Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 404 - Erin Walker Bliss (Part 2)

July 18, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Kentucky Professor Erin Walker Bliss returns to talk about her master’s degree years at DePaul University (IL) (01:40), getting her doctorate at the University of Kentucky, studying with Jim Campbell, the challenges of raising kids with a spouse in the same field, and getting better at hosting folks (10:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on “Chopping Out”, her experiences as a woman in the fields of percussion and ethnomusicology, great movies and books, the Olympics, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables, Lego, and much more (21:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film S.F.W. (56:45).

Erin Walker Bliss Links:

Part 1 with Erin Walker Bliss

Erin Walker Bliss’s Central Music Academy page

Erin Walker Bliss’s University of Kentucky page

Other Podcast Guests mentioned:

Abby Fisher from 2021

Other Links:

The Parent Trap trailer

Happy Gilmore trailer

Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling

The Anne of Green Gables Series - LM Montgomery

The Guns of Navarone - Alistair Maclean

The Space Shuttle Challenger

The Space Shuttle Columbia

Free Solo trailer

“Fly Away” - Lenny Kravitz

Cumberland Falls State Park

National Guild for Community Arts Education

The Kennedy Center

Grandma Moses

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Raves:

S.F.W. trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 403 - Erin Walker Bliss (Part 1)

July 11, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Kentucky Senior Lecturer of Global Music and Central Music Academy Director Erin Walker Bliss stops by to talk about her job at UK, the world of ethnomusicology, living in another state, and her research on Scottish Pipe Band Music (04:00), the Central Music Academy, its mission, and working in the non-profit world (38:00), growing up (mostly) in DeKalb, IL, her father the vulcanologist and music connoisseur, starting percussion relatively late, working in tech theater and her time as an Academic Bowl star (51:30), and her undergrad years at Northern Illinois University (01:05:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary series Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution (01:16:45).

Erin Walker Bliss Links:

Erin Walker Bliss’s Central Music Academy page

Erin Walker Bliss’s University of Kentucky page

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Andy Bliss from 2023

Brad Meyer from 2021

Matthew Geiger from 2019

Rich Holly from 2020

Raychel Taylor from 2020

James Yakas from 2023

Alexis C. Lamb from 2021

Kristie Ibrahim from 2024

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 402 - Sean Daniels (Part 2)

July 5, 2024 Pete Zambito

Alcorn State University (MS) Chair for the Department of Fine Arts Sean Daniels returns to the show to talk about his work as a middle school and high school teacher after his master’s degree, working at Hampton University (VA) and getting recruited to work at Benedict College (SC) and getting connected to UNCG for his doctorate (04:15), his time working on his doctorate, his hectic schedule, the two of us playing together, and working with Cort McClaren (45:00), and closing with a portion of the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of developing well-rounded percussionists, his extensive history and mission working at HBCUs and the good and bad of his time within the Percussive Arts Society, and the many works of art that have inspired him (01:05:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the David Halberstam’s 1981 masterpiece The Breaks of the Game (01:50:30).

Sean Daniels Links:

Part 1 with Sean Daniels

Sean Daniels’ website

Sean Daniels at Alcorn State

Colour of Music Festival

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Cort McClaren in 2022

Kenyon Williams in 2017

Jovon Milford in 2021

Thomas Spann, Jr. in 2021

Derrick Greene in 2021

Eric Willie in 2022

Mark Ford in 2023

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Other Links:

“Gnomes and Other Twilight Creatures” - Dan Moore

“Bag’s Groove” - Milt Jackson

“All Night Long” - Lionel Richie

Bolero - Maurice Ravel

“That Will Be Good Enough For Me” - Rance Allen

Tribute to Wayne Shorter at Kennedy Center Honors

Links:

The Breaks of the Game - David Halberstam

Bill Simmons on The Breaks of the Game

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 401 - Sean Daniels (Part 1)

June 27, 2024 Pete Zambito

Alcorn State University (MS) Fine Arts Chair, Percussion Teacher, and Instrumental Coordinator (and Pete’s DMA colleague) Sean Daniels stops by to talk about his HBCU gig, getting back into administration, and rebuilding Alcorn’s percussion and music program (04:30), more about the ASU’s Sounds of Dynamite, faculty and recruitment, famous Alcorn alums and local rivalries (23:45), growing up in Chicago and Dayton (OH), having family members in the arts, choosing percussion, and how he ended up at the HBCU Alabama State University for undergrad (37:00), his high school sports career and going to a year-round high school in a co-op program (01:03:30), highlights of his marching band career in high school and college (01:14:00), and his time getting his master’s degree at The Ohio State University (01:40:55).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (02:03:45).

Sean Daniels links:

Alcorn State position announcement

Sean Daniels website

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Cort McClaren in 2022

Jeff Calissi in 2016

Nathan Daughtrey in 2016

Other Links:

Steve McNair

Michael Clarke Duncan

Medgar Evers

Hiram Revels

Alcorn State Sounds of Dynamite

Barney Smart

Lawrence Welk

“Take the A Train” - Duke Ellington

Bolero - Maurice Ravel

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

John Paxson

Drumline trailer

Dr. William P. Foster

Jayne Kennedy

William “The Refrigerator” Perry

Journey Through an Electric Tube - Mike Maineri

Raves:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 400 - DAVID GRUBB, FIVE-TIME GUEST

June 20, 2024 Pete Zambito

A very special Episode indeed! Hard In The Paint Sports Media Owner David Grubb returns for his 5thappearance on Pete’s Percussion Podcast to discuss being the first member of the PPP 5-Timers Club, SNL, Wake Forest and Tim Duncan (04:30), gives a brief thumbnail sketch of his life and career (11:15), working as a Sports Information Director, working in radio and podcasting, and the importance of building relationships (21:30), his recent work doing color commentary for college basketball and his thoughts about actors playing basketball players (34:15), The Name, Image, and Likeness situation and the Transfer Portal for college sports (49:00), how AI is affecting sports and media, and HITP (01:05:10), thoughts about actors and movies (01:17:10), and the Random Ass Questions segments, with discussions on David’s dislike of the “GOAT” conversations, Hip Hop today, social connectivity, great books, more about David and my connection (01:24:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 Documentary Series Algiers, America (02:05:00).

David Grubb Previous Podcast Appearances:

Episode 2 from 2016

Episode 32 from 2017

Episode 104 from 2018

Episode 181 from 2020

David Grubb’s Media Company

Hard in the Paint

Other Links:

Tim Duncan Wake Forest Highlights

Randolph Childress

Dave Odom

MLBbro.com

“Fight the Power” - Public Enemy

JD & The Straight Shot

Quincy trailer

Tom Rinaldi

The Sports Reporters

ESPN Edge NFL Matchup

The Fall Guy trailer

Transformers: The Movie trailer

“BBYGRL” - Nitty Scott

Method Man on Summer Jam 2024

Outkast 2014 Live

Prince Super Bowl Halftime 2007

“Can You Stand the Rain” - New Edition

The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons

Classic Wiley - Ralph Wiley

An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X with Alex Haley

Giant Steps - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Too Big to Fail - Andrew Ross Sorkin

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Raves:

Algiers, America trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 399 - Kevin von Kampen (Part 2)

June 13, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor Kevin von Kampen returns to discuss getting his master’s degree at USF and moving to Florida (02:15), working in middle school and high school, teaching drumlines, and freelancing with many pop artists on their tours, including Weird Al Yankovic (15:30), getting his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, praise for the city of Cincinnati, and his accomplishments there (30:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of building diverse repertoire, building a closet of crazy outfits and costumes, his impression of me hosting the podcast, sports fandoms, and his love for performing karaoke (42:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Maria Konnikova’s 2020 nonfiction book The Biggest Bluff (01:27:00).

Kevin von Kampen links:

Kevin von Kampen’s website

Kevin von Kampen’s USF page

Part 1 with Kevin von Kampen from the previous week

Previous podcast guests mentioned:

Allen Otte’s 2024 appearance

Alexandros Fragiskatos’s 2019 appearance

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 398 - Kevin von Kampen (Part 1)

June 6, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor (and Pete’s Percussion Podcast superfan) Kevin von Kampen stops by to talk (briefly) about some podcast items (05:20), his job at USF and other percussion activities (06:20), his work with the Contemporary Art Music Project in Tampa (28:40), growing up in Southwest Iowa (and near Omaha), his drummer-playing mom, and playing guitar and drums growing up (39:05), and his undergrad years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornhusker sports and marching band, and the challenge of morning rehearsals (56:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (01:18:50).

Kevin von Kampen Links:

Kevin von Kampen’s website

Kevin von Kampen’s USF website

Contemporary Art Music Project

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Other Links:

“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard

Dana Murray

Tony Falcone

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Carolyn Barber

Drum Music - John Mackey

Raves:

STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 397 - Sarah Hasekamp

May 30, 2024 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Sarah Hasekamp stops by to talk about the challenging literature she’s recently played, studying under multiple percussion teachers at Mizzou, her GTA responsibilities, her master’s degree cohorts, and doing a master’s degree at the same place as her partner (03:40), growing up in Pattonville (MO), her musical background, playing golf, and building Mizzou connections while in high school (30:25), her undergrad years at Murray State University (KY) (43:50), her path to getting to the Mizzou program (01:06:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on marching band in percussion education, being a woman in the field of percussion, managing a Dairy Queen, Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter books, and Jacob Collier (01:15:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (01:47:30).

Sarah Hasekamp Link:

Sarah performing for Pattonville High School in 2022

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines in 2016

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2019

Nathan Daughtrey in 2016

Alexis C. Lamb in 2021

Miles Bohlman in 2024

Other Links:

“Prism Rhapsody” - Keiko Abe

“Post-Lightened” - Alexis C. Lamb

“Khamsin” - Emmanuel Séjourné

“Blue Soul” - Michael Burritt

Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

“El Alacrán” - David Cutler

“Firefish” - Blake Tyson

“Café 1930” - Astor Piazzolla

Peter Lea

Trae Blanco

John Fannin

The Fellowship of the Ring trailer

The Great Wall trailer

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins

2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series

Djesse Volume 4 - Jacob Collier

Raves:

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 396 - 2nd ABOP in LA, 2024

May 23, 2024 Pete Zambito

The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP) is having their 2nd annual “ABOP in L.A.” event starting this weekend, May 26 – 31, 2024! ABOP Co-Founder and Mentor Douglas Cardwell stops by along with his ABOP Protégé Torrance Buntyn Jr. to discuss the origins of ABOP and how the mentorship program works (03:35), the first ever ABOP in L.A. last year (12:10), the experience of being an African American in the arts (19:10), stories about auditioning for orchestral positions (26:10), the reason for ABOP’s existence and getting away from the gatekeeping of information from previous generations and populations (42:30), and the events of the 2024 ABOP in L.A. (51:30).

Please support ABOP!

Links:

Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists webpage

Douglas Cardwell’s website

Torrance Buntyn Jr.’s website

Douglas Cardwell on the podcast in 2019

Raynor Carroll on the podcast in 2023

Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast in 2019

Josh Jones on the podcast in 2020

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 395 - Miles Bohlman

May 16, 2024 Pete Zambito

Recent University of Missouri Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Miles Bohlman stops by to talk about his various grad program recitals (04:45), his Graduate Assistantship with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and finishing the degree (21:15), growing up in the Chicago (IL) suburbs, his musical family, playing soccer goalie growing up, and his marching band activities (39:30), going to Illinois State for his undergrad (58:15), his high school band and percussion job out of undergrad, teaching during COVID restrictions, and keeping up his percussion chops through playing with British-style Brass Bands (01:10:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making curry, when he worked for his city’s Public Works Department, Nicholas Cage movies, Barbara Kingsolver, and his Chicago Sports Team Fandom (01:23:40).

Finishing with a Rave on Kelefa Sanneh’s 2021 book Major Labels (01:50:10).

Miles Bohlman links:

Miles Bohlman’s TCP page

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines in 2016

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Other Links:

David Collier

Benjamin Stiers

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Asventuras” - Alexej Gerassimez

“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska

“Azul” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier

Nine French-American Rudimental Solos - Joseph Tompkins

Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

The Golden Ratio

“Valseana” - Sergio Assad

“Jobiniana No. 1” - Sergio Assad

“Marking Time” - Chris P. Thompson

Alarm Will Sound

“Insomnia” - Cody Holmes

33 “God” - Bon Iver

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

Eric Hollenbeck

José G. Martinez

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

Symphony No. 3 - Thomas Trachsel

In C - Terry Riley"

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George

Fountain City Brass Band

North American Brass Band Association

“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy

The Princess Bride trailer

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer

Mandy trailer

Paddington trailer

Paddington 2 trailer

Pursuit of Happyness trailer

Barbara Kingsolver

“hemenway” - Tiny Habits

Caleb Williams

Derrick Rose

“meditation for water, wind & metal” - Elizabeth A. Baker

About Time trailer

Raves:

Major Labels - Kelefa Sanneh

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 394 - Kristie Ibrahim

May 9, 2024 Pete Zambito

Montreal-based Freelance Percussionist and Educator Kristie Ibrahim stops by to talk about Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, teaching at McGill University, the city of Montreal and the expansion of the university (03:00), growing up in Saskatchewan (Canada), her piano background, the great teachers and colleagues involved in her percussion development, and her time doing highland dancing (25:30), her years in undergrad at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), discussions of practice habits, showing grace, and living in Eastern Canada (49:30), her two years with Strike Percussion Ensemble in New Zealand and performing choreographed percussion works (01:02:50), her masters degree time at McGill and living in Montreal (01:14:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of practice habits, her experiences in the percussion field as a woman, her love of baking, the A&E Pride and Prejudice series from the 1990s, historical fiction, and the importance of great audiobook narrators (01:24:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Challengers (01:56:50).

Kristie Ibrahim links:

Kristie Ibrahim’s McGill University page

Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Shawn Mativetsky in 2023

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Victoria Sparks in 2016

Other Links:

Fabrice Marandola

Leigh Howard Stevens Percussion Seminar

D’Arcy Gray

NEXUS Percussion

Pleiades - Iannis Xenakis

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

Architek Percussion

Drumming - Steve Reich

The Canadian Percussion Network

Jan Jarvlepp

Canadian Brass

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Scottish Sword Dance Competition

Pride and Prejudice 1995 trailer

Lilo & Stitch trailer

Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay

Kate Quinn

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan

USA - Canada 2024 Women’s Hockey World Cup

Raves:

Challengers trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 393 - Kathryn Yuill

May 2, 2024 Pete Zambito

United States Air Force Academy Band Percussionist and Drummer Kathryn Yuill stops by to talk about her military band job, the active scheduling and performing with all of the ensembles that occurs, and living in Colorado Springs (02:20), what it’s like to play in military bands, the audition process, and freelancing and subbing in Colorado (13:20), her internship with the Percussive Arts Society in 2017, the logistics of PASIC, and her recent presentation at 2023 Midwest Band Clinic (23:00), growing up in Wisconsin, getting into drumset and concert percussion, playing golf and participating in the YMCA’s Youth & Government Program (36:00), attending the University of Minnesota for undergrad (48:25), her years as a masters student at Indiana University, the importance of recording during practice sessions, and living and working in the St. Louis area (01:00:15), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the importance of drumset in overall percussion study, being a woman in the percussion field, great books, gardening, Minnesota sports, and her Beyoncé fandom (01:19:35).

Finishing with a Rave on Jocelyn Neal’s Country Music (01:49:50).

Kathryn Yuill Links:

Kathryn Yuill’s US Air Force webpage

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Kevin Bobo in 2017

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Josh Gottry in 2020

Fernando Meza in 2020

Jason Haaheim in 2018

Other Links:

U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America

Steve Houghton

John Tafoya

“Wood, Metal, Skin” - Josh Gottry

“Come Together” - The Beatles

“Rain Dance” - Alice Gomez

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Concerto No. 1 for Marimba - Ney Rosauro

YMCA Youth & Government

Instruction Book for Xylophone - George Hamilton Green

Peter Kogan

“Glory and Grandeur” - Russell Peck

“Corker” - Libby Larsen

“An Extraordinary Correspondence” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Memories” - Ney Rosauro

Michael Spiro

“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt

The Sound of Music trailer

“I Have Confidence” - Julie Andrews

From Justin to Kelly trailer

Emily Henry

Becoming - Michelle Obama

A Promised Land - Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama

Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Raves:

Country Music - Jocelyn Neal

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 392 - Ginny Armstrong

April 25, 2024 Pete Zambito

Iowa City-based percussionist, educator, and band leader Ginny Armstrong stops by to talk about her teaching responsibilities in and around Iowa, teaching community steel band, and performing regularly (03:50), growing up in West Virginia, playing organ, and getting into percussion (30:00), attending West Virginia University for her undergrad (44:30) and her master’s (59:15), moving to Nashville after her master’s, living and working there, and then going to the University of Iowa for her doctorate (01:09:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the field of percussion, cooking Thanksgiving dinner, great and terrible movies, David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris, Iowa women’s basketball, and some unusual gigs (01:30:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri and the chance to moderate a panel (02:01:30).

Ginny Armstrong link:

Melissa’s Music Studio

Other Links:

Dan Moore

“Baja” - Steel band traditional

“Jamaica Farewell” - Steel Band Traditional

New Horizons International Music Association

Adam Mason

Keiko Abe

Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra - Paul Creston

“March” - Elliot Carter

The Texas Tenors

Lalo Davila

West Virginia vs. Iowa 2024 NCAA tourney

Nick Miller

Chaconne in D Minor - JS Bach/marimba

Dune: Part 2 trailer

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood trailer

Masters of the Air trailer

Saw trailer

The Matrix Resurrections trailer

Mad Max: Fury Road trailer

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer

The Queen’s Gambit trailer

Anne Rice

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris

Strangers with Candy trailer

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence - Amy Sedaris

“Lay All Your Love on Me” - Caroline Shaw with Sö Percussion

Raves:

Unbound Book Festival

How Can I Help You - Laura Sims

Poet-Librarians in the Library of Babel - Sommer Browning and Shannon Tharp, editors

Margaret Conroy - DBRL

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 391 - Eri Isomura (Part 2)

April 18, 2024 Pete Zambito

Minneapolis-based percussionist Eri Isomura returns to talk about how she recovered from overuse injuries physically and mentally after undergrad (02:05), her time as a grad student at the Boston Conservatory (MA), studying with great teachers, attending summer festivals, and why it’s so challenging to have a performance career in Boston (12:55), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions segment, including portions on being a woman in the field of percussion, Japanese food, great books, private Karaoke rooms, and Andy Warhol (34:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Nashville (01:11:00).

Eri Isomura Links:

Eri Isomura’s Website

10th Wave Collective

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matt McClung in 2022

Keith Aleo in 2020

Other Links:

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

Snakes on a Plane trailer

Speak, Okinawa - Elizabeth Miki Brina

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me - Bess Kalb

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Crazy Rich Asians trilogy - Kevin Kwan

Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

“Don’t Stop Believin’” - Journey

Andy Warhol - “Art is what you can get away with”

Raves:

Nashville trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 390 - Eri Isomura (Part 1)

April 11, 2024 Pete Zambito

Minneapolis (MN)-based freelance percussionist and educator Eri Isomura stops by to discuss her freelancing work, 10th Wave Music, networking, and the amount of planning needed to put it all together (03:40), her responsibilities when she taught at St. Olaf (MN), changes in her life once she became a mom, and the “Three M’s of Freelancing” (22:30), more about 10th Wave Collective and her entrepreneurship training in Boston (33:25), growing up in Minneapolis, her father the cellist, and her extensive piano background (42:20), and discusses her time as an undergrad at St. Olaf, the development of one’s musical taste, and how to create great sound from percussion instruments (56:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 book Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library (01:15:00).

Eri Isomura Links:

Eri Isomura’s website

10th Wave Collective

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matt McClung in 2022

Matthew Coley in 2021

Other Links:

American Composers Forum

New Music U.S.A.

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 23 - W.A. Mozart

Ballade No. 1 - Frederic Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

The Golden Girls TV theme song

Sonatas and Interludes - John Cage

American Songbook No. 1 - George Crumb

Raves:

Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library - Amanda Oliver

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 389 - Allen Otte (Part 2)

April 4, 2024 Pete Zambito

Allen Otte returns to talk about getting to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, taking over the percussion program, establishing the Percussion Group Cincinnati at the school, and building a program (01:40), the changing personnel of PGC, commissioning composers, performing with students, being the “institutional memory”, and his decision to retire (17:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on percussion literature choices, “Otte-speak”, diversity issues, The Met Opera Online, English novels, sports in the 1960s, and Renaissance Choral Music (38:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Nick Tosches’ 2005 book on Arnold Rothstein (01:12:05).

Allen Otte Links:

Part 1 with Allen Otte

The Innocents

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Other Links:

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Mark Saya

Lou Harrison

Tár trailer

Eugene Onegin - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Middlemarch - George Eliot

Jane Austen

Thomas Hardy

Charles Dickens

The 1960s Green Bay Packers

Warren Spahn

Henry Aaron

Lift-Off - Russell Peck

“Ave Maria” - Josquin des Prez

“Sick cervus” - Giovanni da Palestrina

“Ave Maria” - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Raves:

King of the Jews - Nick Tosches

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 388 - Allen Otte (Part 1)

March 28, 2024 Pete Zambito

Retired Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Professor, co-founder of BlackEarth Percussion Group and the Percussion Group Cincinnati, and performing percussionist Allen Otte stops by to talk about his current work with an early music improvisational group and The Innocents Project with John Lane (03:50), growing up in Sheboygan, WI, playing in church and with polka bands, his beginnings in piano and percussion, and studying with Michael Rosen (32:20), attending Oberlin (OH) for undergrad and getting into improvisation and new chamber music (43:50), and his work with BlackEarth, “inhaling music” vs. building repertoire and programs, and eventually making his way to CCM (56:40).

Finishing with a Rave on Ireland, its people, and its parades (01:17:30).

Allen Otte Links:

Percussion Group Cincinnati’s PAS Hall of Fame page

The Innocents

Previous Podcast Guest Mentioned:

John Lane in 2023

Other Links:

Anthony Braxton

“The Fall of the Empire” - Frederick Rzewski

Herbert Brün

Garry Kvistad

“Guantanamera” - Pete Seeger

“If I Had A Hammer” - Peter, Paul, and Mary

“So What” - Miles Davis

“My Favorite Things” - John Coltrane

Michael Rosen

Richard Weiner

Cloyd Duff

George Hamilton Green

“Log Cabin Blues” - G.H. Green

The Polka Belt in the USA

“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

“Concertino for Marimba” - Paul Creston

George Szell

Pierre Boulez

“Oiseaux Exotiques” - Olivier Messiaen

The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Music for a Summer Evening” - George Crumb

Jan Williams

“Suite for Percussion” - Lou Harrison

“Inuksuit” - John Luther Adams

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

“Bolero” - Ravel

“Atmospheres” - György Ligeti

“String Quartet” - Witold Lutoslawski

String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Raves:

Marching Mizzou at St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 387 - Bill Sallak

March 14, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music Professor Bill Sallak stops by to talk about his job and dual role as director of percussion and audio engineering, working previously at Kent State (OH), Akros Percussion Collective, and manufacturing his own percussion items (03:20), growing up near Buffalo (NY), his interests in science and math, and watching transcendent athletes and teams (29:05), attending SUNY-Fredonia for undergrad (48:40), his research into J.S. Bach’s music transcribed for marimba (56:25), attending the University of Akron (OH) for his master’s and accompanying for modern dance (01:06:30), his sabbatical year at Ohio University and his doctoral studies at Arizona State (01:20:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on flexibility in performance, making pasta sauce, Invisible Cities, great percussion music, and Barbara Kingsolver (01:35:50).

Finishing with a Rave on Marissa R. Moss’s 2022 book Her Country (01:57:50).

Bill Sallak Links:

Bill Sallak’s homepage

Bill Sallak’s UWGB page

Bill’s version of the JS Bach Cello Suites

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Kay Stonefelt

Other Links:

Phoenix Studios

Center for Games and Interactive Media

“Mutatis Mutandis” - Herbert Brün, performed by Akros Percussion Collective

“Bird of Passage” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Steven Schick

“Piano Concerto” - Györgi Ligeti

“Nothing is Real” - Alvin Lucier

Michael Rector

Larry Snider

Thomas Siwe

“Sextet” - Steve Reich

Domino Hasek Highlights

Pat LaFontaine Highlights

Golden State Warriors 2015-2016 Highlights

Liverpool FC wins 2020 Champions League

Jurgen Klopp

Mo Salah highlights

Bernard Woma

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Jean Geoffroy

Leigh Howard Stevens

J.J. Quantz on Ornamentation

Wieland Kuijken

Merce Cunningham

Joan Meggitt

“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang

Roger Braun

J.B. Smith

Mark Sunkett

Anner Bylsma - Bach Cello Suites

Paul Tortelier - Bach Cello Suites

Decasia trailer

Michael Gordon and the Bang on a Can All-Stars

Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino

“Hold On I’m Comin’” - Sam and Dave Live

The NOW Pizzeria - Hamburgh, NY

“Top of the Hill” - Tom Waits

“Tom Traubert’s Blues” - Tom Waits

“A Valentine Out of Season” - John Cage

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Raves:

Her Country - Marissa R. Moss

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 386 - Arin Levy (Part 2)

March 7, 2024 Pete Zambito

Denver-based sound bath specialist and freelance percussionist Arin Levy returns to talk about getting their DMA from Alabama, falling out of interest in getting a teaching job, and their personalized dissertation (01:35), getting into sound baths, moving to Denver, and working for MakeMusic (19:25), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions segment, with segments on the 432 Hz Debate, their experience in Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, terrible jobs, the extensive Star Wars universe, the Twilight movies, traveling internationally, and Everything Everywhere All At Once (27:15).

Finishing with a Rave with 2 films from the True/False Documentary Film Festival (01:07:10).

Arin Levy Links:

Part 1 with Arin Levy

Enso Sounds

Other Links:

Tim Feeney

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

Pauline Oliveros TedX Talk

“Bor——-H” - Anthony Braxton

The Bad Batch trailer

Twilight Saga - “Doesn’t He Own A Shirt?”

Tao Te Ching

The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff

Luigi’s Restaurant in Akron, OH

Robert McClure

Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer

Raves:

Daughters

This is Going to Be Big trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 385 - Arin Levy (Part 1)

February 29, 2024 Pete Zambito

Denver (CO)-based percussionist Arin Levy stops by to talk about Enso Sounds, gong selection, dealing with logistics, and the business of sound baths (03:15), growing up in Canton (OH), drum corps, playing trombone, and their involvement in theater (26:40), their undergrad years at Ohio University (36:55), going to Eastern Kentucky for master’s and teaching as a sabbatical replacement (47:00), and living in Indianapolis after the master’s degree, teaching high school drumlines, working with Jeff Queen, and freelancing (57:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (01:03:10).

Arin Levy Links:

Enso Sounds

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Becca Laurito in 2023

Other Links:

Gongs Unlimited

Tim Feeney

Steven Schick

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Bill Hamilton

Glassmen DBC