University of Windsor (ON) Percussion Professor Nicholas Papador stops by to talk about his recent PASIC Presentation on Klezmer arrangements with the help of Heartland Marimba (04:00), his job at Windsor, the Canadian Percussion Network, the Marassa Duo, his compositional career and living in Canada (16:25), growing up mostly in Portland (OR), and his expanded musical interests in classical music and punk rock (41:15), attending the University of Oregon for 2 undergrad degrees and a discussion of the Oregon-Wake Forest football connection (52:50), his years doing his percussion master’s degree at Indiana University (01:05:30), his doctoral years at Northwestern University (IL), his post-doctoral time in Ithaca, NY, and working as a percussionist for modern dance (01:13:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on Paul Auster’s books, places to travel, a bug attack at a symphony performance, and Mark Rothko (01:32:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the fans of Pete’s Percussion Podcast at PASIC (01:56:25).
Nicholas Papador links:
Nicholas Papador’s University of Windsor page
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Matthew Coley on the podcast in 2021
Aiyun Huang on the podcast in 2023
Joshua D. Smith on the podcast in 2018
Kevin Bobo on the podcast in 2017
Scott Herring on the podcast in 2022
Will James on the podcast in 2017
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