Indiana University Lecturer in Music Andy Miller stops by to talk about his percussion position at IU and the opportunities for creative concert outlets (03:00), being on the 2025 PASIC New Music/Research panel on Percussion and Dance and his prior teaching position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (22:15), growing up in Dayton (OH) and getting into music and sports (39:40), attending Wright State (OH) for undergrad (53:30), going to the University of Illinois for the Master’s and changing his career focus (01:00:10), winning a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Colombía, Bang on a Can, and working in commercial cabinetry (01:12:05), his doctoral studies at IU (01:26:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions on student mental health, Momofuku noodles, great movies, video games, Dayton pizza, and the writing of Wendell Berry (01:33:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 animated film Arco (01:52:00).

Andy Miller Links:

Andy Miller’s IU page

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021

Drew Tucker in 2026

Meridythe Witt in 2026

William Moersch in 2019

Fernando Meza in 2020

Other Links:

Michael Spiro

Wayne Wallace

Latin American Music Center

John Tafoya

Joseph Gramley

Christopher Lamb

Merce Cunningham

Beto Torrens

Jerry Noble

Ricardo Flores

Carlos Vives

Robert E. Brown Center for World Music

Mamady Keita

Bolo Conde

Giovanni Hidalgo

Juri Seo

Thomas Turino

“Rhythm Gradation” - Toshi Ichiuyanagi

Bang on a Can Summer Festival

“2x5” - Steve Reich

Jorge Alabé

Lars and the Real Girl trailer

The Room trailer

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Hollow Knight trailer

Underworld trailer

Marion’s Pizza

Wendell Berry

Raves:

Arco trailer