Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 393 - Kathryn Yuill

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

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Kevin Bobo in 2017

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Josh Gottry in 2020

Fernando Meza in 2020

Jason Haaheim in 2018

Other Links:

U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America

Steve Houghton

John Tafoya

“Wood, Metal, Skin” - Josh Gottry

“Come Together” - The Beatles

“Rain Dance” - Alice Gomez

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Concerto No. 1 for Marimba - Ney Rosauro

YMCA Youth & Government

Instruction Book for Xylophone - George Hamilton Green

Peter Kogan

“Glory and Grandeur” - Russell Peck

“Corker” - Libby Larsen

“An Extraordinary Correspondence” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Memories” - Ney Rosauro

Michael Spiro

“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt

The Sound of Music trailer

“I Have Confidence” - Julie Andrews

From Justin to Kelly trailer

Emily Henry

Becoming - Michelle Obama

A Promised Land - Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama

Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Raves:

Country Music - Jocelyn Neal