Recent Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate from the University of Missouri Matthew Hinkle stops by to talk about his Master’s degree recital program (03:35), his graduate assistantship duties in percussion and recording services (11:10), his interactions with the Mizzou faculty, his enjoyment of the grad cohort there, and his future in percussion (29:00), growing up in the St. Louis area, getting into percussion, and his years in DCI and WGI (44:40), his time attending community college while prepping for DCI auditions as well as getting starting working with high school drumlines (01:00:45), his undergrad years at Lindenwood University (MO) (01:07:15), his path to getting to Mizzou and more about his time as a percussion student (01:16:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on WGI and DCI and how they supplement the undergrad percussion student, the bad movie Anaconda, cooking, great books, classic video games, and the music of Richard Strauss (01:27:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2026 film I Love Boosters (01:54:40).

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2016

Julia Gaines-Montag in 2016

Troy Hall in 2020

Clif Walker in 2021

Connor Stevens in 2021

Other Links:

Great Plains International Marimba Competition

“Caleidoscopio” - Gene Kosinski

“Canaries” - Elliot Carter

“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“White Pines” - Michael Burritt

The Missouri Symphony

Blue Devils DCI

Freedom Percussion WGI

2019 Blue Devils show

Sebastian Buhts

David Arns

Interstellar trailer

Anaconda trailer

The Percussionist’s Art - Steven Schick

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

Musashi’s Dokkodo

DOOM trailer

Diablo IV trailer

Imo’s Pizza

Ein Heidenleben - Richard Strauss

Raves:

I Love Boosters trailer