@ percussion podcast

Joining us this week is Doug Perkins. Doug has commissioned and premiered over 100 pieces and works with such composers as David Lang, Steve Reich, Paul Lansky, John Luther Adams, Nathan Davis, Larry Polansky, Christian Wolff, Glenn Kotche, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Tristan Perich. He founded the So Percussion and the Meehan/ Perkins Duo, and performs regularly with Signal, eighth blackbird, the Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW, and others. He currently teaches at The Boston Conservatory.
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If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello
1:15 What's up? Being the Dept. Chair?
3:27 Where/how did you fall in love with drums?
7:16 TBC merging with Berklee?
9:44 New Music Gathering in Boston?
13:41 Casey: What's the sound? Acoustic Dispersion. Massive and excellent laser sound/laser tag tangent
26:00 Getting big projects off the ground? Chosen Vale percussion seminar?
35:09 Ben: Bang On a Can -Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon
47:10 Doug's podcast series, 5 Days With Doug.
50:43 How you see electronic music as it relates to percussion?

This week we are joined by Justin Alexander (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Luis Rivera (University of South Alabama) of the Novus Percutere duo! NP aims to perform and commission works that appeal to their similar tastes in contemporary, rock, pop, and classical music. In addition to performing concerts around the United States, they released their first full length album entitled "symmetry | reflection" in 2015.
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0:00 Intro and hello
2:12 Upcoming projects?
4:50 Being in a long-distance duo?
13:14 Laurel/Ben: Goal setting with a sense of realism, and
psychology of unrealistic goals
bullet journals, action based and goal based.
24:45 Plans to preserve practice time.
27:55 The new album and commissions?
37:09 Camber music competition / Costa Rica
47:30 Diversity and the John Mackey Midwest booth

Joining us this week is renowned soloist and "Ambassadress of Polish Percussion Art:" Katarzyna Mycka. She travels the world frequently, performing, adjudicating, and teaching. In addition to teaching in Stuttgart, Germany, she is the Artistic Director of her own academy: International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Academy, founded in 2003.
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If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 intro and hello
1:10 Our top PASIC recommendations
10:00 Intro to Katarzyna Mycka
11:45 Fernando Meza: How is the marimba received today by professional concert organizations?
13:20 The first CD - Marimba Spiritual
16:33 Favorite CD of yours?
19:20 Tracy: When picking rep., what are the traits you look for in those pieces?
21:30 Ben: Working with Anna Ignatowicz?
28:50 Laurel: Would it help the rep. if marimbas decided a standard size?
32:42 Relationship with Marimba One and Ron Samuels?
35:35 Ben: Anders Koppel
40:30 Marimba and piano combination
47:22 Tracy: Other playing you're doing/have done? How has it influenced your marimba playing?
49:20 Favorite instrument to play with along with marimba?
50:40 Casey: How do you feel about the current solo rep.? Studying other percussion?
59:00 Ben: Do you see any big differences from European and US marimba players?
1:01:35 Tracy: Future for marimba?
1:04:00 What's next for you?

Patti Niemi has been a member of the percussion section of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1992. She has several recordings to her credit, from opera productions to chamber percussion works.
Recently published in her memoir Sticking it Out. About it, author Kevin Smokler writes: "Sharp like a flam, resonant like the end of a roll, Sticking it Out is everything you want a music memoir to be: funny, honest and memorable."
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0:00 intro and hello
2:43 Why write Sticking It Out? The process of writing this?
6:11 Julliard, at the time.
10:20 Deciding boundaries of what to share in the book? Sexual harassment
18:45 "Can't be done by a woman" ?!
24:20 Long term anxiety?
27:45 Auditions today, tenure.
30:28 Bringing a bad attitude
33:43 Laurel: International Women's Brass Conference. Four rolls women fill
45:10 Happening lately in the Opera?
49:02 Favorite Opera hits?
52:47 How has the book changed things for you as a percussionist?
55:15 Advice for young people?
57:20 Gary Burton quote

Joining us this week are Micah Detweiler and Cristian Good. Micah is a percussion educator in the public schools in Indiana, and Cristian works at the musical superhouse Sweetwater.
Cristian also has experience recording drum corps and marching percussion. Whether you're about to graduate and start teaching, or are teaching those about to be teachers, this is an enlightening episode.
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0:00 Intro and hello
5:15 Your favorite thing about working at Sweetwater?
8:15 Some things you wish you new going in as a new public school teacher?
20:32 Tips for building ensembles in public school?
27:50 Campus "free speech"
51:05 Getting students more well rounded?
57:30 Getting timpani taught at a young age?
1:01:20 Budgeting