Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 271 - Brian Calhoon

Marimbist and Vocalist Brian Calhoon stops by to talk about his PASIC performance and how he put together singing and playing marimba (05:10), his percussion and innkeeper responsibilities (29:00), growing up in the Bay Area, Chanticleer, his marimba-playing grandmother, and his early undergrad years (47:20), leaving CA to finish his higher education degrees in Boston, working as an admissions counselor, the good/bad of traveling, the beginnings of Marimba Cabaret (01:03:15), and the Random Ass Questions Segment, including LGBTQIA+ in percussion, other Brian Calhoons, Kermit the Frog, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Fred Hersch (01:27:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 Concert Film David Byrne’s American Utopia (02:10:00).

Links:

Marimba Cabaret

Brian Calhoon’s PASIC page

“Thunder Road” - Bruce Springsteen

“Around the World” - Grey Gardens

“The Ladies Who Lunch” - Company

Provincetown, MA

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Chanticleer

Ruth Stuber Jeanne

Vida Chenoweth

Keiko Abe

Artie Storch

Jonathan Haas

James Baker

James Saporito

“Popular” - Wicked

“Circle of Life” - The Lion King

“Somewhere” - West Side Story

Jack Van Geem

Nancy Zeltsman

Keith Aleo on the podcast

John Grimes

Sam Solomon

Handel and Haydn Society

The Drunken Tenor

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

2005 Blue Devils Show

“Rainbow Connection” - Kermit the Frog

“Love on Top” - Beyoncé

Best in Show trailer

Schitt’s Creek

Halloween Kills trailer

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Leaves of Grass - Fred Hersch

“The Sleepers” - Fred Hersch

Raves:

David Byrne’s American Utopia trailer