Drumline Arranger, Composer, Adjudicator, and Marching Mizzou Drumline Instructor Clif Walker stops by to talk about his collage of teaching responsibilities (03:00), his years teaching at Blue Springs High School (MO), leaving full-time teaching, and working for Mizzou (09:30), growing up in the Kansas City area and his beginnings in drum set and marching percussion (39:50), his undergrad years at Missouri Western State University (48:00), going to the University of Central Florida for his master’s degree, taking the best of Dennis Rogers and Jeff Moore’s teaching styles, and “accidentally” becoming a band director (01:00:15), and then settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:25:20).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Documentary on the life of Marian Anderson, American Experience – Voice of Freedom (01:47:45).
Links:
Clif Walker’s Mizzou page
“Treehouses” - Clif Walker
Tim Allshouse
Michael James
Tim Hinton
Amy Knopps
Julie Davila
Lalo Davila
“Hot for Teacher” - Van Halen
Kareem’s sky hook wins Magic Johnson’s first game in NBA, 1979
Dennis Rogers
Rogers Foundation of Music
“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham
“Paschal Dances” - David Gillingham
“Gate to Heaven” - David Gillingham
Campus Crusade for Christ
Jeff Moore
Thad Anderson
Kirk Gay
Omar Carmenates on PPP
Michael Bump
Lee Hansen
Steven Davis
Michael Robinson
Nacho Libre trailer
Elf trailer
Jungle 2 Jungle trailer
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Frank White
1985 Kansas City Royals Highlights
Chiefs win Super Bowl 54
“Shadowchasers” - Michael Burritt
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Raves:
American Experience: Voice of Freedom