Lamar University (TX) Percussion Professor Francisco Perez stops by to talk about his current percussion activities and how Hurricane Harvey affected his first month on the job (02:45), growing up in Austin, TX and California (29:30), going to TCU for undergrad (41:30), going to the University of Kentucky for his Master’s and Doctorate and forming Blue Shift Percussion (54:45), and takes on the Random Ass Questions (01:10:15).
Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Minding the Gap (01:29:10).
Links:
“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich
“Blues for Gilbert” - Mark Glentworth
The Percussionist’s Art - Steve Schick
“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis
“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened trailer
“Prelude to Paradise” - Jacob Remington
Raves: