Since our last conversation with Mike was cut short, we gathered again to finish topics and have Mike answer our remaining questions.

Topics: memorization, how to practice, Joshua Drake Jones viral video, Keiko Abe's music arriving in the US

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0:00 Intro and hello

1:23 James Wood’s “Cloud Polyphonies”

4:13 Eli Gerschat: The Oberlin Percussion Group premieres at least one new piece a year. How do you prepare your students for a premiere and what effect do you think this has on them early in their careers?

6:01 Importance of commissioning new music for our genre

8:12 Early Japanese marimba literature

10:25 Advent of one-handed rolls and 5-6 mallet pieces

13:07 Keiko Abe’s first concerts in the United States

16:08 Teaching Japanese marimba music in the Western tradition

19:00 Marimba Spiritual and current contact with Keiko Abe

28:14 Practice and memorization strategies

38:57 Megan: Joshua Jones Rhythm! Scene article / Uproxx video produced by Honda

42:42 Trajectory of the orchestral percussion scene / playing drumset in orchestras

49:23 Advancing our field by commissioning new music

57:40 Wrap