Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 279 - John Wooton (Part 1)

University of Southern Mississippi Percussion Professor John Wooton stops by to, first, have Pete talk about this podcast (03:00) before getting to Southern Miss, Drumeo, and his marching and drumline activities (06:45), getting the job at Southern Miss, working at the University of Iowa to finish his doctorate, and setting up the steel band program (26:45), being the Institutional Memory at Southern Miss and the importance of “functional theory” (51:00), and growing up in Louisiana, being gifted a vibraphone, Marty Hurley, Phantom Regiment, and the dangers of playing pick-up basketball at an advanced age (01:00:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 film documentary Time (01:24:40).

Links:

John Wooton’s website

John Wooton’s Southern Miss page

Josanne Francis on the podcast

Tony Miceli

Tom Davis, percussionist

Dr. Tom Davis, basketball coach

Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra (SoMiSPO)

John Wooton on Drumeo

“Right Place Wrong Time” - Dr. John

“Beer Barrel Polka” - Frank Yankovic

Marty Hurley

Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show

Robert Schietroma

Dick Schory

Gary Burton

Ney Rosauro

Sherman Hong

Dan Moore

Paul Price

Ellie Mannette

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

Troy Breaux

1989 Phantom Regiment DCI Show

Raves:

Time (2020) trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 278 - Caitlin Jones

Freelancing Percussionist, Educator, and Performer Caitlin Jones stops by to talk about teaching Adjunct at Lee University (TN), performing locally, her Social Media presence, and what it means to be a young artist (02:30), her time so far on the PAS Health and Wellness Committee and her career as a personal and group fitness trainer (22:50), growing up in Cocoa, FL, getting steel band experience in high school, and her years running on the cross country team (35:40), her undergrad at the University of Florida under Ken Broadway and her master’s at Lee University under Andy Harnsberger (43:45), her doctoral work and training at the University of South Carolina with Scott Herring and hitting a mental wall early on there (58:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including commentary on great percussion performances, Harry Potter, and Will Ferrell (01:17:25).

Finishing with a Rave on a recent WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode with Bob Spitz (01:40:35).

Links:

Caitlin Jones Malletech page

Caitlin Jones’s Instagram page

Andy Harnsberger

Tom Hurst

Lee University

Jeff Calissi on the podcast

Boston Crusaders

Ken Broadway

Scott Herring

Les Mills fitness

Schwinn Certification

Darin “Dutch” Workman

Danielle Moreau on the podcast

Tim Tebow highlights

Urban Meyer at Florida

Janis Potter

“Azure” - Michael Burritt

“Departures” - Emmanuel Sejourne

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Tangaroa” - Gareth Farr

Sympatico Percussion Group

Beyond Talent - Angela Myles Beeching

J. Daniel Jenkins

Peter Lea

“Thinking Songs” - Lukas Ligeti

Theory of African Music - Gerhard Kubik

Ji Hye Jung

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlln” - Andrew Thomas

Harry Potter

The Book of Eli trailer

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Talladega Nights trailer

Kicking & Screaming trailer

The Wedding Singer trailer

Blended trailer

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary trailer

Florida Basketball 2007 NCAA championship

Patric Young highlights

Swamp Symphony

Nancy Zeltsman

Sandbox Percussion

Raves:

WTF Podcast - Bob Spitz

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 277 - Cara Wildman, 2021/2022

Percussionist, Educator, and Bodhran performer Cara Wildman returns to talk about her (then) upcoming PASIC presentation, session etiquette, and the living art of Folk Music (03:05), going full bore in bodhran playing and teaching, using social media, virtual clinics, and inventive teaching uses of Crisco (27:30), leaving Elementary School teaching (40:00), her PASIC experience after the presentation (47:00), the Christmas tour she was on in December (54:05), and does a shorter version of the Random Ass Questions (01:03:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Queen Bees (01:15:55).

Links:

Cara Wildman’s homepage

Cara’s 2018 appearance on the podcast

Cara Wildman’s instagram page

“Party in the U.S.A.” - Miley Cyrus

Robin McKinley

The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley

Sylvia Plath

Virginia Woolf

Game of Thrones TV

Heartland TV show

O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat

“Christmas Eve” Reel

Robert’s Western World

John C. Campbell Folk School

Scratch Off Map

David Hale’s “Hope” Mural

Raves:

Queen Bees trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 276 - Elizabeth DeLamater, 2021

Percussionist and Educator Elizabeth DeLamater returns to the podcast to discuss the Percussive Arts Society Diversity Panel Session she hosted at PASIC 2021 on “Percussion is for Everybody”, and discusses some of the other Diversity Events that happened at PASIC (02:50), getting COVID in late 2019 and the long-term effects from that (31:10), her continued professional activities and getting vaccinated (48:45), and a brief Random Ass Questions segment on The Go-Go’s, Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee, Reservation Dogs, Summer of Soul, and her love of nature (57:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 documentary All Madden (01:10:05).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater’s 2019 appearance on the podcast (and Part 2)

PAS Diversity Alliance

Jen Martinez-Bre

David Segal

Darren Williams, Jr.

Sean Daniels

Adam Groh

Oliver Molina on the podcast

Buster Bailey

“In Too Deep” - Belinda Carlisle

“We Got The Beat” - The Go-Go’s

The Go-Go’s trailer

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee

Reservation Dogs trailer

Summer of Soul trailer

Raves:

All Madden trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 275 - Oliver Molina, 2021

Northwestern State University (LA) Percussion Professor and Band Director Oliver Molina returns to talk about his 2021 PASIC New Literature Ensemble Session, and his group winning the Chamber Competition at PASIC in 2019 (03:40), updates at NWSU, his son’s birth, finishing his doctorate, and his PAS Education Committee Chair responsibilities (28:50), and goes through a shortened version of the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of Karaoke, Kids TV Shows, Atomic Habits, and “In Tenderness” (52:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the conclusion of the HBO Series Insecure (01:06:00).

Links:

Oliver Molina on the podcast in 2017

Oliver Molina’s homepage

Oliver Molina’s 2021 Midwest Band Clinic Presentation

Oliver Molina’s Northwestern State Page

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Francisco Perez on the podcast

Dave Hall on the podcast

“Archipelagos” - Dave Hall

Brad Meyer on the podcast

Emily Tannert Patterson on the podcast

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast

“Merlin”, movement 2 - Andrew Thomas

“Marimba D’Amore” - Keiko Abe

Kennan Wylie

Mandy Quinn

John Wooton

Chris Dandeles

Pablo Rieppi

“Tequila” - The Champs

That Thing You Do! trailer

Bluey

Gumball

Atomic Habits - James Clear

“In Tenderness” - CITIZENS

“Hide and Seek” - Regina Price

“Fix You” - Coldplay

Raves:

Insecure

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 274 - Quintin Mallette (Part 2)

Quintin Mallette returns to talk about his time at the University of Georgia for his grad degrees and his amazing experience learning under Tim Adams (05:00), how he created a career after his doctorate, “all music is film scoring”, and his convoluted path to his job at Fayetteville State (NC) (20:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including talk of canon formation, his love of Rom-Coms, a list of book recommendations, the Cleveland Browns, and Anna Karenina (42:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the podcast The Plot Thickens (01:19:40).

Links:

Part 1 with Quintin Mallette

Quintin Mallette’s Website

Tim Adams

Tony McCutcheon

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 100 - Franz Josef Haydn

Pierrot Luniare, mvt. 1 - Arnold Schoenberg

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

Violin Concerto - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov

The Carlton Dance (Alfonso Riberio)

Coco trailer

Must Love Dogs trailer

50 First Dates trailer

Sleepless in Seattle trailer

The Flywheel Effect - Jim Collins

Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns

The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Dubois

Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow

That’s The Joint! - Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal

The Big Payback - Dan Charnas

Rap and Hip Hop Culture - Fernando Orejuela

Black Lives Matter and Music - Fernando Orejuela and Stephanie Shonekan

Lamon Lawhorn on the podcast

Atlanta Braves win 2021 World Series

Florida vs. Georgia

Red River Rivalry

Browns win against Jets in 2018

“My Way” - Frank Sinatra

“I Will Survive” - Gloria Gaynor

Manchester United

U.S.A. - Mexico “dos a cero” 2021

U.S.A. - Netherlands 2019 Women’s World Cup Final

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

“Chaconne in D Minor” - J.S. Bach

Raves:

The Plot Thickens

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 273 - Quintin Mallette (Part 1)

Fayetteville State University (NC) Percussion and Music Professor Quintin Mallette stops by to talk about his PASIC Research on Illocution, Ecological Systems, Respect of Concert Music vs. Vernacular music, among other topics (03:30), his FSU job, creating a career, doing lots of driving, and specialists vs. generalists (36:45), growing up in Eastern Carolina, arriving late to music as a possible career, and tales of playing football and baseball (56:30), and attending East Carolina University and Howard University (D.C.) for undergrad (01:05:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Together Together (01:26:40).

Links:

Quintin Mallette’s homepage

Quintin Mallette’s PASIC page

Illocutionary Force

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory

Bronfenbrenner’s Chronosystem

Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Lt. Kije Symphonic Suite - Sergei Prokofiev

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Colour of Music

Sphinx Organization

Don Parker

Tim Adams

Jonathan Wacker

Bill Richards

Gifford Howarth

“Sonata No. 1” - Anthony J. Cirone

Violin Concerto - Piotr Tchaikovsky (Itzak Perlman)

Janis Potter

Verge Ensemble

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“Etude in E Minor” - Pius Cheung

“Musical Moment No. 5 - Romance” - Pius Cheung

“Saëta” - Elliot Carter

“The Love of L’Histoire” - Charles Delancey

“Topf Tanz” - Eckhard Kopetzki

“Chaconne in D Minor” - J.S. Bach

Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky

Clarinet Concerto - Carl Nielsen

Raves:

Together Together trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 272 - Donnie Johns

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


Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 271 - Brian Calhoon

Marimbist and Vocalist Brian Calhoon stops by to talk about his PASIC performance and how he put together singing and playing marimba (05:10), his percussion and innkeeper responsibilities (29:00), growing up in the Bay Area, Chanticleer, his marimba-playing grandmother, and his early undergrad years (47:20), leaving CA to finish his higher education degrees in Boston, working as an admissions counselor, the good/bad of traveling, the beginnings of Marimba Cabaret (01:03:15), and the Random Ass Questions Segment, including LGBTQIA+ in percussion, other Brian Calhoons, Kermit the Frog, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Fred Hersch (01:27:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 Concert Film David Byrne’s American Utopia (02:10:00).

Links:

Marimba Cabaret

Brian Calhoon’s PASIC page

“Thunder Road” - Bruce Springsteen

“Around the World” - Grey Gardens

“The Ladies Who Lunch” - Company

Provincetown, MA

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Chanticleer

Ruth Stuber Jeanne

Vida Chenoweth

Keiko Abe

Artie Storch

Jonathan Haas

James Baker

James Saporito

“Popular” - Wicked

“Circle of Life” - The Lion King

“Somewhere” - West Side Story

Jack Van Geem

Nancy Zeltsman

Keith Aleo on the podcast

John Grimes

Sam Solomon

Handel and Haydn Society

The Drunken Tenor

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

2005 Blue Devils Show

“Rainbow Connection” - Kermit the Frog

“Love on Top” - Beyoncé

Best in Show trailer

Schitt’s Creek

Halloween Kills trailer

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Leaves of Grass - Fred Hersch

“The Sleepers” - Fred Hersch

Raves:

David Byrne’s American Utopia trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 270 - Danielle Moreau

University of Florida Adjunct Percussion and Music History Professor Danielle Moreau stops by to talk about her PASIC Performance of Derek Tywoniuk’s “Savino” (02:25), her job at Florida, the unusual dual degree programs offered there, and the challenges for new college students (13:00), the Moreau/VanTuinen duo she plays in with her wife, Danielle Van Tuinen, and working in Maine and New Hampshire prior to teaching in Florida (24:15), growing up in Connecticut and Arizona, and her time in high school band and softball (36:05), her undergrad career at the University of New Hampshire (47:00), her master’s and doctoral time at Arizona State and her dissertation work on jazz percussion ensemble and improvisation (54:55), and the Random Ass Questions segment, including her thoughts on being LGBTQIA+, Harry Potter, and NPR (01:17:15)

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Belfast (01:38:15).

Links:

Danielle Moreau’s homepage

Moreau/VanTuinen duo

Danielle’s PASIC page

“Savino” - Derek Tywoniuk

Brandon Ilaw

Obergefell v. Hodges

Audiostretch

“Stop Speaking” - Andy Akiho

Spectrum Ensemble

Jaime Esposito on the podcast

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 269 - Alexandros Fragiskatos, 2021

Columbia (MO) based Percussion Performer, Educator, Adjudicator and Arranger Alexandros Fragiskatos returns to talk about his performance for solo voice and percussion at PASIC 2021 (06:40), job transitions in Missouri after Covid issues, and new opportunities availing themselves at Central Methodist University (MO) and elsewhere (24:40), going back to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to present his music and research as an alum (40:50), substitute teaching in Columbia (a position Pete also once held) (48:00), and he does some extra Random Ass Questions to add onto the ones he did in 2019 (54:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film The French Dispatch (01:05:20).

Links:

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ website

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ PASIC page

Alexandros Fragiskatos’ 2019 appearance on the podcast

“Unspoken Dialogue” - Alexandros Fragiskatos

Percussion Group Cincinnati

“Oh Darling!” - Beatles

“Yesterday” - Beatles

“My Friend’s Over You” - New Found Glory

Pulp Fiction trailer

The Office

Gilmore Girls

Bob Thalhuber

Bougatsa

Raves:

The French Dispatch trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 268 - Juan Álamo

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Percussion Professor Juan Álamo stops by to talk about his 2021 PASIC presentation (03:30), his job at UNC-Chapel Hill and his compositional and performing outlets (22:45), growing up in Cidra, Puerto Rico, his beginnings playing timbales to recordings, and his time at the Conservatory in San Juan, PR (44:15), getting his master’s and doctorate at North Texas (01:09:45), teaching adjunct in TX and making a career out of many parts prior to getting to UNC-CH (01:21:20), and takes a spin through the Random Ass Questions (01:27:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the people Pete talked to at PASIC 2021 (01:51:00).

Links:

Juan Álamo’s UNC page

Juan Álamo’s PASIC page

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

Lynn Glassock

Cort McClaren

“Oye Como Va” - Tito Puente

“El Raton” - Cheo Feliciano

“Sonido Bestial” - Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz

“Un Dia Bonito” - Eddie Palmieri

“Toccata Fantasy in E-Flat Minor” - Raymond Helble

“Night Rhapsody” - John Serry

“Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” - Claude Debussy

Christopher Deane

Mark Ford

Keiko Abe

The Pursuit of Happyness trailer

E.T. trailer

Bad Boys trailer

Joe Dumars career highlights

Dallas Mavericks 2011 Finals highlights

J.J. Barea highlights

The Art of Possibility - Rosamund Stone Zander and Ben Zander

Creativity: The Perfect Crime - Philippe Petit

Michael League

Miguel Zénon Tiny Desk Concert

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 265 - Hannah Weaver (Part 2)

Percussionist and Educator Hannah Weaver returns to talk about Omaha weather, “Parks and Rec”, and more about her Eastman undergrad experience (03:45), her years at the University of Michigan for the master’s (11:40), working in Indiana after undergrad, returning to Eastman for the doctorate and their “famous” doctoral exams, and dealing with burnout (19:45), and finishes with her tour through the Random Ass Questions (34:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the possibilities of PASIC 2021 (01:04:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Hannah Weaver

Hannah Weaver’s homepage

Parks and Rec (TV Show)

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Ron Swanson

Michael Burritt

Sean Connors

Ivan Trevino on the podcast

Maria Finkelmeier on the podcast

Chris Jones

Annie Stevens

Joe Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Ian Ding

Joseph Becker

Latitude 49

Chris Sies

Jolly Pumpkin

Sphinx Organization

Megan Arns on the podcast

TROMP Percussion Festival

Cynthia Yeh

Julie Spencer on the podcast

Nancy Zeltsman

“See Ya Thursday” - Stephen Mackey

“Toccata” - Anna Ignatowicz

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

A Christmas Story trailer

“Wannabe” - Spice Girls

Schitt’s Creek

College World Series

Glacier National Park

Wall Drug

Raves:

PASIC 2021

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 264 - Hannah Weaver (Part 1)

University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO) Percussion Professor Hannah Weaver stops by to talk about her teaching responsibilities at UNO, getting the job through a challenging health situation, and choral professor Dr. Derrick Fox (04:25), underrated Omaha (24:55), getting connected with Heartland Marimba and being a good colleague (32:15), the background to her decision to join the PAS Health & Wellness Committee (46:10), and growing up near Indianapolis, her piano background, along with her sports activities in softball and riding crew (57:55).

Finishing with a Rave on the St. Louis Symphony performing at Mizzou (01:21:20).

Links:

Hannah Weaver’s website

Heartland Marimba Quartet

Matthew Coley on the podcast

Doug Montera

Tomm Roland

Derrick Fox

Michael Burritt

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Omaha Under the Radar

Amanda DeBoer

Omaha Zoo

Runza

Third Coast Percussion

Laurel Black on the podcast

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin - movement II” - Andrew Thomas

Avon (IN) Marching Band

Parks and Recreation

“Benjamin Calypso” - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

“Light of the World” - Godspell

“Day by Day” - Godspell

“Beethoven Day” - You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

“If I Were a Rich Man” - Fiddler on the Roof

LifeTeen

“Awesome God” - Rich Mullins

Un Sospiro - Franz Liszt

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Raves:

St. Louis Symphony at Mizzou

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 263 - Patricia Islas (Part 2)

Percussion Specialist, Educator, Composer and Arranger Patricia Islas returns to talk about her musical background, working with her husband in the industry, and her compositional influences (03:20), and stays on for the Random Ass Question segment, including discussions of race, gender and representation in Percussion, along with her interests in martial arts and space exploration (32:00).

 Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Cured (01:16:15).

Links:

Part 1 with Patricia Islas

Team Islas Website

Annie Chernow on the Podcast

Linda Ronstadt - The Sound of My Voice trailer

Linda Ronstadt - Canciones De Mi Padre

Julie Davila on the podcast

Streetfighter

Björk Playlist

“Björk’s Saga” - Alex Ross

Karl Sanders

Missy Elliott’s 2019 VMA Speech

“Work It” - 2019 VMAs

Raychel Taylor on the podcast

Paige Durr on the podcast

Lauren Teel on the podcast

Sandi Rennick

Lindsey Hartfelder

Eliana Yamouni

Jurassic Park trailer

Contact trailer

The Room trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins

Carl Sagan

“A Pale Blue Dot” - Carl Sagan

Kali martial arts

The Joe Rogan Experience

Sonny Chiba

Kill Bill Volume 1 trailer

Raves:

Cured trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 262 - Patricia Islas (Part 1)

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Percussion Specialist, Arranger, Composer, Performer and Educator Patricia Islas stops by to talk about her work in Coppell ISD (TX), working in challenging programs, and staying creative (05:50), staying motivated while moving around in different programs, dealing with burnout and seeing the challenges of doing band in Texas (27:50), writing Momentum (her first book of original music) and the challenges of self-publishing (51:10), and how was able to financially make it through the early years (01:02:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Mizzou’s Wind Ensemble Concert from October 4, 2021 (01:10:00).

Links:

Team Islas Webpage

Annie Chernow on the podcast

She-e Wu

Michael Burritt

“Last Train Home” - Pat Metheny

Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps

“Hyperballad” - Björk

“On Fire” - Michel Camilo Trio

“#4” - Aphex Twin

“Raining Blood” - Slayer

“Tyrone” - Erykah Badu

Zach Scheer

Momentum - Patricia Islas

Frank Chapple on the podcast

Emily Tannert Patterson on the podcast

Kennan Wylie

Raves:

University of Missouri Wind Ensemble Concert - October 4, 2021

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 261 - Tim Feerst (Part 2)

UTPB Percussion Professor and Director of Bands Tim Feerst returns to talk about his undergrad at George Mason University (VA) (01:45), his masters program at UT-Austin (13:25), his time at the University of North Texas for his doctorate, life as an adjunct, and dealing with family tragedy (24:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of practice habits, the Washington Football Team, and Scuba Diving (40:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Roots N Blues Festival (01:12:40).

Links:

Part 1 with Tim Feerst

Tim Feerst’s homepage

Mark Camphouse

John Kilkenny

Conducting - Anthony Maiello

John Casagrande

George Mason

Virginia Declaration of Human Rights

Tiffany Hitz

“Piru Bole” - John Bergamo

“Fifty-Fifty” - Frank Zappa

“Last Train Home” - Pat Metheny

Threads - Paul Lansky

“Rain Tree” - Toru Takemitsu

John Spirtas

George Mason 2006 Final Four run

“Rage” - Green Machine

Michael Nickens

Tom Burritt on the podcast

Etude No. 1 - Jacques Delécluse

Capriccio Espagnol - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

“Inyanga” - Peter Klatzow

Tony Edwards

Scheherazade, “Movement III” - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Adam Groh

Chris Lizak

Alex Casimiro

Mark Ford

Christopher Deane

Paul Rennick

Ed Soph

Ed Smith

José Aponte

Keith Carlock

Michael Drake

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

Michael Rosen

The Santa Clause trailer

A Christmas Carol (1984) trailer

Scrooged trailer

Iron Man trailer

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Dwayne Haskins

National Treasure trailer

Batman & Robin trailer

Phantom Menace trailer

Napoleon Dynamite trailer

Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

The Hunt for Red October trailer

Patriot Games trailer

Clear and Present Danger trailer

Mission Impossible (1996) trailer

Armageddon trailer

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back trailer

Mallrats trailer

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Freedom of Speech - Norman Rockwell

2 American Canvases - Mark Camphouse

Raves:

Roots N Blues Festival 2021

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 260 - Tim Feerst (Part 1)

University of Texas-Permian Basin Percussion Professor Tim Feerst stops by to talk about his job, his wind band background, and “Friday Night Lights” (04:15), his teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas, taking various gigs prior to getting to UTPB, and “being interview ready at all times” (29:45), and growing up in Northern Virginia, government jobs, and getting into percussion and acting in his youth (45:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2000 novel The Human Stain (01:10:15).

Links:

Tim Feerst’s homepage

Oni Lara

Jacob Garcia

Tyson Voigt

Mark Camphouse

John Kilkenny

Mark Ford

Eugene Corporon

Dennis Fisher

Friday Night Lights - Buzz Bissinger

Adam Davis

Mike Sammons

Corey Robinson

“Improvisation” - Elliot Carter

“The Process of Invention” - Christopher Deane

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

Casey Cangelosi on the podcast

Mission Impossible trailer

“Those Canaan Days” - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

“Benjamin Calypso” - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Aubrey Adams

“Hang on Sloopy” - marching band arrangement

2001 Anthrax Attacks

2002 D.C. Sniper Attacks

Michael Hackbarth

Doug Wallace

Alan Abel

Kyle Brightwell

Matt McKay

Michael Roberts

Tom Sherwood

Raves:

The Human Stain - Philip Roth