University of Oklahoma Percussion Professor Lance Drege talks about getting to OU (with a detour teaching high school flag corps) (01:50), nearly taking the University of Houston job 20 years ago (19:35), the pressure to continue the legacy of OU Percussion (27:25), growing up in Minot (ND) (45:55), growing up playing sports (53:20), going to SW Oklahoma State for undergrad (58:30), making his long-distance marriage work (01:13:00), and Random-Ass Question time (01:21:10).
Finishing with a rave on the PBS Documentary Latin Music, U.S.A. (01:36:00).
Links:
"Palace of Nine Perfections" - Eric Ewazen
"The Night Watch" - Joseph Blaha
"Crown of Thorns" - David Maslanka
"Diabolic Variations" - Raymond Helble
"Pines of Rome" - Otto Respighi
"Sea Refractions" - Mitchell Peters
"Concertino for Marimba" - Paul Creston
"Percussion Concerto" - Darius Milhaud
"Divertimento for Marimba and Alto Sax" - Akira Yuyama
"Log Cabin Blues" - G. H. Green
"Earth Song" - Michael Jackson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou trailer
"This is the World" - David Maslanka
Raves: