Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 211 - Marja Kerney (Part 2)

Western Michigan University Percussion Professor Marja Kerney returns to talk about her grad years at UMKC and her fondness for Kansas City (04:15), her immediate post grad and teaching in Florida (28:15), and the Random Ass Questions, where Marja talks about, among other things, navigating the percussion world as a woman, gendered honorifics in emails, and the greatness of Ani DiFranco (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Driving While Black (01:06:45).

Links:

Marja Kerney - Part 1

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Trey Harris

Jim Snell

Marimba Sol de Chiapas

“Invisible Men” - Nigel Westlake

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

“Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden

Clarinet Concerto - Nielsen (snare part)

Nancy Zeltsman

Lee Hinkle

Jamie Dietz

Pius Cheung

Tim Adams

Alison Shaw

Gendered Honorifics

MaddAddam Trilogy - Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

1984 - George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn

Star Wars

The Lord of the Rings

The Hunt for Red October trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Ocean’s Eleven trailer

The Departed trailer

John Grisham

James Patterson

Frank Ticheli

Ani DiFranco

Raves:

Driving While Black trailer