Lone Star College – Kingwood Percussion Professor Marvin Sparks Jr. gives a brief overview of his class schedule (01:55) before talking about the PASIC panel on diversity and race relations and issues of diversity and economics in music (05:20), growing up in Chicago in the 1960s (23:50), a brief Chicago baseball discussion (39:45), going to Illinois-Champaign-Urbana for undergrad (42:40), being a professional musician back in Chicago (55:35), attending Eastern Illinois for grad school (01:04:00), his path after grad school (01:08:30), living in St. Louis (01:15:00), dealing with Houston traffic (01:16:05), and teaching at an HBCU vs. other institutions (01:19:50). I then ask Marvin some Random Questions (01:24:55).
Finishing with a rave on The Warmth of Other Suns (01:34:15).
Links:
Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Evans page
Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Humes & Berg page
The Black Chorus (University of Illinois)
Nancy Duarte's Five Rules for Presentations
Raves: