Louis and I chat about how to teach culture in a steelband class, especially if you have no background in it (ie. A music educator who takes a job and has a class to teach)  Louis had some great questions that definitely got me thinking. Really enjoyed it.

Mekka and I chat about the Derek Chauvin verdict among many other things.  I also met her ball python Ogie.  I always enjoy chatting with Mekka.  Hope you do to.

Part two of my two part chat with composer and percussionist Ivan Trevino

Louis is percussionist, composer, and steel pan player.  We chat about his work on contemporary pan playing among other things.

Nicholas was a student at SoSI years ago and is now into speed running.  We had a great chat about what they are working on now as well as talk about coming out as non-binary. 

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Maria studied at University of Miami and Yale University and is based in Poland.  It was great to chat with Maria and learn about her studies as a kid in Poland and what it was like to study in the states. 

Krissy is a Minneapolis based percussionist and improviser.  She studied at NIU University with Greg Beyer and Cliff Alexis and Liam Teague.  She also is currently studying Tabla.  It was great to chat with Krissy and learn about her approach and chat about studying with Cliff, one of our mutual heroes.

Josh is a colleague from the Univ of Akron who is now living in California and is exploring the world of improv theater as well as amateur wrestling as a manager and commentator.

Tracy is a steel drummer living in North Carolina.  He has a project called Pan Rocks he’s been developing over the past decade, focusing on arrangements of rock and metal songs for steelband.  His outlook on education in pan is really unique and inspiring.  Tracy and I played in Phase II Pan Groove in Trinidad and Tobago in 2002.