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 Michigan webpage
Doug Perkins’ Michigan webpage
Britton-René Collins on the podcast in 2023
“Third Construction” - John Cage
Colleen Bernstein on the podcast in 2022
Symphony No. 8 - Antonin Dvorak
Megan Arns on the podcast in 2016
Bonnie Whiting on the podcast in 2020
“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki
“Mirage pour Marimba” - Yasuo Sueyoshi
“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Scott Brosius ties Game 5 of the 2001 World Series
International Contemporary Ensemble
Raves: