Washburn University (KS) Percussion Professor, Composer, and Performer Von Hansen stops by to talk about his recent album Mortal Coil (03:15), his Percussion and Composition job at Washburn (16:05), growing up in Topeka and the wide array of musical experiences of his early life (25:30), going to Washburn for undergrad and studying with Tom Morgan (36:20), his masters years at the University of Central Michigan and his doctorate from the University of Kansas (52:20), the challenges of his career during his first job at Friends University (KS) (01:05:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of percussion repertoire choices, classic horror films, Kurt Vonnegut books, Caroline Shaw, and local artists (01:15:50).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Robot Dreams (01:40:00).
Von Hansen links:
Von Hansen’s Washburn University page
“Anything Worthwhile is Perishable” - Von Hansen
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned
Other Links:
“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich
The Jazz Drummer’s Reading Workbook - Tom Morgan
Reading Mallet Percussion Music - Rebecca Kite
“Third Construction” - John Cage
“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner
Dashing Through the Snow trailer
The Silence of the Lambs trailer
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
What We Do in the Shadows TV Show
Partita for Eight Voices - Caroline Shaw
Raves: