Northern Illinois University (NIU) Instructor of Percussion and Director of Percussion Studies at the College of DuPage (IL) Ben Wahlund stops by to talk about his teaching at both universities, the role of instructor/lecturer vs. professor, and PAS experiences (03:15), his compositional career and the Mile Marker Zero project (29:30), growing up all over the world with a military band director father, his early musical experiences, and settling in North Dakota (46:40), his undergrad degree at the University of Mary (ND), teaching middle school in Iowa, getting to the Chicago area and doing his master’s at NIU (01:03:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (potty mouth!), including discussions of accessibility, Chicago sports, great books, and important travel experiences (01:18:45).
Finishing with a Re-Rave on the 2018 documentary film King in the Wilderness (01:49:00).
California Wildfire Contribution Links:
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Ben Wahlund links:
Ben Wahlund’s College of DuPage webpage
Previous Podcasts Guests Mentioned:
Other Links:
The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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