Grand Valley State University (MI) Visiting Professor of Music Theory, Composer, Educator and Percussionist Olivia Kieffer returns to talk about heading to Georgia State for her percussion masters degree, working with Chix with Stix, and teaching and freelancing in the Atlanta area (02:45), making the decision to pursue grad degrees in composition and heading to UW-Milwaukee for her masters (18:25), doing her doctorate at the University of Miami (FL) and demonstrating all of the toy pianos in her studio for the podcast (23:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on preparing students for the future, navigating the percussion and composition world as a woman, great movies, The Green Bay Packers, stories from doing karaoke, and the TV series Planet Earth 3 (40:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Somewhere in Queens (01:12:40).
Olivia Kieffer Links:
Toy Piano Chamber Music Database
“Nobility of the Homophones” - Olivia Kieffer
“The Texture of Activity” - Olivia Kieffer
“Playing the Changes” - Olivia Kieffer
Other Links:
Chix with Stix Percussion Group
Reinhardt Contemporary Arts Festival
The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls
“Time After Time” - Cyndi Lauper
Raves: