Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 359 - Jeff Moore

August 24, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Central Florida Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities Jeff Moore stops by to talk about his job at UCF, the massive growth of the school, growing the program, and bringing on other faculty (03:30), discussions of motivation and drive (35:35), his administrative career there (42:10), growing up in California, his early percussion encounters and years in DCI, and his time in Mock Trial and Mock Congress in high school (01:01:35), more about his time at North Texas and Wisconsin-Madison (01:24:00) and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of the challenging nature of higher education finance, great books, playing Steve Reich’s “Nagoya Marimbas” for elementary school students, and taking in great music in Europe (01:40:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Beyoncé’s 2023 Renaissance tour (02:05:00).

Links:

Jeff Moore’s UCF page

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Clif Walker in 2021

Tom Burritt in 2021

Omar Carmenates in 2018

Julia Gaines in 2016

John Wooten in 2022

James Yakas in 2023

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 358 - Mariana Ramirez

August 17, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator and Entrepreneur Mariana Ramirez stops by to talk about freelancing in New York City, working on Broadway, and her experiences with the COVID shutdown (03:05), all things Excelsis Percussion (16:15), growing up in Mexico City, her late entry into studying music full-time, her extracurricular activities, and the vast size of her hometown (31:15), studying at Rutgers University (NJ) and the challenging transition to a new country (54:15), her life post-undergrad, revving up her freelancing career, and managing her mental health (01:05:25), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on students taking on too much, her experiences as a woman in the percussion world, Mexico-U.S. Soccer relations, the greatness of Mexican food, and the musical Hadestown (01:17:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!? (01:41:50).

Links:

Mariana Ramirez’s website

Excelsis Percussion

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Marcelina Suchocka in 2022

Britton-René Collins in 2023

Other Links:

SIX The Musical

Once on This Island

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Merrily We Roll Along

Head Over Heels

Caixa Trio

“Hyperballad” - Björk (performed by Excelsis Percussion)

Conservatorio Nacional de Musica

Alondra de la Parra

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

Back to the Future trailer

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring trailer

The Mandalorian trailer

Isabel Allende

“Whenever, Wherever” - Shakira

Machu Picchu

Hadestown

Raves:

Is That Black Enough For You?!? trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 357 - Colleen Clark (Part 2)

August 10, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of South Carolina’s Assistant Professor of Jazz Colleen Clark returns to discuss her time at Ithaca College (NY) for undergrad (02:10), more about her time at SUNY-Purchase for her Master’s and the University of North Texas for her doctorate (11:55), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of incorporating drumset and jazz into traditional methods and history courses, scatting, her loves of tennis, soccer and basketball, New England Pizza and driving, and Jackson Pollock (19:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Oppenheimer (01:05:35).

Colleen’s Links:

Colleen Clark’s website

Colleen Clark’s USC page

Part 1 with Colleen Clark

Previous Podcast Guest Links:

Scott Herring in 2022

Other Links:

Gordon Stout

Matt White

Greene Street United Methodist Church

Thelonious Monk - Robin D.G. Kelley

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra Live at Town Hall

Hall Overton

Bob Breithaupt

Jazz Education Network

Cindy Blackman Santana

Quentin E. Baxter

Ranky Tanky

A’ja Wilson USC highlights

The Bob’s Burgers Movie trailer

Sophisticated Giant - Maxine Gordon

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

Bad Mexicans - Kelly Lyle Hernández

Look: The Story of Kenny Clarke - Mike Hennessey

Tony Williams

Ella Fitzgerald - syllabic choice in Scat Singing - Justin Binek

Patrick Mouratoglu YouTube

Brevard Jazz Institute

Jackson Pollock

Raves:

Oppenheimer trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 356 - Colleen Clark (Part 1)

August 3, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of South Carolina (USC) Assistant Professor of Jazz Colleen Clark stops by to talk briefly about Art Blakey (02:10), her responsibilities at USC and getting the job (05:15), her composing and arranging career, creating Jazz Girls Day, women who play instrumental jazz, “cats”, and getting prepared for the job market (32:00), and growing up in Connecticut, her early years playing jazz and making connections, and her youth sports careers in cross country and equestrian show jumping (01:04:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Barbie (01:24:20).

Links:

Colleen Clark’s homepage

Colleen Clark’s USC page

Previous Podcast folks:

Scott Herring from 2022

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 355 - Amanda Duncan (Part 2)

July 27, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, Steel Pan Artist, and Santa Margarita High School (CA) Director of Percussion Studies Amanda Duncan returns to talk about her undergrad at CSU-Long Beach (03:00), her master’s degree from Northern Illinois (10:20), moving back to CA to start her career, and waiting tables (31:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including portions discussing Respect for Steel Pan, Dolly Parton, Harry Potter, cooking, and SIX The Musical (42:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One (01:02:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Amanda Duncan

Amanda Duncan’s website

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Angela Kepley in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Raynor Carroll in 2023

Other Links:

Brad Dutz

Randy Drake

Liam Teague

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” - steel pan arrangement

Robert Chappell

Ben Wahlund

Big Bear Lake (CA)

Mammoth Mountain (CA)

Clifford Alexis

Mark Ford

“Northern Lights” - Eric Ewazen

Christopher Deane

Greg Beyer

The All-American Drummer - Charley Wilcoxon

Mia Gormandy-Benjamin

Mission Vista Steel Drum Program

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial trailer

Harry Potter

Yuko Asada

Silver Stars Steel Band (Trinidad)

SIX The Musical

Raves:

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 354 - Amanda Duncan (Part 1)

July 20, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, Steel Pan Artist, and Santa Margarita Catholic High School (CA) Director of Percussion Studies Amanda Duncan stops by to talk about her job responsibilities (and the challenging situation she took over there), freelancing in CA, and the teaching of high school steel band and drumset (02:00), her involvement with PAN ROCKS! (29:40), and growing up in Long Beach (CA), her interests in tennis, gaming, and musical theater, and her beginnings in percussion (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2005 book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (01:06:20).

Guest Links:

Amanda Duncan’s website

Links to previous podcast folks mentioned:

Angela Kepley in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Raynor Carroll in 2023

Other Links:

Interstate 5, California

“S—- People Say in L.A.”

Nick Kraus

The Black Keys on Spotify

“GoldenEye 007” video game

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Sound of Music

Oliver!

Annie

“Pretty Fly for a White Guy” - The Offspring

Chris Stevens

Evelyn Glennie

Sheila E.’s Drum solo from Sign O’ The Times

Lynda Sue Marks

“Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude” - J.S. Bach

Raves:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 353 - Joshua Vonderheide (Part 2)

July 13, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, and Founder/Director of The Percussion Conservatory Joshua Vonderheide returns to talk about getting his Master’s Degree at Juilliard (NY) and Artist’s Diploma from Rice University (TX) (01:35) before settling into the Random Ass Questions segment, including portions on good mentorship, challenging life situations, The Matrix, great books and sports performers, South Asian food, and A.I. art (15:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Past Lives (01:02:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Joshua Vonderheide

The Percussion Conservatory Website

Joshua Vonderheide’s website

Kovner Fellowship (Juilliard)

The Disaster Artist trailer

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

Kelton Koch

Roger Federer highlights

Steph Curry highlights

Kobe Bryant highlights

Brendan Hansen highlights

Michael Phelps highlights

Katie Ledecky highlights

Icarus trailer

Sugar Land Space Cowboys

Beef Rendang

Sarawak Laksa

Whataburger

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Benjamin Britten

Little Blue Devil - Paul Klee

“Go” Board Game

Raves

Past Lives trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 352 - Joshua Vonderheide (Part 1)

July 6, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, and creator of the Percussion Conservatory Joshua Vonderheide stops by to talk about his professional symphony experiences with the Malaysian Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony (03:15), the origins and operations of the Percussion Conservatory (22:05), growing up outside Houston (TX), his beginnings in percussion, and his experiences as a competitive swimmer (42:00), and his undergrad years of at Juilliard (NY) (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Monica (01:26:50).

Links to Previous Podcast Episodes:

Other Links:

The Percussion Conservatory

Joshua Vonderheide

Houston Symphony

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Ethiopia’s Shadow in America - Florence Price

“Cortege” from Mlada - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Craig Hauschildt

Eric Harper

Michael Webster

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphony No. 5 - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Brendan Hansen, swimmer

Michael Phelps’ diet

Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar

Greg Zuber

Dan Druckman

AXIOM Ensemble

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

Raves:

Monica trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 351 - Jeremiah Ingram

June 29, 2023 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Masters of Music Graduate in Percussion Performance Jeremiah Ingram stops by talk about his 2022 Masters recital (02:15), his responsibilities as Graduate Teaching Assistant with Marching Mizzou’s drumline, staying for a third year, the saturation of the music field, and heading to the University of Kentucky to start his doctorate in the Fall (08:00), growing up in Opelika, Alabama, being a first-generation college student, his high school percussion experiences, and being part of the Future Business Leaders of America (27:45), attending Auburn University (AL) for undergrad (43:45), his process of auditioning and preparing to come to Mizzou (01:04:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including the challenges of attending Primarily White Institutions (PWIs), great movies, the Boston Celtics, and great books and poetry (01:14:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (01:40:30).

Links:

Guests from Previous Podcast Episodes mentioned:

Other Links:

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Complexus” - Paul Rennick

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Over the Rainbow” - Robert Oetomo

“As One” - Gene Koshinski

“Eight on 3 and Nine on 2” - Robert Marino

Rick Holland

Michael McGlynn

Future Business Leaders of America

“The Kick 6” - Auburn vs. Alabama 2013

Mizzou vs. Auburn 2022 college football

The @Percussion Podcast

“Transformation of Pachelbel’s Canon” - arr. Nanae Mimura

The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle

The Inner Game of Music - Tim Gallwey and Barry Green

JP Bouvet

Maya Angelou and Poetry

A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson

Raves:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 350 - Julie Licata (Part 2)

June 22, 2023 Pete Zambito

Capital University (OH) Director of Percussion Activities Julie Licata returns to talk about teaching post-undergrad in Columbus, taking a break from school, doing her master’s at the University of South Carolina, and teaching at 8AM (01:20), going to the University of North Texas for her doctorate and getting the SUNY-Oneonta job (17:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with sections on being a woman in academia, biking, cooking, great books, her Italian heritage, and the tambourine parts in the music of Motown (33:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the Fletch films (01:11:20).

Links:

Previous Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

Julie Licata, Part 1

Jason Baker in 2020

Scott Herring in 2022

Eric Willie in 2022

Other Links:

Julie Licata’s webpage

Watershed I - Roger Reynolds

The Percussionist’s Art - Steven Schick

Sheila E. drum solo from Sign O’ The Times

Printer scene from Office Space

The Overstory - Richard Powers

The Invention of Solitude - Paul Auster

4 3 2 1 - Paul Auster

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi 2001 U.S. Open

“Land” - Takatsugu Muramatsu

Ain’t Too Proud musical selections

Standing in the Shadows of Motown - tambourine

Raves:

Fletch trailer

Confess, Fletch trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 349 - Julie Licata (Part 1)

June 15, 2023 Pete Zambito

Capital University (OH) Percussion Professor Julie Licata stops by to talk about her job there, teaching previously at SUNY-Oneonta, being bold in job interviews, and forming a work-life balance (02:20), her research work with Psychology Professor Michael Faber on performing (25:15), growing up in Ohio, learning organ and percussion, lifting weights and playing sports, and the benefits of working temp jobs (40:35), and her undergrad years at Capital University, along with making decisions about finding and playing literature then and now (59:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic 1980 film My Bodyguard (01:10:00).

Links:

Julie Licata’s webpage

Julie Licata’s Capital University webpage

Hartwick College (NY) School of Music

Michael Faber

“Another One Bites the Dust” - Queen

“Back in Black” - AC/DC

“Surfin’ USA” - The Beach Boys

“Sunshine of Your Love” - Cream

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” - The Who

“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” - Celine Dion

“Bullet With Butterfly Wings” - Smashing Pumpkins

Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony

Bob Breithaupt

Benjamin Ramirez

“Log Cabin Blues” - George Hamilton Green

“Duettino Concertante” - Ingolf Dahl

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Tapspace Publications

Drop 6 (Row-Loff)

Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Composer Metadatabase

Raves:

My Bodyguard trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 348 - Tim Heath

June 8, 2023 Pete Zambito

Wake Forest University (NC) new Director of Bands Tim Heath stops by to talk WFU and the challenges of recruiting there, the “shared experience” for students outside the university, and teaching during the pandemic (02:40), growing up outside Greenville, NC, getting into drumset playing and various bands, his early college years, and his sports background (26:25), his undergrad years at community college, UNC-Pembroke, and UNC-Greensboro, and the challenges of transferring classes from one school to another (43:00), teaching middle school and high school after undergrad, getting his master’s at UNCP, and eventually getting to the University of Alabama for his Ph.D. (55:45), his job at Sanford University (AL) prior to Wake, and getting a conducting certificate recently from NC School of the Arts (01:09:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of old clothes, BBQ, The Last of the Mohicans, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Grant, and (early) Pearl Jam (01:22:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Fast X (01:47:05).

Links to previous podcast guests mentioned:

Jeff Calissi in 2016

Ksenija Komljenovic in 2020

David Levy in 2020

Cort McClaren in 2022

Tracy Wiggins in 2017

Other Links:

North Carolina Poultry Federation

Jonathan Latta

Jonathan Wacker

Carlton Fisk’s highlights

Jennifer Walter

Woodstock ‘99 documentary trailer

Robert Gutter

Teaching Music Through Performance

Piedmont Wind Symphony

Neal Flum

Tim Feeney

Gasparilla Bowl 2022 highlights - Wake Forest vs. Mizzou

“In Two Places” - Haley Woodrow

Last of the Mohicans trailer

Spaceballs trailer

Malcolm Gladwell

Think Again - Adam Grant

Originals - Adam Grant

Pearl Jam discography

Weezer skit from SNL

Raves:

Fast X trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 347 - Jennifer Jolley

June 1, 2023 Pete Zambito

Following a brief mention of #tenurejosh…Composer, Conductor, and Professor of Composition at Lehman College (NY) Jennifer Jolley stops by to talk about her Fulbright Scholarship in Egypt, her teaching schedule there, Ramadan, and names (04:25), her receiving the Opera America Grant, her previous attempts at writing opera, getting commissioned, and doing the “pre-work” to composition (23:30), teaching composition students, outdated techniques, and a history of music departments (45:20), growing up in southern California, learning piano, and her fandom of The Beach Boys and the Los Angeles Dodgers (54:30), studying composition at the University of Southern California for undergrad (01:09:00), taking time off of her studies to teach and work in Vermont (01:15:50), going to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM) for her master’s and doctorate (01:21:30), teaching at Ohio Wesleyan University and Texas Tech prior to teaching at Lehman (01:30:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including portions on resumé inflation, sexism in academia, Olivia Wilde, Ted Lasso, great foods, and the poet Maggie Smith (01:38:40).

Finishing with a Rave on traveling, Toronto, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (02:00:00).

Links to guests mentioned who appeared on past Pete’s Percussion Podcast Shows:

Josh Jones in 2020 (Part 1 and Part 2)

Emily Salgado in 2021

Joshua Simonds in 2022

Other Links:

Black Orchestral Network website

“We Stand With Josh”

Classically Black Podcast

Jennifer Jolley’s website

Jennifer Jolley’s Lehman College page

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Sibelius Academy

The 26th of July - Egypt

Transient Canvas

First All-Women’s Spacewalk - 2019

Jessica Meir

Einstein on the Beach - Philip Glass

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer trailer

The Shape of Water trailer

Tower documentary trailer

Jerry Junkin

Ash - Jennifer Jolley

Questions to Heaven - Jennifer Jolley

2001: A Space Odyssey trailer

György Ligeti and 2001

Olivia Sletteland

Dame Evelyn Glennie

“Tiger Rag” - Art Tatum

Stewart Gordon

“Imperial March” - John Williams

Piano Concerto in G Major - Maurice Ravel

Piano Sonata No. 1 - Alberto Ginastera

Excursions - Samuel Barber

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

The Complete Songbooks - Ella Fitzgerald

Appalachian Spring/The Tender Land - Aaron Copland

The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Short Ride in a Fast Machine - John Adams

In the White Silence - John Luther Adams

Switched on Bach - Wendy Carlos

“Surfer Girl” - The Beach Boys

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” - The Beach Boys

“Sweet Little Sixteen” - Chuck Berry

“Surfin’ U.S.A.” - The Beach Boys

“It’s A Blue World” - The Four Freshmen

Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli

“The Serpent’s Kiss” - William Bolcom

David St. John

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Bear McCreary

Symphony No. 1 - John Corigliano

“Scorefollower” on Instagram

Olivia Wilde on Instagram

Come Sunday - Omar Thomas

Ted Lasso Season 1 trailer

Get Shorty trailer

Wonder Woman 1984 trailer

Honey & Spice - Bolu Babalola

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

Food That Tastes Like Home: Korean American - Eric Kim

“Good Bones” - Maggie Smith

You Could Make This Place Beautiful - Maggie Smith

Raves:

Art Gallery of Ontario

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 346 - Ian Antonio

May 25, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Michigan Percussion Professor Ian Antonio stops by to talk about all aspects of teaching at the school (02:00), his extensive chamber career with Wet Ink, Zs, Talujon, and Yarn/Wire (18:50), growing up in Albany (NY), having music teacher parents, taking lessons locally, and the Empire State Youth Orchestra (33:00), going to the Manhattan School of Music (NY) for undergrad, living in a hotel as his dorm, and “stubbing” (45:50), attending SUNY-Stonybrook for his Master’s and Doctorate, playing a lot of gigs, and working outside of school at Albert Augustine Ltd. (01:07:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the usage of YouTube, his dislike of John Wick films, advanced baseball stats, the NY Yankees, and Dewa Alit (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film When a Man Loves a Woman (01:44:00).

Links:

Ian Antonio’s website

Ian Antonio’s Michigan webpage

Doug Perkins’ Michigan webpage

Britton-René Collins on the podcast in 2023

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Kroumata Ensemble

Percussions de Strasbourg

Gérard Grisey

Jamie Jordan

Four/Ten Media

Colleen Bernstein on the podcast in 2022

Empire State Youth Orchestra

Duncan Patton

Symphony No. 8 - Antonin Dvorak

Megan Arns on the podcast in 2016

Drumming - Steve Reich

Matt Ward

Eduardo Leandro

Steven Schick

Albert Augustine, Ltd.

Bonnie Whiting on the podcast in 2020

Philippe Hurel

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

“Mirage pour Marimba” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

The Departed trailer

Christoph Sietzen

John Wick trailer

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

2666 - Robert Bolaño

Cases of the Yips

Scott Brosius ties Game 5 of the 2001 World Series

Van’s Vietnamese Restaurant

Druther’s Brewery

International Contemporary Ensemble

Park Avenue Armory

Louis Andriessen

Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat

Raves:

When a Man Loves a Woman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 345 - Kent Lineberry

May 18, 2023 Pete Zambito

Palen Music Educational Representative Kent Lineberry stops by to talk about his job with Palen Music in the Kansas City area (02:30), growing up in Jefferson City (MO), getting into band and percussion, the beginnings of his DCI experience, and playing in a garage band (15:45), his experiences at the University of Central Missouri and Truman State University (MO) for his college work, teaching drum corps with the Colts, and studying under Michael Bump (26:45), teaching at Rockwood Summit and Blue Springs in Missouri and mentoring teachers these days (47:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on Star Wars, Zora Neale Hurston, Battlestar Galactica, and Eric Whitacre (01:15:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein (01:37:00).

Links:

Kent Lineberry’s Palen Music page

Spirit of Atlanta DCI

“Wild Thing” - The Troggs

Of Sailors and Whales - W. Francis McBeth

Colts DCI

Tim Linsenbardt

“Plush” - Stone Temple Pilots

“5150” - Van Halen

“Johnny B. Goode” - Back to the Future

Julie Davila on the podcast in 2019

Peter Repp

David Gronneberg

Cassie Renner

Clif Walker on the podcast in 2021

Broken Arrow trailer

Empire Strikes Back trailer

Rogue One trailer

The Mandalorian trailer

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston

Battlestar Galactica trailer

Adam Bruce on the podcast in 2023

“Lucretia Mac Evil” - Blood, Sweat and Tears

“Sleep” - Eric Whitacre

The Big Lebowski trailer

Raves:

The Bride of Frankenstein trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 344 - Angela Kepley

May 11, 2023 Pete Zambito

Percussion Educator, Performer and Composer Angela Kepley stops by to chat about running her own private studio in the Chicago area, how she’s incorporated percussion ensemble into the private studio experience, and making it all work with billing and equipment (04:05), fitting composing in to her activities (24:00), taking and teaching fitness classes (27:30), growing up in southern Illinois, her piano background, and her marching band career under legendary band director Carolyn Dominick (34:40), attending Millikin University (IL) for undergrad (44:25), teaching percussion post undergrad, going to Northern Illinois University for her master’s, and working through the pandemic as a private studio teacher (54:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her studies of gender in the percussion world, cooking tofu, and recovering from an elbow injury (01:16:30).

Finishing with a Rave on books by Rich Holly, Lemuel Watson, Diane Petrella, and Nick Petrella (01:41:30).

Links:

Angela Kepley’s website

Nathan Daughtrey on the podcast in 2021

“SyncoShift” - Angela Kepley

Dynamic Duos for Mallets - Angela Kepley

FORM Barre + Fitness

“County Clare” - arr. David Steinquest

Jeremy Brunk

Brian Justison

“Monograph IV” - Richard Gipson

“Prism” - Keiko Abe

Rich Holly on the podcast in 2020

“The Odyssey, According to Penelope” - Kevin Bobo

“Rebonds B A” - Iannis Xenakis

“(Manipulation)” - Brian Wach

Watership Down - Richard Adams

Third Coast Percussion

Gino’s East Chicago

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

“To The Earth” - Frederic Rzewski

The Percussionists’ Guide to Injury Treatment and Prevention - Darin Workman

Raves:

The Musician’s Toolbox - Diane Petrella and Nick Petrella

Majoring in Music - Rich Holly

Majoring in Education - Rich Holly and Lemuel Watson

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 343 - Nadia Azar

May 4, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Windsor (ON) Associate Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Nadia Azar stops by to talk about her teaching and research job at Windsor (02:45), her research on drumset players, what she’s learned so far, and related research she’s interested in pursuing in the future (13:10), the town of Windsor and more about the university (41:20), growing up on the outskirts of Windsor, playing piano for many years, her love of musicals and rock power ballads, and the power of grit in musical and sports training (45:40), her undergraduate and graduate study, the challenges of the job market, and the research side of her field (59:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including portions on the challenges of the academic job market, being a woman in the science field, the Harry Potter books, what to do when visiting Windsor, and the inspiring work of architect and designer Hector Guimard (01:23:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front (01:58:50).

Links:

Nadia Azar’s University of Windsor page

Mike Mangini

Body Media Fit

Jeff Burrows

“Injury Prevention Considerations” - Nadia Azar

Mike Mangini’s slow motion drumming and cymbal hits

Hexoskin Smart Shirts

“Tell Me On a Sunday” - Andrew Lloyd Webber

“Memory” - Andrew Lloyd Webber

“Can You Feel the Love Tonight” - Elton John

“A Whole New World” - Aladdin

“Can’t Fight This Feeling” - REO Speedwagon

“High Enough” - Damn Yankees

“Sister Christian” - Night Ranger

“When I’m With You” - Sheriff

“Home Sweet Home” - Motley Crue

“Making Love Out of Nothing At All” - Air Supply

“This Is Me” - The Greatest Showman

“Roll With the Changes” - REO Speedwagon

Harry Potter

The Lord of the Rings

CSI

South Park

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga trailer

Step Brothers trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street trailer

Saw trailer

The Outlander Series - Diana Gabaldon

All Souls Series - Deborah Harkness

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

Windsor’s Little Italy

Walkerville, Ontario

Lake Erie Wine Trail

Ojibway Nature Center

Point Pelee

Hector Guimard

Raves:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 342 - James Yakas

April 27, 2023 Pete Zambito

VanderCook College of Music (IL) Percussion Professor James Yakas stops by to talk about his job, its unusual components, and teaching music education students of all ages (02:15), growing up in the Detroit (MI) area, learning drumset and getting into marching band, and his baseball background and Detroit Tigers fandom (28:05), going to the University of North Texas (UNT) for undergrad (51:00), Northern Illinois University for his master’s (58:45), taking faculty posts at the University of Central Florida and in Minneapolis before teaching at the University of Texas at Arlington and getting his doctorate at UNT (01:06:35), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of Martin Scorcese, Star Wars movies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Detroit deep-dish pizza, and the PASIC 2022 climate change exhibit (01:21:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2018 documentary McQueen (01:48:15).

Links:

James Yakas’s VanderCook page

Cort McClaren on the podcast in 2022

VanderCook’s Continuing Education program (MECA)

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

Charley Poole

“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin

“The Right Time” - Ray Charles

Troy Hall on the podcast in 2020

Chris Romanowski

James Campbell

Bluecoats DCI

Santa Clara Vanguard DCI

Alan Trammell highlights

Pete DeSalvo

Detroit Tigers win 1984 World Series

NY Yankees win 1977 World Series

Rich Holly on the podcast in 2020

Robert Chappell

Clifford Alexis

Orlando Cotto

Midlife: A Philosophical Guide - Kieran Setiya

Omar Carmenates on the podcast in 2018

Thad Anderson

Fernando Meza on the podcast in 2020

Jeff Ausdemore

Michael Varner

Andrew Eldridge on the podcast in 2022

Mark Ford

“Concerto Piccolino” - Milton Babbitt

The Godfather trailer

Baseball - Ken Burns

Star Wars: Episode Two - Attack of the Clones trailer

Seinfeld trailer

Curb Your Enthusiasm trailer

Clif Walker on the podcast in 2021

“Cocktails for Two” - Spike Jones

Detroit Deep Dish pizza

Michael Gould

Keith Also on the podcast in 2020

Raves:

Lee Alexander McQueen and Ann Ray

McQueen documentary trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 341 - Aiyun Huang (Part 2)

April 20, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Toronto Percussion Professor Aiyun Huang returns to talk about coming to North America and studying with NEXUS and the challenges of moving and being a student in Canada (02:10), studying at the University of Toronto for undergrad (10:10), going to Paris to study theatrical percussion (21:15), going to the University of California-San Diego for her doctorate and publishing a book and DVD on theatrical percussion (34:45), teaching at McGill University (Canada) (46:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including working in the percussion field as a woman, her favorite restaurants all over the world, discussions of cooking, the world badminton championships, and the L’Orangerie in Paris (56:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 narrative podcast Holy Week (01:26:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Aiyun Huang

Aiyun Huang’s website

NEXUS Percussion

Russell Hartenberger

Robin Engelman

From Me Flows What You Call Time - Toru Takemitsu

Vinko Globokar

Georges Aperghis

Ju, Tzong-Ching

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

Bernard Woma

Steven Schick

Persaphassa - Iannis Xenakis

soundSCAPE

Banff Centre

Transplanted Roots Research Symposium

Musee L’Orangerie

Rothko Chapel

Raves:

Holy Week podcast

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 340 - Aiyun Huang (Part 1)

April 13, 2023 Pete Zambito

University of Toronto Percussion Professor Aiyun Huang stops by to talk about her teaching job at the University of Toronto (03:00), managing the soundSCAPE Music festival that occurs annually in Europe (21:40), her PASIC 2022 performance of David Bithell’s Windward and issues related to performing with technology (41:50), and growing up in Taiwan and Canada, studying piano and developing her perfect pitch, and her early percussion development (01:01:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 film Clemency (01:14:50).

Links:

Aiyun Huang’s website

Aiyun Huang’s University of Toronto page

soundSCAPE

Banff Centre

National Youth Orchestra of Canada

McGill University Percussion