DMV Music Academy founder, percussionist, entrepreneur, freelancer, professor, and performer Donnie Johns stops by to talk about his recent PASIC performance as part of the Colour of Music Orchestral Percussion Section (03:00), his percussion activities with Richmond Symphony, Bowie State, UMBC, and DMV (19:00), growing up south of Baltimore, his extensive musical background, and his baseball and sports background (35:30), his years at the University of Maryland for undergrad (54:05), going to grad school back at Maryland and his decision to leave full-time secondary school teaching (01:11:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being an African American in percussion, C.S. Lewis, and Nikki Giovanni (01:20:45).
FInishing with a Rave on Muhammad Ali’s 1975 autobiography (01:40:10).
Links:
Donnie Johns’ DMV Percussion Page
The Colour of Music PASIC Performance
Lee Pringle
Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast
Sean Daniels
“Adoration” - Florence Price
Raynor Carroll
Jovon Milford on the podcast
Thomas Spann, Jr. on the podcast
Emmanuel Scott
Malcolm Jackson
Marcia McCants
Lamon Lawhorn on the podcast in 2020
Joshua Simonds on the podcast
Sphinx Organization
Gateways Music Festival
St. Elmo’s Indianapolis
John Tafoya
Tony Ames
Cal Ripken, Jr. highlights
Michael Jordan highlights
Brett Favre highlights
Ron Barnett
Maryland wins 2002 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship
“The Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden
“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham
“Third Construction” - John Cage
“Ionization” - Edgard Varese
“And the Mountains Rising Nowhere” - Joseph Schwantner
“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck
“Log Cabin Blues” - GH Green
“Hangar 84” - Paul Bissell
“Sunset Glow” - Samuels/Friedman
“Prelude No. 1” - Ney Rosauro
“Chain” - Kazunori Miyake
“Timpani Concert No. 1” - James Oliverio
Earl Yowell
Karli Viña on the podcast
Scent of a Woman trailer
Dude, Where’s My Car? trailer
The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis
Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
“Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green
“What’s Going On” - Marvin Gaye
“Gemini” - Nikki Giovanni
Raves:
The Greatest: My Own Story - Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham