Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 377 - Gifford Howarth

Bloomsburg University (Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) Percussion Professor and Band Director Gifford Howarth stops by to talk about the PASIC 2023 Keyboard Committee Panel he moderated on Front Ensemble Rehearsal Engagement (05:35), his percussion activities at Bloomsburg, his adjudication responsibilities and being an artist/clinician (25:10), getting his college job and how his job at Bloomsburg has changed over the years (40:00), the clinic work he's done in Asia over 2 decades (55:40), growing up in upstate New York, his marching and lessons background, and his choir singing, solo singing, and background in musicals (01:08:30), his undergrad at Ithaca College (NY) and studying with Gordon Stout (01:22:00), his master’s degree from Kent State (OH), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on skill development through sight reading, his active cooking life, Stephen King and The Dark Tower Series, the musical Hamilton, and being moved by performances he’s judged (01:40:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 docuseries Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning (02:15:45).

Gifford Howarth links:

Gifford’s Bloomsburg page

Gifford’s Yamaha page

Gifford’s Vic Firth page

“Leyenda” - Isaac Albéniz/Gifford Howard arrangement

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Lauren Teel in 2017

Julie Davila in 2019

Tom Burritt in 2021

Thom Hasenpflug in 2019

Other Links:

Yamaha Sounds of Summer

Brian Dinkle

Ryan Kilgore

Andy Filipiak

Jonathan Fox

Gordon Stout

Brian Mason

John H. Beck

Annie

Guys and Dolls

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Man of La Mancha

Sweeney Todd

Ted Rounds

Stefon Harris

Michael Burritt

Dave Gluck

Tony Steve

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“The Whole Toy Laid Down” - David Hollinden

“Marimba Quartet” - Daniel Levitan

“Bluebird Samba” - Ted Rounds

Selected Duets for Flute - H. Voxman

Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet

The Dark Tower - Stephen King

The Stand - Stephen King

James Patterson

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry

Hamilton

Raves:

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning trailer