University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Percussion Professor Julie Strom stops by to talk about her PASIC 2020 presentation on networking in the percussion community, and challenges of selecting percussion literature (03:00), her job at UNC and the challenges in the pandemic (28:30), growing up in Charlotte, NC, studying with Charlotte Symphony Percussionists and her years in marching band (43:00), studying with Christopher Lamb at the Manhattan School of Music and why the orchestral career wasn’t her true calling (51:45), and studying with Peter Sadlo and Gert Mortensen in Europe (01:10:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Citizen Kane (01:31:30).

Links:

Julie Strom’s UNC webpage

Julie Strom’s homepage

Julie Strom’s PASIC 2020 Session

Colorado Symphony

Denver Young Artists Orchestra