Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 387 - Bill Sallak

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music Professor Bill Sallak stops by to talk about his job and dual role as director of percussion and audio engineering, working previously at Kent State (OH), Akros Percussion Collective, and manufacturing his own percussion items (03:20), growing up near Buffalo (NY), his interests in science and math, and watching transcendent athletes and teams (29:05), attending SUNY-Fredonia for undergrad (48:40), his research into J.S. Bach’s music transcribed for marimba (56:25), attending the University of Akron (OH) for his master’s and accompanying for modern dance (01:06:30), his sabbatical year at Ohio University and his doctoral studies at Arizona State (01:20:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on flexibility in performance, making pasta sauce, Invisible Cities, great percussion music, and Barbara Kingsolver (01:35:50).

Finishing with a Rave on Marissa R. Moss’s 2022 book Her Country (01:57:50).

Bill Sallak Links:

Bill Sallak’s homepage

Bill Sallak’s UWGB page

Bill’s version of the JS Bach Cello Suites

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Kay Stonefelt

Other Links:

Phoenix Studios

Center for Games and Interactive Media

“Mutatis Mutandis” - Herbert Brün, performed by Akros Percussion Collective

“Bird of Passage” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Steven Schick

“Piano Concerto” - Györgi Ligeti

“Nothing is Real” - Alvin Lucier

Michael Rector

Larry Snider

Thomas Siwe

“Sextet” - Steve Reich

Domino Hasek Highlights

Pat LaFontaine Highlights

Golden State Warriors 2015-2016 Highlights

Liverpool FC wins 2020 Champions League

Jurgen Klopp

Mo Salah highlights

Bernard Woma

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Jean Geoffroy

Leigh Howard Stevens

J.J. Quantz on Ornamentation

Wieland Kuijken

Merce Cunningham

Joan Meggitt

“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang

Roger Braun

J.B. Smith

Mark Sunkett

Anner Bylsma - Bach Cello Suites

Paul Tortelier - Bach Cello Suites

Decasia trailer

Michael Gordon and the Bang on a Can All-Stars

Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino

“Hold On I’m Comin’” - Sam and Dave Live

The NOW Pizzeria - Hamburgh, NY

“Top of the Hill” - Tom Waits

“Tom Traubert’s Blues” - Tom Waits

“A Valentine Out of Season” - John Cage

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Raves:

Her Country - Marissa R. Moss