Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 346 - Ian Antonio

University of Michigan Percussion Professor Ian Antonio stops by to talk about all aspects of teaching at the school (02:00), his extensive chamber career with Wet Ink, Zs, Talujon, and Yarn/Wire (18:50), growing up in Albany (NY), having music teacher parents, taking lessons locally, and the Empire State Youth Orchestra (33:00), going to the Manhattan School of Music (NY) for undergrad, living in a hotel as his dorm, and “stubbing” (45:50), attending SUNY-Stonybrook for his Master’s and Doctorate, playing a lot of gigs, and working outside of school at Albert Augustine Ltd. (01:07:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the usage of YouTube, his dislike of John Wick films, advanced baseball stats, the NY Yankees, and Dewa Alit (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film When a Man Loves a Woman (01:44:00).

Links:

Ian Antonio’s website

Ian Antonio’s Michigan webpage

Doug Perkins’ Michigan webpage

Britton-René Collins on the podcast in 2023

Wet Ink Ensemble

Talujon Ensemble

Yarn/Wire

Zs (band)

Anthony Braxton

Joseph Tompkins

Alex Mincek

Jeremy Epp

Tom Sherwood

Nancy Zeltsman

Jonathan Kuuskoski

Sam Hillmer

Brad Wentworth

Michael Lipsey

Dominic Donato

Julia Wolfe

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Kroumata Ensemble

Percussions de Strasbourg

Gérard Grisey

Jamie Jordan

Four/Ten Media

Colleen Bernstein on the podcast in 2022

Empire State Youth Orchestra

Duncan Patton

Symphony No. 8 - Antonin Dvorak

Francisco Noya

Blair Tindall

James Preiss

Erik Charlston

Richard Hochrainer

Marc Damoulakis

Vadim Karpinos

Christopher Lamb

Megan Arns on the podcast in 2016

Drumming - Steve Reich

Matt Ward

Eduardo Leandro

Steven Schick

Albert Augustine, Ltd.

Bonnie Whiting on the podcast in 2020

Philippe Hurel

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

“Mirage pour Marimba” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

The Departed trailer

Christoph Sietzen

John Wick trailer

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

2666 - Robert Bolaño

Cases of the Yips

Scott Brosius ties Game 5 of the 2001 World Series

Van’s Vietnamese Restaurant

Druther’s Brewery

International Contemporary Ensemble

Park Avenue Armory

Louis Andriessen

Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat

Raves:

When a Man Loves a Woman trailer