Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 282 - Mike Sammons (Part 1)

University of Utah Percussion Professor Mike Sammons stops by to ask Pete some questions about the podcast (03:05) before talking about his gig at Utah, performing locally, working at South Alabama, and how he’s built a community (06:50), growing up in Vero Beach, FL, NASA, having parents as band directors, finding ways to teach and connect, and being able to learn (39:15), his beginning percussion years, teaching philosophies, and the Treasure Coast Percussion Camp (56:00) and briefly discusses aspects of his time in undergrad at the University of Florida (01:14:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 Tour for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis (01:18:05).

Links:

Mike Sammons’s webpage

Mike Sammons’ Utah page

Mean Girls musical

Flight Opera trailer

Danny Taylor

Aladdin musical

Paul Buyer on the podcast

Kingsbury Hall

Pioneer Theater, Utah

Doug Wolf

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Tapspace

C. Alan Publications

Gene Koshinski

Christopher Bradford

Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky

Four Corners National Monument

Yellowstone National Park

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

Taylor Keown

James Sammons

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Billy Gladstone drum pad

N.A.R.D. 13 Essential Rudiments

Treasure Coast Percussion

Ken Broadway

David Waybright

Gary Cook

Norman Weinberg on the podcast

Michael Vercelli

Bernard Woma

Ray Holman

Liam Teague

Raves:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2022 Tour