Recent University of Missouri Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Miles Bohlman stops by to talk about his various grad program recitals (04:45), his Graduate Assistantship with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and finishing the degree (21:15), growing up in the Chicago (IL) suburbs, his musical family, playing soccer goalie growing up, and his marching band activities (39:30), going to Illinois State for his undergrad (58:15), his high school band and percussion job out of undergrad, teaching during COVID restrictions, and keeping up his percussion chops through playing with British-style Brass Bands (01:10:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making curry, when he worked for his city’s Public Works Department, Nicholas Cage movies, Barbara Kingsolver, and his Chicago Sports Team Fandom (01:23:40).
Finishing with a Rave on Kelefa Sanneh’s 2021 book Major Labels (01:50:10).
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“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner
“Asventuras” - Alexej Gerassimez
“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska
“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier
Nine French-American Rudimental Solos - Joseph Tompkins
Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse
“Jobiniana No. 1” - Sergio Assad
“Marking Time” - Chris P. Thompson
“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar
Symphony No. 3 - Thomas Trachsel
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George
North American Brass Band Association
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer
“meditation for water, wind & metal” - Elizabeth A. Baker
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