Recent Mizzou Master’s Of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Olivia Sletteland stops by to talk about some of the music she played at the University (03:25), her experiences with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble (NME) (10:45), the issues and concerns she and her cohort have about the world of percussion, and the wonderful group of people she studied with (25:10), growing up in western Wisconsin, getting into percussion, her piano and cello background, and playing sports (37:40), attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for undergrad, doing indoor drumline, and traveling with the marching band (49:25), her experiences during the Pandemic (01:01:10), how Mizzou came on her radar after undergrad (01:10:15), and ends with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on sound quality from percussion performers, being an LGBTQIA+ woman in percussion, great breakfast food, The Minnesota Vikings, “Good Mythical Morning”, great books, wild performance moments, and the composer Alex Ring Gray (01:17:40).
Finishing with a Rave on a live performance by the U.K. band The Last Dinner Party (01:54:15).
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Other Links:
“Comfort Patterns” - Anna Meadors
“Boris Kerner” - Caroline Shaw
“Ma Non Troppo” - Giovanni Porfirio
“The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Ambedo” - Anna Socolofsky
Adrian Peterson’s 296-yard game
Vikings-Saints 2009 NFC Championship Game
Interstellar Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
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