Solo Percussionist, Author, Conductor, and longtime Director of Percussion at the University of California-San Diego Steven Schick stops by to talk about the UCSD program, teaching doctoral students, and the art of performing on percussion in the 21st century (02:25), growing up in northern Iowa, his jazz drumset influences, sailing in high school, and living and working on a farm (25:30), going to the University of Iowa for undergraduate and master’s, pursuing the solo percussionist path, and his Fulbright studies (36:20), his early college teaching career at Fresno State University (CA) and his pandemic experiences (55:30), his excellent book The Percussionist’s Art (01:07:00), and takes in the Random Ass Questions, including segments on hearing percussion music outside of college concert settings, reading books and achieving fluency in other languages, and staying healthy (01:22:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film I Am Raquel Welch (01:47:10).

Steven Schick links:

Steven Schick’s website

Steven Schick’s UCSD page

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