Composer, Performer, and Eastman Community Music School Percussion Director Kyle Peters stops by to talk about his gig and life in Rochester (02:45), getting into composing (15:00), growing up in New York - upstate (28:10), studying at SUNY-Potsdam for undergrad (40:30), getting his master’s at Eastman (52:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including sections on percussionists as composers, Lord of the Rings, and Stephen Sondheim (01:03:30).
Finishing with a Rave on Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (01:26:00).
Links:
Kristen Shiner McGuire on the podcast
Eastman Community Music School
“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters
“Virginia Tate” - Paul Smadbeck
“Ballet Mécanique” - George Antheil
“Third Construction” - John Cage
John W. Parks IV on the podcast
The Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski
No Country for Old Gnomes - Delilah S. Dawson
“Another Hundred People” from Company - Stephen Sondheim
“Sunday in the Park with George” - Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim on Music - Mark Eden Horowitz
Raves: