Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 199 - Fernando Meza (Part 2)

July 23, 2020 Pete Zambito

Fernando Meza returns in Part 2 to talk about his years in Carnegie-Mellon (PA) and Baylor (TX) (01:15), his master’s at Michigan and studying with Mike Udow (15:00), heading back to Costa Rica to teach, then one year teaching at Ohio State (25:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (40:30).

Finishing with a Rave and Appreciation for the life of John Lewis (01:11:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Fernando Meza

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota Page

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

The Serpent-Snapping Eye - Roger Reynolds

Jacob Druckman

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

Velocities - Joseph Schwantner

Theodor Milkov

Happi

Costa Rica 2014 World Cup

USA - Trinidad & Tobago 2017

Brazil - Germany 2014 World Cup

La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed

Biomuseo

Raves:

John Lewis Appreciation

The Children - David Halberstam

March - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

Walking With the Wind - John Lewis

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 198 - Fernando Meza (Part 1)

July 16, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Minnesota Percussion Professor Fernando Meza stops by to talk about his current gig (03:00), the coronavirus, Minneapolis, and the national protests (27:30), and growing up in Costa Rica, being part of the 1st wave of homegrown classical musicians, and his love of languages (54:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Shana Redmond’s 2014 book Anthem (01:07:45).

Links:

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota page

Orchestra of the Americas

Elliot Fine

Marv Dahlgren

Ensamble Percusión de Costa Rica

Stuart Maars

Raves:

Anthem - Shana L. Redmond

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 197 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 2)

July 9, 2020 Pete Zambito

SUNY-Fredonia’s Kay Stonefelt returns to talk her post-undergrad years and breaking barriers winning orchestral jobs (01:20), leaving NYC to teach and study at Indiana University with George Gaber as well as doing her Fulbright in Ghana (25:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (46:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Hamilton: The Movie (56:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Kay Stonefelt

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY-Fredonia page

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Boulevard Carroll

Herbert Grossman

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

Peter Herman Adler

Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Robert Kurka

Bohemian Rhapsody trailer

The Show Must Go On trailer

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Bill Sallak

Scott Farkas

NYU Percussion Remote Masterclasses

Raves:

Hamilton trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 196 - Kay Stonefelt (Part 1)

July 2, 2020 Pete Zambito

SUNY-Fredonia Percussion Professor Kay Stonefelt stops by to talk about her job, Bernard Woma and Cloyd Duff (03:00), the town of Fredonia and the rest of her faculty (39:00) and discusses growing up in NJ and her undergrad at Baldwin-Wallace college (OH) (01:06:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (01:23:35).

Links:

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY Fredonia page

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Drum Method Book 2 - Haskell Harr

Third Coast Percussion

Steve Reich

Seneca Falls Convention

Raves:

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 195 - John O'Neal

June 25, 2020 Pete Zambito

Fort Lewis College (CO) Percussion Instructor John O’Neal stops by to talk about his program, mountain driving, reinvigorating the jazz program and the covid-19 response (01:50), growing up all over the country, settling in Arkansas and playing in a punk band (35:00), studying at the University of Kansas under George Boberg and John W. Parks IV (48:15), master’s at Florida State, studying with Tom Freer, doctorate at North Texas and getting into online poker (01:00:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:21:20).

Finishing with a Rave on Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles (01:37:35).

Links:

John O’Neal’s Fort Lewis page

Stick Control and Accents and Rebounds - George Stone

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“In Bloom” - Nirvana

“God Save the Queen” - Sex Pistols

David Letterman

“American Idiot” - Green Day

“Waiting Room” - Fugazi

“Bull in the Heather” - Sonic Youth

John W. Parks IV

Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone

Intermediate Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

Two Movements for Marimba - Toshimitsu Tanaka

Scheherazade: Movement III - Rimsky-Korsakov

“Ogoun Badagree” - Christopher Rouse

Reflections on the Nature of Water - Jacob Druckman

Inspirations Diabolique - Rick Tagawa

KU 2008 National Championship

Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement - Shostakovich

14 Modern Contest Solos - John Pratt

Vincent Van Gogh Museum

Raves:

Twilight: Los Angeles

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 194 - David Eyler (Part 2)

June 18, 2020 Pete Zambito

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler returns to talk about his junior high/high school basketball years, his early connection to PAS and drumset playing (01:15), his undergrad at Frostburg State (MD) and master’s at Ohio State (12:15), his doctoral years at LSU and teaching high school (28:35), and takes time for some Random Ass Questions (52:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the Maya Angelou American Masters Documentary and her third autobiography Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry til Christmas (01:08:15).

Links:

Part 1 with David Eyler

David Eyler’s Concordia Page

Big Swing Face - Buddy Rich

Ben Wahlund

Chicago Transit Authority

Santana

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Rhythm Song - Evelyn Glennie

Vida Chenoweth

Laura Franklin

NCPP

Michigan - Ohio State football

The Marimba Goes Baroque - Linda Pimental

Jim Rupp

"Zyklus No. 9” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Maynard Ferguson

Gary Burton

James Moore

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Gainsborough - Tom Gauger

Century of Progress Marimba Orchestra

1970 Baltimore Orioles

Lisa Rogers

Richard Gipson

“Away in a Manger” - arr. Rogers/Gipson

Raves:

Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas - Maya Angelou

American Masters - Maya Angelou trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 193 - David Eyler (Part 1)

June 11, 2020 Pete Zambito

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler stops by to talk about his career at Concordia, the Tri-College Position, and surviving the job (03:20), storage and security of a large inventory of percussion instruments (32:50), recruitment, job transitions, and the coronavirus (41:20), and growing up near Baltimore and setting the table for his percussion career (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the frontline protestors (01:30:00).

Links:

David Eyler’s Concordia page

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Julia Gaines

Keiko Abe

Marimba Concerto No. 1 - Ney Rosauro

Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone

Bar Percussion Notebook - Linda Pimental

Leigh Howard Stevens

Gordon Stout

Gary Olmstead

Raves:

Columbia, MO’s protest

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 192 - 13th and Resources

June 4, 2020 Pete Zambito

Pete rewatches the Ava DuVernay documentary 13th as a springboard to talk about many of the great resources available to educate yourself about the events of the past week and ways to help going forward, in and out of the world of music.

Links:

13th trailer

Anti-Racism Starter Kit

20 Best Books About Anti-Racism

Black Independent Book Stores

Columbia, MO resources and businesses

Hard in the Paint with David Grubb

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Institute for Composer Diversity

Music by Black Composers Directory

Underrepresented Percussion Literature and Artists

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 191 - Rich Holly (Part 2)

May 28, 2020 Pete Zambito

North Carolina State University Executive Director of the Arts Rich Holly returns to talk about growing up on Long Island (NY), playing in a dixieland band, and his time with the Long Island Youth Orchestra (01:40), going to SUNY-Potsdam for undergrad (26:00), his time at East Carolina University for his Master’s (40:00), his first teaching gig at Western State College (CO) (46:45), the early years at Northern Illinois (58:30), and works through the Random Ass Questions (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Franchise and the 30 For 30 film Bad Boys (01:27:50).

Links:

Part 1 with Rich Holly

Rich Holly’s NCSU homepage

Long Islang Youth Orchestra

House on Haunted Hill

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Raves:

The Franchise - Cameron Stauth

Bad Boys

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 190 - Rich Holly (Part 1)

May 21, 2020 Pete Zambito

North Carolina State University’s Executive Director of the Arts Rich Holly stops by to talk about his current gig and the coronavirus (02:30), leaving Northern Illinois after 30+ years and his work as an administrator (23:00), and his years as Percussive Arts Society President in the 2000s (40:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Last Dance (01:00:30).

Links:

Rich Holly’s NCSU page

Rich Holly’s Yamaha Page

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 189 - Bonnie Whiting

May 14, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Washington Chair of Percussion Studies Bonnie Whiting stops by to talk about her percussion activities right now (02:45), teaching all up and down the West Coast and her school’s reaction to the coronavirus (15:30), growing up in Michigan and bringing her music to the underrepresented (27:40), getting her undergrad at Oberlin (OH) (43:15), starting her master’s, Tales and Scales, “selling out”, and catering to support herself (50:00), finishing up her master’s at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) before heading to UC-San Diego for her DMA (01:03:00), and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Becoming Bond (01:34:30).

Links:

Bonnie Whiting’s Washington homepage

Bonnie Whiting’s homepage

Seattle Modern Orchestra

Speaking Percussionist

Ted Poor

Christina Sunardi

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Krik? Krak! - Edwidge Danticat

All the Things I Lost in the Flood - Laurie Anderson

Raves:

Becoming Bond

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 188 - Josanne Francis

May 7, 2020 Pete Zambito

Steelpan Artist, Educator, and Artistic Director for the Cultural Academy for Excellence Josanne Francis stops by to talk CAFE, Steel on Wheels, and Parallel Intersections (03:00), the impact of the pandemic on her life and career (29:45), growing up in Trinidad (36:00), her undergrad years at Southern Miss and studying under John Wooton (53:30), her master’s degree years at Northern Illinois University and studying under Liam Teague (01:17:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1982 film Ashes and Embers (01:50:40).

Links:

Josanne Francis’s homepage

Cultural Academy for Excellence

The Strathmore Artist-in-Residence Class of 2018

Steel on Wheels

Parallel Intersections

“Raga No. 1” - Bill Cahn

“Xylophonia” - Joe Green

“Flight of the Bumblebee” - Rimsky-Korsakov

“Impressions” - Liam Teague

“Charlotte Street” - Ray Holman

“Open Window” - Robert Chappell

“From Within” - Michel Camilo

Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra - Jan Bach

“Triplets” - G.H. Green

“Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt

Rush Hour trailer

Queen & Slim trailer

The Platform trailer

“Chant” - Liam Teague

“Heal The World” - Michael Jackson

“We Are the World” - Michael Jackson

Raves:

Ashes and Embers - Haile Gerima discusses

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 187 - Jason Baker (Part 2)

April 30, 2020 Pete Zambito

Jason Baker of Mississippi State University returns to chat about his undergrad years at UConn (01:50), his master’s years at the New England Conservatory (MA) (15:00), his doctoral years at North Texas, his first years at MSU, and getting an MBA (26:30), and holds on for the Random Ass Questions (50:30).

Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: The Great War (01:10:30).

Links:

Part 1 with Jason Baker

…and the mountains rising nowhere - Joseph. Schwantner

Music for Prague, 1968 - Karel Husa

Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra - William Kraft

1991 Cadets DCI show end

Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement (Josef Krips) - Beethoven

The King’s Speech - Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Raves:

The Great War - American Experience

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 186 - Jason Baker (Part 1)

April 23, 2020 Pete Zambito

Mississippi State University Percussion Professor Jason Baker stops by to talk about his current gig, local performing and his Mississippi Composers Commissioning Project (03:25), the coronavirus’ impact on his teaching and some SEC Marching Band stories (34:10), and growing up in Connecticut and his punk rock background (57:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Bedlam (01:21:45).

Links:

Jason Baker’s homepage

Jason Baker’s Innovative Percussion page

Mississippi Arts Commission

Barry Kopetz

Craig Aarhus

The Soldier’s Tale - Stravinsky

“Training Montage” - Rocky IV

“Burning Heart” - Survivor

“Danger Zone” - Kenny Loggins

“Anarchy in the UK” - Sex Pistols

The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 1 trailer

“Punk Rock Girl” - The Dead Milkmen

“Holiday in Cambodia” - Dead Kennedys

“American Jesus” - Bad Religion

“Idiots are Taking Over” - NOFX

“Hope” - Descendents

“Obsolete Absolute” - Lagwagon

Raves:

Bedlam trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 185 - Jessica Williams

April 16, 2020 Pete Zambito

Alabama State University Percussion Professor Jessica Williams stops by to talk about her current gig teaching at her alma mater, working on her doctorate and working as a caregiver (2:20), growing up in Jackson, TN, and her high school percussion experiences (29:15), doing her undergrad at Alabama State and her HBCU show-style drumming experience (47:30), her master’s at the University of Florida and working with Bill Shaltis at the University of Memphis (01:12:30), and takes some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on exercise and activity in these pandemic times (02:01:30).

Links:

Jessica Williams’ website

Jessica Williams’ Alabama State website

Synesthesia Suite - Andy Akiho

“Clapping Music” - Steve Reich

“Four on the Floor” - Chad Rehmann

“Benediction” - John Stevens

“Just Buckets” - Brian Justison

“Taiko” - Scott Harding

“Do You Have a Light?” - Emmanuel Sejourne

“Total Praise” - Richard Smallwood

“African Wind” - Eckhard Kopetzki

Frank Shaffer

Kenneth Broadway

“Champagne Life” - Ne-Yo

“Fancy” - Iggy Azalea

“Spanish Dance” - Kai Stensgaard

“Asturias Leyenda” - Albeniz/Stensgaard

“A cricket sang and set the sun” - Blake Tyson

“Nocturne” - Andrew Thomson

“Cuban Overture” - George Gershwin

“Porgy and Bess" Suite - George Gershwin

Variations on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov

The Red Silk Thread - Stella Sung

Requiem - Verdi

“Point Blank” - Paul Dooley

Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith

El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copland

Overture to the School for Scandal - Samuel Barber

“Vesuvius” - Frank Ticheli

Die Moldau - Bedrich Smetana

Traveler - David Maslanka

In Evening’s Stillness - Joseph Schwantner

“Rebonds B+A” - Iannis Xenakis

Concerto for Marimba and Choir - Gene Koshinski

Aladdin trailer

The Lion King trailer

The Princess and the Frog trailer

Sextuplets trailer

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron trailer

“People” - Jonathan McReynolds

Terrell - Jonathan McReynolds

Terrell - Cynthia Erivo

“Purple Rain” - Cynthia Erivo

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 184 - Jeremy Maytum

April 9, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Maryland Drumline Director and BlueSHIFT Percussion Quartet member Jeremy Maytum stops by to talk about his University of Maryland work (02:45), completing the BlueSHIFT quartet for the podcast (18:30), the changes to his job due to the coronavirus (29:00), growing up in Colorado, being in a huge middle-school marching band, and his high school tennis career (40:30), going to Colorado State-Pueblo for undergrad (56:30), getting a Masters at Colorado State (01:06:20), post- masters teaching, heavy metal music and starting the DMA at Kentucky (01:20:35), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:47:15).

Finishing with a Rave in appreciation of Ellis Marsalis, Bill Withers, and John Prine (02:02:45).

Links:

Jeremy Maytum’s Maryland page

Jeremy Maytum’s homepage

“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich

“Trying” - David Skidmore

“Kyoto” - John Psathas

“The Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden

“Worker’s Union” - Louis Andriessen

“Coming Together” - Frederic Rzewski

Third Coast Percussion

“Therapy” - John Serry

“West Side Suite” - John Serry

“Conversations” - John Serry

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

“Astral Dance” - Gordon Stout

“Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

Eric Hollenbeck

Michael Burritt

“See Ya Thursday” - Steven Mackey

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

(EDGE) Corrugated Box - Bruce Hamilton

“Rebonds A B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Rain Tree” - Toru Takemitsu

“Animism” - Stephen Ridley

Brian Nozny

Omar Carmenates

Live Scenes from New York - Dream Theater

“Run to the Hills” - Iron Maiden

“Peace Sells” - Megadeth

“One” - Metallica

“Ace of Spades” - Motorhead

“Raining Blood” - Slayer

“Antisocial” - Anthrax

“Thieves” - Ministry

“Hop (2)” - Paul Lansky

“Side by Side” - Michio Kitazume

Nadal vs. Federer

Agassi vs. Sampras

“Music for 18 Musicians” - Steve Reich

Museum of Modern Art

Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh

Raves:

Ellis Marsalis, Jr.

Bill Withers

John Prine

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 183 - Emily Tannert Patterson, 2020

April 2, 2020 Pete Zambito

Former Texas Percussion Educator and current U.K. Online Learning Specialist Emily Tannert Patterson returns to talk about leaving the Texas music world and moving a family (and pets) overseas (02:45), her new job and colleagues’ difficulties switching over to remote teaching due to the coronavirus (29:00), and gives Pete some help in dealing with his own remote teaching (42:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic 1950 film No Way Out (01:08:00).

Links:

Emily Tannert Patterson’s 2017 appearance on the show

Emily Tannert Patterson’s website

Cambridge University Press

The “Exceptional Talent” Visa

Tom Burritt

Dave Gerhart

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Coursera

edX

Synchronous vs. Asynchronous learning

Evelyn Glennie TED Talk

Cat Crunch

Formative vs. Summative Assessments

Raves:

No Way Out trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 182 - Ryan Robinson

March 26, 2020 Pete Zambito

Oklahoma City-based Percussionist, Educator, and Composer Ryan Robinson stops by to talk about his current teaching gigs (03:00), the Great Plains Percussion Group (18:00), his music compositions and the impact of the coronavirus on his career (33:00), growing up in Kansas City, MO and combining his loves of sports and music (48:15), going to Pittsburg State University (KS) for undergrad (01:05:00), getting Master’s Degrees in percussion and composition from Oklahoma City University (01:16:30), and settling in for the Random Ass Questions (01:26:00).

Finishing with a Rave on classic NCAA tournament games (01:52:15).

Links:

Ryan Robinson’s Linked-in Page

Painted Sky Opera

Darren Heath

Oklahoma Modern Music Collective

Duo Rodinia

Great Plains Percussion Group

Oklahoma Composers Orchestra

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Prelude No. 1” - George Gershwin

Joe W. Moore III

Jim Clanton

Alex Smith

Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast

“Frogs” - Keiko Abe

The Rudimental Cookbook - Edward Freytag

Craig Fuchs

“Bonham” - Christopher Rouse

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas trailer

Friday trailer

Life trailer

Bel-Air trailer

Power and Light District (Kansas City)

Glory Denied

Super Bowl 54 highlights

Hunters

Raves:

Classic NCAA tourney games

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 181 - David Grubb, 2020

March 19, 2020 Pete Zambito

Hard in the Paint sports radio show host David Grubb stops by for the 4th time! to talk about the coronavirus’ impact on him and the sports world (03:45), his new radio show (21:40), and Kobe Bryant’s legacy and the NBA game today (33:50).

Finishing with a Rave on supporting your communities (58:15).

Links:

David Grubb’s appearances on the podcast in 2016, 2017, and 2018

Hard in the Paint with David Grubb

Hard in the Paint podcasts

Drew Brees

Zion Williamson

NBA Postpones Season

NCAA Cancels March Madness

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

Rudy Gobert

Kobe Bryant plane crash

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 180 - Steve Hemphill

March 12, 2020 Pete Zambito

Northern Arizona University Percussion Professor Steve Hemphill talks about getting the job, finishing his doctorate, and dealing with old technology (03:00), the school and the city of Flagstaff (34:20), growing up in Rome, NY and Belleville, IL, and thoughts on the college teaching profession (48:00), going to Eastman for undergrad (01:03:10), going to Eastman for the Master’s, living in Atlanta and teaching in Wyoming (01:07:10) and an unusual Random Ass Questions segment involving long-term health, former students, and the opera Tosca (01:33:40).

Finishing with a Rave on hygiene (01:57:00).

Links:

Steve Hemphill’s Homepage

Steve Hemphill’s Northern Arizona page