedy - Dante

Cthulhu Mythos - H.P. Lovecraft

Pet Sematary - Stephen King

Cujo - Stephen King

It - Stephen King

The Stand - Stephen King

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King

Cosmos - Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan

The Martian - Andy Weir

Philip K. Dick

The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exúpery

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

Coco trailer

Raves:

WTF with Marc Maron - Eve Ensler

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 147 - Juan José R. Calvo (Part 1)

July 11, 2019 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Master’s in Percussion Performance Graduate Juan José R. Calvo stops by in Part 1 to talk about aspects of his recent Master’s recital and Latin American Percussion Curriculum in the United States (02:00), the rest of his recital program, percussion artistry and employment going forward (24:20) and growing up in Costa Rica, his early musical influences, and the school system there (47:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Marc Maron’s live stand-up (01:09:00).

Links:

Juan’s Master’s Recital Announcement

“The Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics” - Ben Wahlund

“Glamour” - Casey Cangelosi

“The Last Dance” - Daiki KATO

“The Last Game” - Daiki KATO

“Wind Sketch” - Keiko Abe

“Verana Porteño” - Piazzolla/Cheung

“Una Ráfaga de Amor” - Rafaga

“Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” - Keiko Abe

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Libertango” - Eric Sammut

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Robert Van Sice

Tom Freer

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Omerta” - Lamb of God

“Thieves” - Ministry

“Higher” - Creed

“Surfing with the Alien” - Joe Satriani

“Paganini 5th Caprice” - Steve Vai

Anacronia

Raves:

Marc Maron Standup Tour

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 146 - Suz Paulinski

July 4, 2019 Pete Zambito

Creator and Owner of The Rock/Star Advocate and host of the Music-Preneur Mindset Podcast Suz Paulinski talks about the beginnings of her current role as a Mindset Coach and some of the changes in the Music Business Market (02:10), how The Rock/Star Advocate has progressed over the years and creating a Music Conference last minute (20:50), hosting her podcast (42:40), growing up in Queens, NY (49:10), going to Drexel University (PA) for Music Business (59:00), the beginnings of her career with many record labels and working as a paralegal (01:11:40), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (01:32:45).

Finishing with Raves on A League of Their Own and The Inventor (01:49:00).

Links:

The Rock/Star Advocate

The Music-Preneur Mindset Podcast

Mad Dragon Music

Music Industry at Drexel

Atlantic Records

Warner Brothers Records

EMI Records

Astralwerks

Lil’ Kim goes to prison

Marimba - Pete Zambito

DIY Musician Conference

Performing Rights Organizations

Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

Matt Duke

Tricia O’Keefe

“Shut Up Bitch” - Lil’ Kim

Corina Corina

The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

A League of Their Own trailer

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley trailer

The Handmaid’s Tale trailer

Raves:

A League of Their Own trailer

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 145 - Victor Caccese

June 27, 2019 Pete Zambito

Sandbox Percussion Group founder and member Victor Caccese talks about all things Sandbox Percussion (01:40), growing up near Philadelphia, his Italian and Brazilian roots, and his soccer and golf career (27:35), his undergrad years at Peabody Conservatory (MD), studying with Bob Van Sice, and the “Peabody Curse” (52:30), continuing to study with Van Sice at Yale University (CT) for his Master’s and the greatness of New Haven pizza (01:14:10), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 movie Rocketman (01:48:45).

Links:

Victor Caccese’s homepage

Sandbox Percussion Seminar

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok

Third Coast Percussion

String Theory in Chattanooga

Inuksuit - John Luther Adams

“Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

“Pillar IV” - Andy Akiho

“Goldbeater’s Skin” - Christopher Cerrone

The Dwight School

Sandbox Percussion Spring Benefit

Glen Oaks Country Club

Bethpage Black Course

Rickie Fowler

Amadinda Percussion Group

NEXUS Percussion

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Les Percussions de Stasbourg

The Percussion Collective

Michael Burritt

Threads - Paul Lansky

“Village Burial with Fire” - James Wood

“Rogosanti” - James Wood

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Three Moves” - Paul Lansky

Pepe’s Pizza

Sally’s Apizza

“Cloud-Polyphonies” - James Wood

Garrett Arney

It’s a Wonderful Life trailer

Once Upon a Time in the West trailer

Super Bowl XXXIX

Super Bowl XV

Germany over Brazil 7-1 2014 World Cup

Neymar wins Gold Medal for Brazil at 2016 Olympics

Ben Wallace

Mark DeChiazza

Raves:

Rocketman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 144 - Sarah Hagan

June 20, 2019 Pete Zambito

Zildjian and Vic Firth Director of Artist Relations for Drumset Sarah Hagan talks about her job and regularly attending PASIC and NAMM (01:40), being on the PAS Exec Board and women in the percussion industry (14:10), growing up on the Massachusetts coast, classic rock music, sports and her high school cover band “Scarecrow” (23:40), going to Stonehill College (MA) for undergrad and her beginnings at Zildjian (47:50), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (55:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 movie Booksmart (01:23:35).

Links:

Sarah Hagan’s Instagram

Sarah Hagan’s Zildjian press announcement

“Don’t Stop” - Fleetwood Mac

“Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin

“Don’t Dream It’s Over” - Crowded House

Juels Thomas

My Cousin VInny courtoom scene

My Cousin Vinny positraction scene

“It’s My Party” - Lesley Gore

“It’s Judy’s Turn to Cry” - Lesley Gore

“Blue” - Joni Mitchell

“Walk This Way” - Aerosmith

“Greased Lightning” - Grease

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

Art Ensemble of Chicago

“Scarecrow” - Ministry

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Would?” - Alice in Chains

“Alive” - Pearl Jam

Fred Astaire’s Drum Solo

Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk at the 1996 Tony’s

Armand Zildjian

Roy Haynes

Avengers: Endgame trailer

The Highwaymen trailer

Natural Born Killers trailer

Yankees-Red Sox rivalry

Zildjian Underground - Nate Smith

La Sagrada Familia

Raves:

Booksmart trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 143 - Thom Hasenpflug

June 13, 2019 Pete Zambito

Idaho State University Percussion Professor and Music Department Chair Thom Hasenpflug talks about getting the job there and the challenges of recruiting to his school (03:05), taking on the chair position (with a brief NY sports interlude) (22:30, growing up in Duchess County, NY, and more about living and working in the American West (45:00), going to Ithaca College (NY) for his undergrad and master’s and the idea of “Percussion Trees” (01:02:30), studying with Doug Walter for his doctorate at UC-Boulder and his “get-a-job” period (01:18:45), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:31:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the benefits of Travel (01:42:15).

Links:

Thom Hasenpflug’s homepage

Thom Hasenpflug’s Idaho State page

Thom Hasenpflug’s C.Alan page

Jeannine Remy

Stephens Performing Arts Center (ID)

Blood, Sweat and Tears

2000 World Series (Yankees-Mets)

1990s New York Knicks

MacKenzie River Pizza

“Astral Dance” - Gordon Stout

“Four Movements for Marimba” - Michael Burritt

“October Night” - Michael Burritt

Bill Molenhof

“For The Gap” - Thom Hasenpflug

Porgy and Bess xylophone part

Airplane! trailer

Amadeus trailer

The Thing (1982) trailer

Out of Sight trailer

The Hobbit trailer

World War Z trailer

Zero Hour! trailer

Signs trailer

“Ghost Riders in the Sky” - Riders in the Sky

Nighthawks - Edward Hopper

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 142 - Hannah Hutchins

June 5, 2019 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Master’s in Percussion graduate Hannah Hutchins stops by to talk about her recent recital and her involvement at Mizzou (02:00), growing up in Missoula, MT, the wide open west and her high school goth period (21:50), getting her undergrad at the University of Montana (44:15), the Mizzou Master’s and studying in Ghana in 2018 (01:09:10), and finishes off with the Random Ass Questions (01:26:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Gladiator (01:45:00).

Links:

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Megan Arns

“Guun” - Valerie Naranjo

Jerome Balsab and Bernard Woma on Gyil

Saakumu Dance Troupe

“Homage to Noncarrow” - Alejandro Viñao

“Canaries” - Elliott Carter

“Gender of Metal” - Casey Cangelosi

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

“Chant” - Liam Teague

MMPAT

Emerging Artists Concert

Matt Sharrock

Glacier National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Jeff Brandt

Vancore Marimbas

“Medicate” - AFI

“Bring Me to Life” - Evanescence

Robert LedBetter

Ed Soph

Modern School for Mallet and Keyboard Instruments - Morris Goldenberg

Fundamental Method for Mallets - Mitchell Peters

“Romantica” - Katarzyna Mycka, performer

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Concertare” - Raymond Helble

“Duo Chopinesque” - Michael Hennagin

“Sugaria” - Eric Sammut

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

Napoleon Dynamite trailer

Mandy trailer

Rails to Trails

The Grand Budapest Hotel trailer

The Royal Tenenbaums trailer

The Victor Wooten Trio

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music - Victor Wooten

Raves:

Gladiator trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 141 - Frank Chapple

May 30, 2019 Pete Zambito

Keller SD (TX) Percussion Director and author of The Packet Frank Chapple stops by to talk about his school job, program and facility, and the changing motivations of his teaching (01:45), the development of The Packet and his other writing for percussion (29:25), growing up in an army family and living in Maryland, Texas, Louisiana, and Thailand (43:15), attending Northwestern State (LA) and Northern Illinois for undergrad and his beginnings as a teacher (59:20), and handles the Random Ass Questions (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the book The Disaster Artist (01:40:25).

Links:

Chapple Percussion Consulting

The Packet

The Musical Parking Lot

Four Movements for Marimba - Michael Burritt

Star Wars - A New Hope trailer

Tony Dorsett

Cowboys Doomsday Poster

Patrick Ewing

Knicks-Bulls 1990s rivalry

Raves:

The Disaster Artist - Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 140 - Richard Johnson and African-American Orchestral Percussionists (Rebroadcast)

May 22, 2019 Pete Zambito

Two recently published articles in Percussive Notes magazine mean it’s time to rebroadcast two recent conversations. Joe W. Moore III and Teddy Hall, Jr. talk about African-American Orchestral Percussionists: the beginnings of the research (02:30), their own orchestral history (14:20), the influence of conservatories vs. other institutions of higher learning (23:10), orchestral pipelines and numbers (36:50), and the interests of orchestras in diversity, along with final thoughts (46:30).

We then revisit part of Teddy Hall, Jr.’s discussion about the life of Richard Johnson, the first African-American Percussion Instructor at Indiana University from the early 1960s-1980s (01:01:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the graphic novel Persepolis (01:21:40).

Links:

Atlanta Music Project

Timothy K. Adams, jr.

Raves:

The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 139 - James Doyle

May 16, 2019 Pete Zambito

Adams State University (CO) Percussion Professor James Doyle stops by to talk about getting the ASU job and fundraising with local potato kingmakers (01:55), growing up in North St. Louis and his illustrious High School Show Choir career (27:35), going to the University of Central Missouri for undergrad (46:30), LSU for his master’s (56:40), his military band career and playing all over the world (01:12:30), his doctoral program at UNLV and the focus on article writing (01:32:50), and goes all in on the Random Ass Questions (01:44:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride (01:59:45).

Links:

James Doyle’s Homepage

James Doyle’s Adams State page

James Doyle’s New Music USA page

Tracy Doyle

Alamosa Microbreweries

“Listen to Your Heart” - Roxette

“Fascinatin’ Rhythm” - George Gershwin

The Cowboys - John Williams

“Chili Con Carne”

Future Sounds - David Garibaldi

MMPAT 2020

Chris Treloar

Percussion Keyboard Technic - Thomas McMillan

Essential Styles - Steve Houghton

Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer - Jim Chapin

Syncopation for the Modern Drummer - Ted Reed

Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra - James Basta

Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints - Alan Hovhaness

Concertino for Xylophone and Piano - Toshiro Mayuzumi

Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra - Paul Creston

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

“Slender Beams of Solid Rhythm” - Dave Hollinden

“Surface Tension” - Dave Hollinden

“Raga No. 1” - Bill Cahn

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Psappha” - Xenakis

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok

“Omphalo Centric Lecture” - Nigel Westlake

“Trio Per Uno” - Zivkovic

“Piru Bole” - John Bergamo

Daniel Kennedy

“Workers Union” - Louis Andriessen

“Ogoun Badagris” - Christopher Rouse

“Friends in Low Places” - Garth Brooks

“T-R-O-U-B-L-E” - Travis Tritt

“Redneck Woman” - Gretchen Wilson

Kurt Rasmussen

John O’Neal

City Museum, St. Louis

A Time to Kill trailer

Anchorman trailer

Elf trailer

Top Gun trailer

Concert Honesty podcast

The Joe Rogan podcast

American History Tellers podcast

Up and Vanished podcast

Raves:

Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 138 - Jimmy LaBrecque

May 9, 2019 Pete Zambito

Highland Park High School (TX) Percussion Director Jimmy LaBrecque stops by to chat about his current life in percussion (01:30), his previous percussion jobs (18:00), growing up in Lewisville (TX) (30:20), his years as an undergrad at the University of North Texas (50:00), his DCI experience (01:00:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:10:50).

Finishing with a Rave on The Dominican Dream (01:32:35).

Links:

Jimmy LaBrecque’s Highland Park homepage

Mike Garcia

Hector Gil

Highland Park Football

Dave Weckl

Chick Corea

“Spain” - Chick Corea

A Fresh Approach to Snare Drum - Mark Wessels

Simple Steps to Successful Beginning Percussion - Kennan Wylie

University of North Texas Percussion Faculty

“Living Room Music” - John Cage

Lone Star Drum Corps

The Magic Drum and Bugle Corps

Phantom Regiment

Carolina Crown

1989-90 Detroit Pistons

1993-94 NY Knicks

Patrick Ewing

Charles Smith gets blocked

Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars

Moses Malone and the 1983 Sixers

2011 World Series Game 6

Dak Prescott

2014-15 Cowboys

No Country for Old Men trailer

The Godfather trailer

Mr. Deeds trailer

The Warhol Museum

“The Starry Night” - Vincent Van Gogh

“Olive Trees” - Vincent Van Gogh

Raves:

The Dominican Dream trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 137 - William Moersch

May 2, 2019 Pete Zambito

University of Illinois Percussion Director William Moersch talks about getting the Illinois job and his experiences in the historic studio (02:00), growing up in Ann Arbor (MI) with a brief sojourn near London (27:30), starting his freelancing career in NYC after 2 degrees at the University of Michigan (39:00), the Pirates of Penzance gig and “infamous” percussion book, along with lots of other NYC experiences (47:30), why he eventually left NYC and his various jobs in and around the Northeast (01:13:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:29:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 30 for 30 documentary Seau (01:57:00).

Links:

Wiliaml Moersch’s Illinois page

Wiliaml Moersch’s Innovative Percussion page

William Moersch’s Pearl page

Tom Siwe

Paul Price

Ricardo Flores

Charlotte Mattax Moersch

From Me Flows What You Call Time - Toru Takemitsu

Midwest Composers Symposium

Century Mallet Instrument Service