University of South Carolina Percussion Professor Scott Herring stops by to talk about the USC position, doubled-up performances at PASIC, the promotion process, and the Sympatico Percussion Group (03:00), growing up in NC, early drumset and percussion years, and time spent playing tennis (24:15), going to East Carolina University for undergrad (35:40), getting his Masters and Doctorate at Northwestern University (IL), teaching at Emporia State (KS), and getting to USC (44:25), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment, including sections on challenging marimba literature, Star Wars, golf, and Malcolm Gladwell (01:10:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (01:38:30).

Links:

Scott Herring’s USC page

Sympatico Percussion Group

Rosewind Duo

Bailey Seabury

Jim Hall

Emily Lemmerman on the podcast in 2019