Drumline Arranger, Composer, Adjudicator, and Marching Mizzou Drumline Instructor Clif Walker stops by to talk about his collage of teaching responsibilities (03:00), his years teaching at Blue Springs High School (MO), leaving full-time teaching, and working for Mizzou (09:30), growing up in the Kansas City area and his beginnings in drum set and marching percussion (39:50), his undergrad years at Missouri Western State University (48:00), going to the University of Central Florida for his master’s degree, taking the best of Dennis Rogers and Jeff Moore’s teaching styles, and “accidentally” becoming a band director (01:00:15), and then settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:25:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Documentary on the life of Marian Anderson, American Experience – Voice of Freedom (01:47:45).

Links:

Clif Walker’s Mizzou page

“Treehouses” - Clif Walker

“Hot for Teacher” - Van Halen

Kareem’s sky hook wins Magic Johnson’s first game in NBA, 1979