Following a brief comment on current events, University of Panama Percussion Professor Carlos Camacho stops by talk about his job responsibilities in percussion and administration (03:30), his compositional career and starting the PAS Chapter for Panama (30:00), growing up in Panama City, discussion of the Panama Canal, and his love of Metallica (40:00), going to Sam Houston State (TX) for undergrad (58:30), doing his master’s at Carnegie-Mellon (PA) and his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory (OH) (01:13:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Question Segment, including portions on living in the U.S. for 10 years and Panamanian Soccer (01:33:00).
Finishing with a Rave on Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman (02:02:30).
Links:
“Master of Puppets” - Metallica
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” - Metallica (S&M)
“Nothing Else Matters” - Metallica
“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey
An American in Paris - George Gershwin
The Planets: Mars - Gustav Holst
Panama scores their only goal of the 2018 World Cup
Panama qualifies for 2018 World Cup
U.S. beats Panama in 2013 World Cup qualifier
Symphony No. 3: Circus Maximus - John Corigliano
Roberto Duran Top 10 Knockouts
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