Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 173 - Dan Piccolo

Bowling Green State University (OH) Percussion Professor Dan Piccolo stops by to talk about his current teaching and performing opportunities along with PAS and junior percussion faculty mentoring (02:45), growing up in Rochester, NY and his enjoyment of 1980s rock saxophone (35:45), his years of higher education at the University of Michigan (59:15), his overseas time in India (01:21:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:37:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the current NFL Playoffs (02:02:45).

Links:

Dan Piccolo’s webpage

Dan Piccolo’s BGSU page

Shane Jones

Julie Hill

Ji Hye Jung

Anthony Di Sanza

Payton MacDonald

Neeraj Mehta

Shawn Mativetsky

Jonathan Ovalle

mirabai

Big Fun - Miles Davis

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

So Percussion

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Lisa Rogers

William Mathis

Steven Mackey

Aaron Kernis

Third Coast Percussion

Roger Braun

Mark Berry

Khemia Ensemble

Mike Burritt

Steve Gadd

Steve Curry

John H. Beck

Charles Wilcoxin

Michael Udow

Sal Rabbio

Michael Gould

Clarence Clemons

Bill Cahn

Ruth Cahn

Bob Becker

Jack DeJohnette

Tony Williams

Michael Haithcock

Jamey Haddad

Susie Ibarra

John Riley

Dave Hollinden

Paul Winter

Jim Harbaugh

Jackson Pollock

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 172 - Jaime Esposito

Spectrum Ensemble founder and Dallas-based Percussion Educator Jaime Esposito talks about their current teaching schedule (02:45), all things Spectrum Ensemble (10:15), appearing on the recent PASIC Diversity Alliance Panel (33:00), growing up just outside of Chicago, playing through lots of etude books and playing lots of sports (44:45), the Northwestern Undergrad years (01:00:45), the University of North Texas masters years (01:13:00), and spends time on the Random Ass Questions (01:21:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the recent movie Gully Boy (01:31:35).

Links:

Jaime Esposito’s website

Spectrum Ensemble

Stephen Hall

Jaime’s appearance on @percussion

L.D. Bell Band Staff

Oh My Ears Music Festival

Matthew Coley

Derek Tywoniuk

Luke Ellard

LJ White

She-e Wu

Third Coast Percussion

Elizabeth DeLamater

Sean Daniels

Renee Keller’s #metoo article

Mallory Thompson

Christopher Deane

Ed Smith

Stockton Helbing

Caleb Pickering

A League of Their Own trailer

The Grinch

Harry Potter

Sarah Waters

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Raves:

Gully Boy

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 171 - Dave Hall (Part 2)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Professor Dave Hall returns for Part 2 to talk about his undergrad years at UNL (01:45), his master’s degree from Texas Christian (TCU) (16:45), his year teaching high school and heading into his doctorate from North Texas (UNT) (32:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (57:30).

Finishing with a Rave on The Meters’ classic “No More Okey Doke” (01:22:30).

Links:

Dave Hall on Part 1

Dave Hall’s website

Jim Casella

Murray Gusseck

Santa Clara Vanguard

Phantom Regiment

Paul Rennick

“Fugue in G Minor” - J.S. Bach

Tony Falcone

LHS Summer Marimba Seminar

“Blues for Gilbert” - Mark Glentworth

“Libertango” - Piazzola/Sammut

“November Evening” - Christopher Norton

“Choro No. 3” - Marcellino/Stout

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

“Ants Marching” - Dave Matthews Band

“Escape Velocity” - Dave Hall

Brian West

Kevin Bobo

James Campbell

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Apocalytpic Etude” - Dave Hall

“Palace of Nine Perfections” - Eric Ewazen

“Doors” - Dave Hall

“Chaconne” - J.S. Bach

West Side Suite - John Serry

“Ionization” - Edgard Varese

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Prelude and Fugue in B-flat” - J.S. Bach

“Seven Days” - Kevin Bobo

“Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” - Villa-Lobos

UNT Percussion Faculty

Ryan Kilgore

Chris McWilliams

John O’Neal

Jacob Remington

Maria Finkelmeier

“Skylight” - Dave Hall

"See Ya Thursday” - Steven Mackey

Lou Harrison

There Will Be Blood trailer

How to Change Your Mind - Michael Pollan

Federer-Nadal 2019

The Chagall Windows

Raves:

“No More Okey Doke” - The Meters

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 170 - Dave Hall (Part 1)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Professor Dave Hall stops by to talk about his group’s recent performance at PASIC and his thoughts on the College Percussion Concerts (03:45), his job at Nebraska (35:20), and growing up in South Dakota and playing lots of drumset and early marimba literature (54:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (01:12:00).

Links:

Dave Hall’s Nebraska page

Dave Hall’s homepage

Mark Ford

Michael Burritt

Martin Shkreli

The Percussion Collective

Stefon Harris

Snarky Puppy

Jonathan Scales

Brad Mehldau

Mark Guiliana

Eric Hollenbeck

Ji Hye Jung

Carolyn Barber

David Skidmore

Tony Falcone

Crossmen

Bluecoats

L.H. Stevens

Raves:

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 169 - Adélaïde Ferrière

French Percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière stops by to talk about her PASIC 2019 performance and other elements of marimba performance (03:40), her career as a freelance percussionist in France (19:30), growing up in Dijon, France to musical parents and entering the Paris Conservatory at 16 (35:35), going to Paris Conservatory for her undergrad and master’s degrees and studying in England (53:15), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:00).

Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: Jubilee Singers (01:45:15). 

Links:

Adélaïde Ferrière’s website

Adélaïde’s Black Swamp page

Rhapsody in Blue - solo marimba version

Trio KDM

Trio Xenakis

Adélaïde’s version of “Asturias” published by Edition Svitzer

One World Observatory

Empire State Building

Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Museum of Natural History

“Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2” - Frederic Chopin

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

Paris Conservatory

“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Volans

“After Syrinx II” - Richard Rodney Bennett

Interstellar trailer

The Hangover trailer

Aladdin (2019) trailer

The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne

Raves:

Jubilee Singers on PBS

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 168 - Elizabeth DeLamater (Part 2)

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 167 - Elizabeth DeLamater (Part 1)

Percussionist, Educator and Podcast Host Elizabeth DeLamater stops by to talk about the Diversity Alliance Panel on Harrassment and #MeToo she was about to moderate at PASIC 2019 (04:00), her sabbatical teaching at the University of West Indies - Trinidad & Tobago and learning/teaching in non-Western European cultures (18:45), her Art Lives podcast (46:45), growing up in Wisconsin, learning about women in percussion, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony (01:01:00), and her undergrad years at the University of Northern Illinois (01:19:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary series College Behind Bars (01:31:00).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater’s website

Elizabeth DeLamater’s Remo page

Elizabeth DeLamater’s Innovative Percussion Page

Sean Daniels

Jamie Esposito

Debby Herbenick

Julie Hill

Jeannine Remy

Megan Arns

WTF with Marc Maron

Casey Cangelosi

Modern Jazz Quartet

Vicki Jenks

“What is Hip?” - Tower of Power

Mickey Hart

Robert Chappell

Rich Holly

Al O’Connor

Cliff Alexis

“Córdoba” - Isaac Albéniz

“Tribeca Sunflower” - Julie Spencer

“Cenas Amerindias” - Ney Rosauro

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Raves:

College Behind Bars

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 166 - Evan Chapman

Square Peg Round Hole band member and Four/Ten Media Co-Owner Evan Chapman stops by to talk about Square Peg and their PASIC performance (03:30), all things Four/Ten Media (21:15), growing up in Baltimore, Skateboarding Videos and Documentaries (43:45), getting his undergrad degree from Indiana and transitioning to his pop-oriented career (54:30), and gets into the Random Ass Questions (01:12:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers (01:28:40).

Links:

Evan Chapman

Square Peg Round Hole

Four/Ten Media

Sigur Rós

Explosions in the Sky

Beyoncé

Bon Iver

Ableton Live

Logic Pro

Darren King

Variant 6

Gracie and Rachel

Megan Arns

Stefan Freund

“Unremixed” - Alarm Will Sound

John Tafoya

Minding The Gap trailer

Free Solo trailer

Michael Spiro

The Ramones

Kevin Bobo

Steve Houghton

“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche

Neil Peart

Blade Runner 2049 trailer

Midsommar trailer

The Room trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

Shaun White

Shania Twain

“Marimba Phase” - Steve Reich

Dan Flavin

Raves:

Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell


Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 165 - Iain Moyer

Widener University (PA) Director of Athletic Bands and Boston Crusaders Front Ensemble Arranger Iain Moyer stops by to talk about the PASIC Marching Panel he just moderated (02:40), his teaching position at Widener and his previous work at the University of North Alabama (12:20), his career in DCI groups (26:15), growing up in Vermont, his history playing guitar, and his undergrad years at UMass-Amherst (37:45), going to the University of Oklahoma for this master’s and doctorate (51:00), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:19:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the podcast Slow Burn (01:35:20).

Links:

Iain Moyer’s Widener page

Iain Moyer’s Boston Crusaders page

Jim Ancona

Colin McNutt

Paul Rennick

Vandegrift High School Band

Santa Clara Vanguard

Omar Carmenates

Tracy Wiggins

Lloyd Jones

Thom Hannum

Richard Gipson

Lance Drege

Neil Larrivee

Pat Metheny

Grant Braddock

Max Richter’s Four Seasons

Raves:

Slow Burn Season Three

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 164 - PASIC 2019 Preview #2

PASIC 2019 is even closer (than it was yesterday), so it’s time to get ready! Part 2 is here - including conversations with Elizabeth DeLamater and the PAS Diversity Alliance Panel (01:40), Dave Hall and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Ensemble for winning IPEC (18:00), and Adélaïde Ferrière and the Keyboard Percussion Showcase (48:15).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater

Dave Hall

Adélaïde Ferrière

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 162 - Paul Buyer

Clemson University (SC) Percussion Professor Paul Buyer stops by to talk about the Clemson job and how it has evolved over the years (02:00), the Clemson football program and his Marching Bands and Drumlines book (23:45), growing up in Indiana, learning from Mike Balter, and his high school golf career (45:40), his undergrad career at Ball State (IN) and playing with Star of Indiana (54:40), getting his master’s and doctorate at the University of Arizona (01:03:20), teaching high school in Texas (01:21:30), and finishing with the “famous” Random Ass Questions (01:31:00).

Finishing with a Rave on David Crosby: Remember My Name (01:46:00).

Links:

Paul Buyer

Gary Cook

Josh Gottry

Cliff Alexis

Dabo Swinney

DeShaun Watson

Kelly Bryant

Marching Bands and Drumlines

Touching the Rock at Clemson

The Art of Vibraphone Playing

Every Week a Season - Brian Curtis

Paul Rennick

Mike Sammons

Teaching Percussion

Garwood Whaley

Mike Balter

Buddy Rich

Phil Mickelson

Jim Furyk

Hubert Green

Erwin Mueller

Joe Scagnoli

Star of Indiana

Kirk Gay

Dennis DeLucia

Michael Udow

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion” - Bela Bartok

“My Lady White” - David Maslanka

“Prelude No. 1” - Ney Rosauro

“Witchhowl” - Andrew Thomas

“Dance of the Octopus” - Red Norvo

2016 World Series Game 7

Coach Wooden’s Pyramid for Success

Why the Best Are the Best - Kevin Eastman

Die Hard trailer

The Shawshank Redemption trailer

Rocky trailer

The Grey trailer

Meet the Fockers trailer

Dolls trailer

Russian Easter Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov

There’s No Plan B for your A-Game - Bo Eason

Raves:

David Crosby: Remember My Name trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 161 - Justin Preece

Oregon State University Drumline Instructor Justin Preece talks about his OSU jobs in and out of the Athletics Program and the football season on a quarter-system schedule (03:30), growing up the son of a Lutheran pastor around the STL area (46:00), getting undergrad and master’s degrees at Southern Methodist University (TX) and studying in London for a semester (01:02:00), his years post grad teaching in TX (01:17:40), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:34:00).

Finishing with a Rave on PBS’ Finding Your Roots (01:59:00).

Links:

Justin Preece’s Oregon State page

Justin Preece’s Percussion Biography

Oregon State Band Staff

Perot Systems

Dry Lab and Wet Lab

Robert Brudvig

Mike Mullins profile

Mike Garcia

Robert Floyd

Phantom Regiment

Drew Lang

Robert Schietroma

Dan Wojciechowski

Andy Akiho

Colin Currie

Alix Porembski

Troy Hall

Progenitor

Lupin The Third

Raves:

Finding Your Roots

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 160 - Chelsea Tinsler Jones

University of Tennessee-Martin Lecturer of Music and Percussion and Aural Skills Professor Chelsea Tinsler Jones stops by to talk about her various responsibilities at UTM and nerding out on Music Theory (02:00), her work with Khemia Ensemble and SteelWorks (19:00), growing up (mostly) in Las Vegas (33:20), going to the Hartt School of Music (CT) for undergrad and learning how to drive in the snow (47:30), heading to the University of Michigan for her Master’s (01:02:30), teaching Instrumental Music for one year before heading to TN (01:11:45) and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions (01:21:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Hitsville: The Making of Motown (01:40:45).

Links:

Chelsea Tinsler Jones’ UTM page

Khemia Ensemble

Shane Jones

Julie Hill

“Don’t Know Why” - Norah Jones

“Somewhere” and “Maria” from West Side Story

“Yeah!” - Usher and Lil’ Jon

“My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music

“7 Rings” - Ariana Grande

Mizzou International Composers Festival

Alarm Will Sound

Steelworks

Kyle Dunleavy

Paducah Symphony

Blue Man Group

Syncopation for the Modern Drummer - Ted Reed

The New Breed - Gary Chester

Advanced Funk Studies - Rick Latham

Ben Toth

Jonathan Ovalle

Joe Gramley

“Stop Speaking” - Andy Akiho

Jane the Virgin

The Great British Bake Off

From the Corner of the Oval - Beck Dorey-Stein

Armchair Expert

So You Think You Can Dance

Raves:

Hitsville: The Making of Motown

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 159 - Shane Jones

University of Tennessee-Martin Percussion Director Shane Jones stops by to talk about his percussion responsibilities there (02:00), his work with Khemia Ensemble and other assorted percussion activities (26:30), growing up in Las Vegas, buying a drumset through the classifieds, and the performing arts magnet high school he attended (38:45), attending the Hartt School of Music (CT) for undergrad (01:04:30), Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for his master’s (01:18:45), freelancing in Cincinnati after his master’s before doing the doctorate at the University of Michigan (01:29:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:46:20).

Finishing with a Rave on an Odyssey Series Concert in Columbia, MO (02:09:15).

Links:

Shane Jones’ UTM page

Shane Jones’ homepage

Khemia Ensemble

Chelsea Tinsley Jones

Julie Hill

Stefan Freund

Phillip Sink

Constellation Chicago

COMP Festival

Mizzou International Composers Festival

Steelworks

Ned Ray McWherter Institute

Bill Waterman

Carolina Heredia

Bret Bohman

Emma O’Halloran

Joanna Goldstein

Once On This Island

The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Carl Sagan

Ben Toth

David MacBride

Gene Koshinski

Tim Broscious

Bill Solomon

Shane Shanahan

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“She is Asleep” - John Cage

CCM Percussion

Camp Washington’s Chili

Next to Normal

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Percussionist Songs” - Christian Wolff

“Knockin’ On Wood” - Red Norvo

Dan Piccolo

Jonathan Ovalle

Joseph Gramley

“Six Japanese Gardens” - Kaija Saariaho

Liam Teague

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Kill Bill Vol. 1 trailer

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

Raves:

Odyssey Chamber Music Series

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 158 - Karli Viña

Florida International University Percussion Professor Karli Viña stops by to talk about all of her regular teaching and freelancing percussion work (03:00), her co-hosting of the @Percussion Podcast and the nature of podcasting in general (27:45), growing up in Arkansas and New Hampshire, playing drumset to Green Day and her high school volleyball career (41:40), going to the University of Maryland for undergrad (01:01:10), Boston Conservatory (MA) for her Master’s (01:08:30), The University of Miami (FL) for her Doctorate (01:22:00), and talks about teaching, Women in Percussion and various other topics in the Random Ass Questions (01:36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on seeing Ozomatli live in performance (02:08:40).

Links:

Karli Viña’s website

Ben Charles

Casey Cangelosi

@Percussion Podcast

Megan Arns

Laurel Black

Neil Grover

Jonathan Haas

Bill Shaltis

Brian Nozny

James Campbell

Warning - Green Day

“Songs I-IX” - Stuart Saunders Smith

John Tafoya

Rebecca Kite

Three Moves - Paul Lansky

Percussion Concerto - Darius Milhaud

“Set-Up Music” - Maurice Wright

“Saëta” - Elliot Carter

“March” - Elliot Carter

Keith Aleo

John Grimes

Nancy Zeltsman

Sam Solomon

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor - J. S. Bach

“To The Earth” - Frederick Rzewski

“Triple Jump” - Kenji Bunch

“Impressions” - Nicolas Martynciow

Matthew Strauss

Svet Stoyanov

“Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics” - Ben Wahlund

“In a Landscape” - John Cage

“For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” - Simon and Garfunkel

“Overs” - Simon and Garfunkel

“Sketches in Color” - Robert Starer

Intermediate Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

The Empire Strikes Back trailer

Attack of the Clones trailer

James Rodriguez highlights

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

“Kontakte” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Silence - John Cage

Raves:

Ozomatli - “After Party”

Marching Mizzou’s STL Blues show

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 157 - Alexandros Fragiskatos

Missouri Valley College Percussion Professor, Instrumental Educator and Theory Professor Alexandros Fragiskatos stops by to talk about his current gig (02:00), growing up near Akron, Ohio and his love of Progressive Rock (17:15), going to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for undergrad (26:45), getting his Master’s at the University of Akron (42:15), taking a year off of school before moving to Arizona State for his DMA (01:01:45), and taking on the Random Ass Questions (01:22:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the NPR Podcast Code Switch (01:46:00).

Links:

Alex Fragiskatos’s website

Alex Fragiskatos’s Missouri Valley page

Lake Erie

“A Change of Seasons” - Dream Theater

“2112” - Rush

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Music For Prague 1968 - Karel Husa

“The Source” - Toshi Ichiyanagi

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Marimba Phase” - Steve Reich

“Octopus’s Garden” - The Beatles

“Eleanor Rigby” - The Beatles

Larry Snider

Bernard Woma

Liam Teague

Blossom Music Center

Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

“The Planets” - Gustav Holst

“Also Sprach Zarathusa” - Richard Wagner

Cliff Alexis

“A Day in the Life” - The Beatles

“Short and Sweet” - Lennox “Boogsie” Sharp

“Rogosanti” - James Wood

“Cloud Polyphonies” - James Wood

“Once Removed” - John Fitz Rogers

J.B. Smith

Julie Hill

“Ripple” - Akira Miyoshi

“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Asanga

“In Common” - Stuart Saunders Smith

Book of Keyboards - Philippe Manourey

“Monodrame I” - Yoshihisa Taira

“To The Earth” - Frederick Rzewski

“Mundus Canis” - George Crumb

“Idyll for the Misbegotten” - George Crumb

“Peeping Tom” - Dan Senn

“Six Elegies Dancing” - Jennifer Stasack

Moby-Dick - Herman Melville

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

David Foster Wallace

Pulp Fiction trailer

Grand Piano trailer

The Watts Prophets

Gil Scott-Heron

The Last Poets

“Alright” - Kendrick Lamar

“Middle Child” - J. Cole

“C. R. E. A. M.” - Wu-Tang Clan

“Hot Shower” - Chance the Rapper

Raves:

Code Switch podcast

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 156 - Douglas Cardwell

New Mexico Philharmonic Principal Timpanist Douglas Cardwell stops by to talk about his orchestral happenings (01:45), private teaching, working at the University of New Mexico, gigging, and living in New Mexico (17:00), being an African-American in the mostly white orchestral world (30:00), growing up in central Virginia and his background in sports (43:30), his undergrad at James Madison University (VA) Master’s at Rice University (TX), and his professional career in Detroit (01:02:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:23:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the film On Her Shoulders (01:34:50).

Links:

Douglas Cardwell’s homepage

Douglas Cardwell’s Pearl Drums page

Douglas Cardwell’s New Mexico Philharmonic page

“So What” - Miles Davis

“My Favorite Things” - John Coltrane

Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

Scott Ney

Spoleto Festival

TImothy K. Adams, Jr.

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Sphinx Organization

Daisy Newman

The National Orchestra Institute

National Repertory Orchestra

“Shout it Out Loud” - KISS

“Gimme All Your Lovin’” - ZZ Top

“Jump” - Van Halen

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

“Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” - Temptations

Sal Rabbio

Bill Rice

Tony Falcone

Alan Abel

Richard Brown

Brian Del Signore

John H. Beck

Neeme Järvi

Kung Fu Panda trailer

King Kong (2005) trailer

Federer-Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon Final

Langston Hughes

Lao Tzu

Raves:

On Her Shoulders trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 155 - Alix Porembski

Instrumental Educator, Percussionist, Arts Manager, and Multi-Language Translator Alix Porembski stops by to talk about living and working in Poland and her work as a liner-note translator (01:30), growing up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, learning percussion from many sources, and her basketball career (23:30), attending the University of Houston (TX) for undergrad and her extended arts interests (36:20), her years as an Arts Administrator in Chicago and getting her Master’s (47:30), moving to Poland and creating a career there (01:03:00), and sticks around for the Random Ass Questions (01:13:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1984 classic Splash (01:34:00).

Links:

Alix Porembski’s Linked-In Page

Mike Krzyzewski

“Django” - Modern Jazz Quartet

Justin Preece

Troy Hall

Drew Lang

Michael Jordan Career Highlights

Dallas Cowboys

Shaun Tilburg

Blake Wilkins

Cort McClaren

“Ilijas” - N. J. Zivkovic

“Concerto for Percussion” - Darius Milhaud

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Warsaw Podcast

Roma trailer

Latino USA podcast

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan

“Your Song” - Elton John

“Third Construction” - John Cage

The Five Year Engagement trailer

It’s Complicated trailer

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure trailer

Fast & Furious trailer

Listen to This - Alex Ross

The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Speaking Of Podcast

Raves:

Splash trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 154 - Jauvon Gilliam

Timpanist for the National Symphony Orchestra and University of Maryland Percussion Professor Jauvon Gilliam talks about his current percussion duties and owning Capitol Percussion Backline Rentals (04:30), being an orchestral percussionist who’s African-American (29:40), growing up in Gary, Indiana, his basketball background and attending the 1988 NBA All-Star weekend (37:15), going to Butler University (IN) for undergrad and his Arts Administration background (50:45), his year of Master’s Work in Cleveland and his years in Winnipeg (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:20:45).

Finishing with Raves on Lizzo and Missy Elliott (01:33:15).

Links:

Jauvon Gilliam’s University of Maryland page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Innovative Percussion page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Sabian Cymbals page

Jauvon Gilliam’s 2014 profile

Victoria Sparks

Andrea Brown

Capitol Percussion

Lee Hinkle

Eric Shin

Kennedy Center Expansion

2019 Kennedy Center Honorees

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Teddy Hall, Jr.

Joe W. Moore III

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Richard Weiner

“Concertino for Marimba” - Paul Creston

14 Modern Snare Solos - John Pratt

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Concerto in F - George Gershwin

1988 NBA Dunk Contest

Jim McMahon

Karl Malone

Moses Malone

Jon Crabiel

Winnipeg Jets

Paul Yancich

Dwayne Haskins

Alex Smith

Bryce Harper

Bradley Beal

Coming to America trailer

Hugo trailer

“All Night Long” - Lionel Richie

“Upside Down” - Diana Ross

Gerry Brown

Raves:

Lizzo’s Tiny Desk Concert

Missy Elliot’s VMA Performance