Percussionist, Performer, and Educator Olivia Cirisan stops by to chat about performing Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley’s “37 across 39 down” at PASIC 2024 (03:15), her master’s program at the University of Michigan and her responsibilities and work with chamber duos and gamelan (16:40), growing up (mostly) in Frankenmuth, Michigan, her piano and percussion background, and living with ADHD (37:15), attending the University of Michigan for undergrad, staying there for the master’s, and her time auditioning at Mizzou (01:02:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on self-seriousness in art, her experiences as a woman in percussion spaces, the Twilight movies, Albert Camus, and the Midnight Gospel series (01:20:30).
Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon (02:02:15).
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Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other links:
“Everything Now Right Now” - Robert Honstein
Late Night with the Devil trailer
Twilight: Eclipse shirt take off
The Shining as a Romantic Comedy
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
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