United States Air Force Academy Band Percussionist and Drummer Kathryn Yuill stops by to talk about her military band job, the active scheduling and performing with all of the ensembles that occurs, and living in Colorado Springs (02:20), what it’s like to play in military bands, the audition process, and freelancing and subbing in Colorado (13:20), her internship with the Percussive Arts Society in 2017, the logistics of PASIC, and her recent presentation at 2023 Midwest Band Clinic (23:00), growing up in Wisconsin, getting into drumset and concert percussion, playing golf and participating in the YMCA’s Youth & Government Program (36:00), attending the University of Minnesota for undergrad (48:25), her years as a masters student at Indiana University, the importance of recording during practice sessions, and living and working in the St. Louis area (01:00:15), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the importance of drumset in overall percussion study, being a woman in the percussion field, great books, gardening, Minnesota sports, and her Beyoncé fandom (01:19:35).
Finishing with a Rave on Jocelyn Neal’s Country Music (01:49:50).
Kathryn Yuill Links:
Kathryn Yuill’s US Air Force webpage
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Other Links:
U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America
“Wood, Metal, Skin” - Josh Gottry
“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters
Concerto No. 1 for Marimba - Ney Rosauro
Instruction Book for Xylophone - George Hamilton Green
“Glory and Grandeur” - Russell Peck
“An Extraordinary Correspondence” - Nathan Daughtrey
“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt
“I Have Confidence” - Julie Andrews
A Promised Land - Barack Obama
Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé trailer
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé trailer
Raves: