University of North Texas Coordinator of Percussion Studies Mark Ford stops by to talk about meeting folks at PASIC, his percussion responsibilities and the challenges of the job, how Grad Assistants factor in, and dealing with over 200 juries (03:05), getting into composing and the “Head Talk” pretuned heads (25:20), his time as Percussive Arts Society President, moving headquarters to Indianapolis, and “Jocks vs. Drummers” (37:40), and growing up in Virginia, his marching background and coming from a family of artists (46:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the TV Series Origins of Hip Hop (59:30).
Mark Ford Links:
Mark’s Innovative Percussion page
Previous podcast guests mentioned:
Other links:
Paul Rennick and Santa Clara Vanguard
Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble - Mark Ford
“Stubernic Fantasy” - Mark Ford
“ESPN Bows to Offended Drummers” - NPR
Raves: