Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 290 - Laura Noah

Orchestral Timpanist, Percussionist, and Percussion Professor Laura Noah stops by to talk about her busy schedule of performing and teaching all over Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida (03:10), following her creative pursuits during the first part of COVID (19:50), her work with the PAS Diversity Alliance (25:25), growing up in Centreville (AL), growing up in the Funeral Home business, Drum Corps, the Aspen Music Festival, and getting connected to Peabody (29:50), going to the University of Alabama for undergrad, and explaining the differences between Goodman school vs. the Duff school (46:25), going to Peabody (MD) for her Master’s, studying with Jonathan Haas, and living in Baltimore (56:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with sections on auditions, Marie Kondo, Dave Ramsey, Stargate SG1, and Mahler 2 (01:13:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s recent trip back to Wake Forest University for an Orchestra Reunion Concert (01:40:00).

Links:

Laura Noah’s website

Laura Noah’s University of Mobile page

Laura Noah’s University of West Florida page

Laura Noah’s Innovative Percussion page

Sean Noah’s McGill-Toolen page

Symphony No. 104 (“London”) - Franz Josef Haydn

“Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” - Ludwig van Beethoven

PAS Diversity Alliance

My Girl trailer

The Planets - Gustav Holst

Suite from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky

Symphony No. 5, 4th movement - Dmitri Shostakovich

Phantom Regiment 1996

Robert Van Sice

Jonathan Haas

Santa Clara Vanguard

Southwind Drum Corps

Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofé

Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli

String Quartet No. 4 : “Allegro Pizzicato” - Bela Bartok

Ryan Saul

Larry Mathis

Saul Goodman

Cloyd Duff

Tom Brady’s Michigan highlights

Tom Stubbs

Doug Howard

Gerald Welker

Ji Hye Jung

Snatch trailer

Green Lantern trailer

The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo

“Roll Tide” Commercial

Tate Modern

Stargate SG1 TV Series

Symphony No. 2: Finale - Gustav Mahler

The Ukranian National Anthem

Raves:

Wake Forest University’s Orchestra Homepage