Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 344 - Angela Kepley

Percussion Educator, Performer and Composer Angela Kepley stops by to chat about running her own private studio in the Chicago area, how she’s incorporated percussion ensemble into the private studio experience, and making it all work with billing and equipment (04:05), fitting composing in to her activities (24:00), taking and teaching fitness classes (27:30), growing up in southern Illinois, her piano background, and her marching band career under legendary band director Carolyn Dominick (34:40), attending Millikin University (IL) for undergrad (44:25), teaching percussion post undergrad, going to Northern Illinois University for her master’s, and working through the pandemic as a private studio teacher (54:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her studies of gender in the percussion world, cooking tofu, and recovering from an elbow injury (01:16:30).

Finishing with a Rave on books by Rich Holly, Lemuel Watson, Diane Petrella, and Nick Petrella (01:41:30).

Links:

Angela Kepley’s website

Nathan Daughtrey on the podcast in 2021

“SyncoShift” - Angela Kepley

Dynamic Duos for Mallets - Angela Kepley

FORM Barre + Fitness

“County Clare” - arr. David Steinquest

Jeremy Brunk

Brian Justison

“Monograph IV” - Richard Gipson

“Prism” - Keiko Abe

Rich Holly on the podcast in 2020

Greg Buyer

Robert Chappell

Ben Wahlund

Amanda Duncan

Liam Teague

“The Odyssey, According to Penelope” - Kevin Bobo

“Rebonds B A” - Iannis Xenakis

“(Manipulation)” - Brian Wach

Watership Down - Richard Adams

Third Coast Percussion

Gino’s East Chicago

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

“To The Earth” - Frederic Rzewski

The Percussionists’ Guide to Injury Treatment and Prevention - Darin Workman

Raves:

The Musician’s Toolbox - Diane Petrella and Nick Petrella

Majoring in Music - Rich Holly

Majoring in Education - Rich Holly and Lemuel Watson