Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 219 - Keith Aleo

December 10, 2020 Pete Zambito

Interlochen Center for the Arts (MI) Percussion Professor Keith Aleo stops by to talk about his 2020 PASIC Clinic on Complementary Percussion (03:15), Interlochen, finding your musical voice, the coronavirus and teaching at all hours of the day (15:35), growing up in Florida as the classical nerd with parents in the arts (50:30), his undergrad at Eastman (58:00), his master’s at Miami, playing in the Florida Philharmonic, and the nature of auditioning (01:12:40), interviewing and working at Zildjian, teaching at Boston Conservatory, and living in the Northeast (01:39:20), and the Random Ass Question segment, including discussions of Italy and Sicily, when he played E.T., and E.E. Cummings (01:54:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2017 film Princess Cyd (02:04:35).

Links:

Keith Aleo’s website

Keith Aleo’s Interlochen page

Keith’s PASIC 2020 session

Keith’s Complementary Percussion

Stick Control - George Stone

Method for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse

“Temazcal” - Javier Alvarez

“Streaming” - Michael Burritt

“THE BIG AUDITION” - Casey Cangelosi

John Murphree

“Drum Corps on Parade” - John S. Pratt

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

The Rat Pack

“Allegro Brillante” - George Balanchine

“Overture for Percussion Ensemble” - John H. Beck

“Gainsborough” - Tom Gauger

Fred Hinger

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Under the Tuscan Sun trailer

Rocky Horror Picture Show trailer

“Somewhere I Have Never Traveled” - E. E. Cummings

Raves:

Princess Cyd trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 218 - Jillian Baxter

December 3, 2020 Pete Zambito

Albany State University (GA) Percussion Professor Jillian Baxter stops by to talk about her recent PASIC 2020 Diversity Panel Appearance (03:20), her job at Albany State and her previous adjunct positions at other HBCUs that put 250,000+ miles on a Chrysler! (16:30), growing up in SC, touring with her grandfather, and moving away from her piano focus towards percussion (35:45), studying with Lalo Davila at MTSU (50:35), eventually getting to Belmont University (TN) to study with Chris Norton for her master’s (01:00:00), her challenging years at South Carolina State and her work with Timothy K. Adams, Jr. at Georgia for the doctorate (01:13:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including mutual praise for Stephen King and enjoying seafood (01:37:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Full Metal Jacket (01:58:00).

Links:

Jillian Baxter as newest PAS Board Member

PASIC 2020 Diversity Panel

Darton State and Albany State Combine

Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1930s and 1940s

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Hunger Games trailer

Going to America trailer

Undercover Brother trailer

Edgar Allan Poe

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

Mindset - Carol Dweck

The Spirit of a Man - Iyanla Vanzant

Stephen King

Raves:

Full Metal Jacket trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 217 - Dave Gerhart, Heather Mansell and Alice Pan

November 26, 2020 Pete Zambito

Heather Mansell appears for the first time, while Dave Gerhart and Alice Pan make return appearances to the podcast! Heather and Dave from Yamaha Corporation talk about their PASIC 2020 Presentation on Funding (04:00) and the 2020 year for Yamaha and both of them personally (21:00). Percussionist and Professor Alice Pan talks about her PASIC 2020 Marimba and Voice Performance (45:00) and her teaching at the University of North Alabama, living in the deep south, and moving back to Taiwan (58:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic comedy The Naked Gun (01:21:45).

Links:

Dave Gerhart’s previous podcast appearance

Dave Gerhart’s Yamaha page

Heather Mansell’s Yamaha page

Marcia Neel

CARES Act Funding

Yamaha’s funding resources

Alice Pan’s previous podcast appearance

Alice Pan’s homepage

Josh Oxford

PASIC 2020 presentation

University of North Alabama percussion

Matthew Lau

“Zombie” - The Cranberries

Raves:

The Naked Gun trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 216 - Lamon Lawhorn, 2020

November 19, 2020 Pete Zambito

NCA&T State University Assistant Band Director and Percussion Instructor Lamon Lawhorn returns to talk about his recent PASIC 2020 Session on HBCU Drumming styles (02:50), his school year and new recording work (23:00), getting on the PAS Executive Board, PASIC interactions and praise for the podcast (43:00), and a Cowboys and Duke Blue Devils update, along with praise for Tobe Nwigwe (53:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Sweet Charity (01:06:00).

Links:

Lamon’s previous podcast appearances in early 2017 and late 2017

Lamon Lawhorn’s NC A&T page

Lamon Lawhorn’s homepage

Derrick Greene

Tim Greene

Elisha Powell

PASIC 2020 Presentation on HBCU Drumming

Sean Daniels

Drumline trailer

NC A&T at the Honda in 2020

Raves:

Sweet Charity trailer

Sweet Charity - “Aloof, The Heavyweight, The Big Finish”

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 215 - PASIC 2020 Preview, Day 2

November 12, 2020 Pete Zambito

For Part 2 of the Annual PASIC Preview show, conversations with Dave Gerhart and Heather Mansell (02:00), Keith Also (20:00), Jillian Baxter (33:30) and Alice Pan (48:00).

Links:

PASIC 2020

Dave Gerhart, Heather Mansell, and Marcia Neel

Keith Aleo

Jillian Baxter and the Diversity Alliance Panel

Alice Pan

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 214 - PASIC 2020 Preview (Friday Sessions)

November 11, 2020 Pete Zambito

Part 1 of our Annual PASIC Preview features interviews with Brad Meyer and Sherry Rubins (03:00), Tony Lymon (30:00), Julie Strom (49:00), and Lamon Lawhorn (01:09:00).

Links:

PASIC 2020

Brad Meyer and Sherry Rubins

Tony Lymon

Julie Strom

Lamon Lawhorn

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 213 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 2)

October 29, 2020 Pete Zambito

Ksenija Komljenovic returns to talk about her master’s and doctorate degrees, studying under Svet Stoyanov, and her “DMA Spreadsheets” (03:15), her capstone research on female percussionists (30:00), living, teaching, traveling and eating in Hong Kong (46:20), and rolls through the Random Ass Questions, including time spent on Novak Djokovic and David Foster Wallace (01:01:00).

Pete then Raves on Voting (01:29:30). Seriously…GO VOTE!

Links:

Part 1 with Ksenija

Ksenija’s homepage

David Collier

Marimba Concerto - Emmanuel Séjourné

Fertility Rites - Christos Hatzis

Rebonds b+a - Iannis Xenakis

“Drum Corps on Parade” - John Pratt

“Rock Your Body” - Justin Timberlake

“Radioactive” - Imagine Dragons

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Wonder Woman trailer

Joker trailer

Black Widow trailer

The Room trailer

Wayne’s World trailer

Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

Martin Bresnick

Novak Djokovic highlights

Mark Rothko

“Satisfied” - Hamilton the Musical

Raves:

The U.S. Government Voting site

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 212 - Ksenija Komljenovic (Part 1)

October 22, 2020 Pete Zambito

Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Percussion Professor and podcast host Ksenija Komljenovic stops by to talk about her percussion responsibilities and the handling of Covid-19 (05:00), her work on The Rite of Spring and other chamber works (23:45), co-hosting @percussion, podcasting, and Malcolm Gladwell (38:30), growing up in Serbia in a war zone and her early years in music and ballet (57:30) and her undergrad in Serbia and the U.S. and her love of grunge and metal music (01:11:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the podcast How To! With Charles Duhigg (01:35:00).

Links:

Ksenija Komljenovic’s website

Rite of Spring for piano and percussion

Matt McClung

Table Music - Thierry de Mey

Rite of Spring with original choreography

Michael Tilson Thomas and The Rite of Spring

Steven Schick

Theodor Milkov

Dmitrii Nilov

Dame Evelyn Glennie on @percussion

South Park

Malcolm Gladwell

Mark Applebaum

Yugoslavia basketball

Martin Bresnick

Broken Record Podcast

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

“November Rain” - Guns N Roses

“Is This Love” - Whitesnake

“Light My Fire” - The Doors

“Would?” - Alice in Chains

“Interstate Love Song” - Stone Temple Pilots

“Fall to Pieces” - Velvet Revolver

“Like a Stone” - Audioslave

“Bulls on Parade” - Rage Against The Machine

David Collier

Raves:

How To! with Charles Duhigg

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 211 - Marja Kerney (Part 2)

October 15, 2020 Pete Zambito

Western Michigan University Percussion Professor Marja Kerney returns to talk about her grad years at UMKC and her fondness for Kansas City (04:15), her immediate post grad and teaching in Florida (28:15), and the Random Ass Questions, where Marja talks about, among other things, navigating the percussion world as a woman, gendered honorifics in emails, and the greatness of Ani DiFranco (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Driving While Black (01:06:45).

Links:

Marja Kerney - Part 1

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Trey Harris

Jim Snell

Marimba Sol de Chiapas

“Invisible Men” - Nigel Westlake

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

“Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden

Clarinet Concerto - Nielsen (snare part)

MaddAddam Trilogy - Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

1984 - George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn

Star Wars

The Lord of the Rings

The Hunt for Red October trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Ocean’s Eleven trailer

The Departed trailer

Raves:

Driving While Black trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 210 - Marja Kerney (Part 1)

October 8, 2020 Pete Zambito

Western Michigan University Music and Percussion Professor Marja Kerney chats about her current job, the coronavirus, pregnancy, and the situation with WMU’s athletic bands (04:00), teaching a course in Protest Music (21:00), Duo 421 and going to clarinet conferences (36:40), growing up in Michigan, her beginnings in percussion, and her musical theater and dance background (43:40), and her time at Michigan State during a particularly turbulent time in the percussion program (01:11:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Wayne’s World (01:20:10).

Links:

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Judy Moonert

Trey Harris

The Unfinished Journey - Chafe

The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

The 1960 U.S. Presidential Election

Matt Henry

“Mississippi Goddam” - Nina Simone

“The Pill” - Loretta Lynn

“Not Ready to Make Nice” - The Chicks

Duo 421

Baljinder Sekhon

“Two Trees” - Baljinder Sekhon

Center Stage trailer

Raves:

Wayne’s World trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 209 - Raychel Taylor (Part 2)

October 1, 2020 Pete Zambito

Percussionist Raychel Taylor returns to talk about her undergrad at North Texas (02:45), her master’s days at Northern Illinois (13:00), her post-grad “existential crisis” and her time in Bali (23:00), and discusses “world music” (42:30), Girls March (51:00), and many other topics in the Random Ass Questions, right after which Pete tells you to register and vote (01:31:15).

Links:

Part 1 with Raychel Taylor

Raychel Taylor’s Girls March

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 208 - Raychel Taylor (Part 1)

September 24, 2020 Pete Zambito

Percussion educator, performer, and creator of Girls March Raychel Taylor stops by to talk about her current teaching situation (03:30), coronavirus issues and her work with the Arcomusical Berimbau Ensemble (22:45), growing up in California, her piano/organ background, and her drum corps years (42:45), and her time in undergrad at CSU-Sacramento that led her later to North Texas (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (01:17:00).

Links:

Raychel Taylor’s Innovative Percussion page

Phantom’s “Spartacus” show, 2008

Spartacus trailer

Dan Kennedy

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

Raves/Appreciation:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 207 - Frank Chapple and the Hand-2-Hand Project

September 17, 2020 Pete Zambito

Dallas-area Percussion Educator and Publisher Frank Chapple returns to talk about teaching in the time of coronavirus (02:00) and his new Fundraiser, The Hand-2-Hand Project (18:45).

Links:

Donate to Hand-2-Hand

Frank’s first appearance on the podcast

The Packet

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 206 - Alana Wiesing (Part 2)

September 10, 2020 Pete Zambito

Alana Wiesing returns to talk about her years as an undergrad and masters student at Arizona State and Indiana University and her struggles with burnout (01:35), then settles into the Random Ass Question segment to talk about issues in percussion education and performance (29:55), being a Black woman in percussion, blind auditions, and outreach to underserved populations (40:00), and questions about movies, cooking, and her enjoyment of Taylor Swift and Rupi Kaur (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the current Sports calendar (01:35:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Alana Wiesing

A League of Their Own trailer

The Parent Trap trailer

Beauty and the Beast trailer

Nacho Libre trailer

Elf trailer

Kicking and Screaming trailer

Get Hard trailer

Talladega Nights trailer

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Red - Taylor Swift

Symphony No. 2 - Jean Sibelius

Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 205 - Alana Wiesing (Part 1)

September 3, 2020 Pete Zambito

Principal Timpani for the Tucson (AZ) Symphony Orchestra Alana Wiesing stops by to talk about the ends of her semester teaching at the University of Arizona and the orchestral season due to Covid-19 (02:15), winning her audition after many close calls (21:15), growing up in Phoenix and her enjoyment of Led Zeppelin and Radiohead (49:00) and her tennis experiences and mutual admiration for Roger Federer and Serena Williams (01:13:00).

Finishing with a Rave on a Great Performances edition of King Lear (01:44:15).

Links:

Alana Wiesing

Shostakovich Symphony No. 12

Morris Palter

John Bonham

“Moby Dick” - Led Zeppelin

“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin

“Out on the Tiles” - Led Zeppelin

“Fool in the Rain” - Led Zeppelin

“Achilles Last Stand” - Led Zeppelin

“Kashmir” - Led Zeppelin

“Custard Pie” - Led Zeppelin

Osaka - Williams 2018 US Open

Federer - Nadal 2017 Australian Open

Federer - Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon

Federer Tweeners

Raves:

King Lear

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 204 - Nicole Patrick

August 28, 2020 Pete Zambito

Following a monologue about a personally challenging week, Pete welcomes freelance percussionist Nicole Patrick to the show! We talk about her current goings on and her previous work in NYC (10:45), dealing with the coronavirus in NYC (26:15), growing up in Miami, FL, playing for musicals and her year at Interlochen (46:45), her years at the University of Michigan (01:08:30), her post graduate time in Detroit (01:22:15), and her turn through the Random Ass Questions (01:32:30).

Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Doc Rivers speech

Links:

Nicole Patrick’s Homepage

13 Drums - Maki Ishii

Six Marimbas - Steve Reich

Jojo Rabbit trailer

What We Do In the Shadows trailer

Thor: Ragnorak trailer

Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer

Akram Khan Company

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 203 - Shilo Stroman

August 20, 2020 Pete Zambito

Colorado State University Jazz and Drumset Instructor Shilo Stroman stops by to talk about his current jobs (03:20), DCI cancellations and Gig re-openings (11:30), growing up in Colorado, Neil Diamond, Vinnie Colaiuta and golf (23:00), his undergrad path through UNC (Northern Colorado), Ames Community College (CO) and then Colorado State (41:40), teaching until burning out post-undergrad (52:30), working on his master’s with Eric Hollenbeck (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Graphic Novel Watchmen (01:31:45).

This week’s podcast sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project.

Links:

Shilo Stroman’s Homepage

Shilo Stroman’s Yamaha page

Shilo Stroman’s Marching Arts Education videos

Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps

Eric Hollenbeck

Mike Portnoy plays on a Hello Kitty Drumset

“Confirmation” - Manhattan Transfer

“I Write the Songs” - Barry Manilow

“Footloose” - Kenny Loggins

“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” - Primus

Tim Alexander

Art Blakey

Dave Weckl

“Shilo” - Neil Diamond

Weckl, Gadd and Colaiuta

“Give It Away” - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thom Annum

Colts Drum & Bugle Corps

Blue Knights Winter Guard

Mike Nevin

Jim Casella

John Pratt

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Threads” - Paul Lansky

“March” - Elliott Carter

“Rotation No. 2” - Eric Sammut

“Konzertstuck for Snare Drum” - Askell Masson

“Alborada del Gracioso” - Maurice Ravel

“One O’Clock Jump” - Count Basie

“Hay Burner” - Sammy Nestico

“Brass Machine” - Maynard Ferguson

“Get It On” - Chase

“Vehicle” - Ides of March

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Robert Grasper Experiment

“Cherokee” - Kamasi Washington

Dude, Where’s My Car? trailer

White Christmas trailer

High Fidelity trailer

The Before Trilogy

Boyhood trailer

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Swingers trailer

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Abstract - The Art of Design

Olafur Eliasson

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Raves:

Watchmen - Moore and Gibbons

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 202 - Troy Hall

August 13, 2020 Pete Zambito

University of Missouri Drumset Instructor and Philosophy Professor Troy Hall stops by to talk about his myriad teaching responsibilities (04:00), “The End of Jazz” (17:30), growing up in Springfield, MO, bluegrass music, and jazz camps (36:00) going to the University of North Texas for undergrad and his DCI years (52:00), getting Masters degrees in Philosophy, then Music, then teaching in Indiana (01:07:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:26:20).

Finishing with a Closing Thought on the upcoming school year (01:50:00).

Podcast Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Links:

Troy Hall’s Mizzou page

Medical Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Murray’s

We Always Swing Jazz Series

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz

Cecil Taylor

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Ed Soph

Troy Davis

Flam Paradiddle Diddle

John Pratt

George Stone

Charles Wilcoxon

“It’s Mighty Dark to Travel” - Bill Monroe

Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival

“I’m Not Over You” - Rhonda Vincent

“Down to the River to Pray” - Alison Krauss

“How I Got Over” - Mahalia Jackson

“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” - Flatt and Scruggs

“Man of Constant Sorrow” - Ralph Stanley

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” - Chris Thile

“Another New World” - Punch Brothers

“Sinister Minister” - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Service Merchandise

Drum Techniques of Rush

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Dallas Cowboy team history

George Floyd Mural at Minnesota Twins

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 201 - Chris Thompson

August 6, 2020 Pete Zambito

High Point University (NC) Instructor of Percussion and Founder and C.E.O. of Motivational Arts, Performance, and Sound (M.A.P.S.) Chris Thompson stops by to talk about HPU and M.A.P.S. (02:15), Covid-19 (29:30), growing up all over the East Coast and Bahrain (37:00), High School Band, Race, Student Government, and Golf (48:30), undergrad at NC A&T, HBCU drumming, and jazz (01:00:30), his master’s at UNCG (01:15:30), and finishing strong with the Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).

Finishing with a Rave on John Lewis’s March Trilogy (01:49:30).

Links:

Chris Thompson’s HPU page

NC A&T leaves the MEAC

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“The Lord’s Prayer” - Malotte/Gaines

“Stubernic” - Mark Ford

Bahrain

John Pratt

“The Connecticut Halftime”

“Flying Home” - Lionel Hampton

Avengers: Endgame trailer

Shawshank Redemption trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer

Reggie Miller

Steph Curry

Greensboro Downtown Art

Raves:

March trilogy

Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 200!!! - David Levy

July 30, 2020 Pete Zambito

A Landmark Episode!! – Pete’s undergraduate mentor and Wake Forest University (NC) Music History Professor David Levy stops by to talk about his position, the music department and its history (04:20), his study of Ludwig van Beethoven, the beginnings of his career, and his book Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (17:00), conducting Beethoven’s Ninth in 1997 (59:00), focusing on Richard Wagner, current issues, the Vietnam War, and New Music in the 1960s and 1970s (01:12:00), and he gets some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:31:00).

Finishing with a Rave on 4 years of Podcast Guests (01:55:40).

Links:

David Levy’s Wake Forest page

David Levy

Stewart Carter

Chautauqua Institution