Principal Percussionist for the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra Becca Laurito stops by to talk about her PASIC 2022 presentation on performance anxiety and her focus on sound and energy healing (03:40), her role with the Hawai’i Symphony, the audition process, and the challenges of performing on the island (29:00), growing up in Chicago, playing piano prior to focusing on percussion, and rowing crew (54:05), her undergrad at Northwestern (IL), recovering from a broken clavicle, and making a freelance career early on (01:08:50), going to grad school at Temple (PA) and later to DePaul (IL), and the auditioning process (01:19:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:33:15).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Till (02:04:00).
Links:
Matt McClung on the podcast in 2022
Symphony No. 1 - Jean Sibelius
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery trailer
The Body Keeps the Score - Besser Van Der Kolk
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Tom and Jerry classic episodes
Raves: