Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 289 - John R. Beck

University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Percussion Professor John R. Beck stops by to talk about UNCSA, behavioral health drumming and symphonies (02:30), his teaching position and how it’s evolved over the years (12:25), gigging in orchestras (28:15), taking sabbatical replacement jobs at colleges for many years (37:00), growing up in Rochester, NY, his musician parents, “half-ironmans”, and learning from Ruth and Bill Cahn (51:00), doing his undergrad at Oberlin (OH) with Michael Rosen (01:03:40), studying at Eastman (NY) with his father, John H. Beck, for a year, then working for the Marine Band, along with discussions of rarely played literature and “long hair wigs” (01:10:00), freelancing outside of Marine Band, playing with the Jack Daniels Band, and recovering from personal tragedy (01:30:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:39:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Martin Duberman’s 1989 biography of Paul Robeson (01:50:40).

Links:

John R. Beck’s website

John R. Beck’s UNCSA page

Winston-Salem Symphony

Greensboro Symphony

PAS Health & Wellness

Bowman Gray Health Center

Peripheral Neuropathy

Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale

U.S. Marine Band

Massie Johnson

Christopher Deane

Gary Werdesheim

Wake Forest’s world music ensembles

Michael Rosen

Doug Walter

Ben Toth

Dean Gronemeier

John H. Beck

Eastman Community Music School

Gordon Stout

Ruth Cahn

Bill Cahn

Niel DePonte

Patsy Dash

Ironman 70.3 North Carolina

Howard Hanson

Pleiades - Iannis Xenakis

“Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

1983 Beirut Barracks Bombings

Michael Burritt

Steve Gadd

Christopher Lamb

“Meditation Preludes” - William Duckworth

“Sonata for Timpani” - John H. Beck

“Ever-Livin’ Rhythm” - Neil B. Rolnick

Concerto for Marimba and Strings - Emmanuel Sejourne

“March” - Elliot Carter

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Torse III” - Akira Miyoshi

“White Knuckle Stroll” - Casey Cangelosi

“Furioso and Valse” - Earl Hatch

“Etude in C Major” - Clair Musser

“Nola” - Felix Arndt

Scott Ney

Bill Moersch on the podcast

Las Vegas Musicians Strike

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

A Few Good Men trailer

Rocky Horror Picture Show trailer

Encyclopedia of Percussion - John H. Beck

The Inner Game of Tennis - Timothy Gallwey

Chihuly Garden and Glass

Raves:

Paul Robeson - Martin Duberman