Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 408 - Chrissie Souza

University of Oklahoma Lecturer in World Music and Principal Timpanist with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra (MOSY) Chrissie Souza stops by to talk about her job at OU (03:15), playing with MOSY and working with other local orchestras (12:30), growing up in Southeast Missouri and her musical upbringing (24:50), attending the U.S. Percussion Camp and discussing her undergrad years at the University of Missouri (31:45), attending OU for her master’s and doctorate degrees, working for OU Press, her dissertation on Marimba Concertos, and eventually working as faculty there (47:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her experiences being a woman in the percussion and world music fields, great books, and eating incredible food in Brazil (01:10:55).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary series Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World(01:39:10).

Chrissie Souza links:

Chrissie Souza’s Oklahoma University page

Missouri Symphony Website

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Julia Gaines in 2016

Megan Arns in 2017

Lance Drege in 2017

Aaron Ragsdale in 2017

Iain Moyer in 2019

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Jeff Calissi in 2017

Julia Spencer in 2021

Lance Drege in 2017

Cort McClaren in 2022

Other Links:

Ricardo Souza

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

Wilbur Lin

Symphony No. 9, Second Movement - L.V. Beethoven

Johnny Lee Lane

Tim Adams

Nena Lorenz

McNair Scholars Program

Concertino - Paul Creston

Michael Budds

Ed Dolbashian

John Cheetham

Eva Szekely

Amy Knopps

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Toccata” - Carlos Chavez

“Living Room Music” - John Cage

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

Richard Gipson

NCPP

Jeremy Brunk

Brian Tinkel

Stefan Ice

Marimba Concerto - Jorge Sargimentos

Concertino for Xylophone and Orchestra - Toshiro Mayuzumi

Concerto for Marimba and Band - David Long

Interstellar trailer

Inception trailer

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Tana French

“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich

Raves:

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World