University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor Kevin von Kampen returns to discuss getting his master’s degree at USF and moving to Florida (02:15), working in middle school and high school, teaching drumlines, and freelancing with many pop artists on their tours, including Weird Al Yankovic (15:30), getting his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, praise for the city of Cincinnati, and his accomplishments there (30:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of building diverse repertoire, building a closet of crazy outfits and costumes, his impression of me hosting the podcast, sports fandoms, and his love for performing karaoke (42:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Maria Konnikova’s 2020 nonfiction book The Biggest Bluff (01:27:00).

Kevin von Kampen links:

Kevin von Kampen’s website

Kevin von Kampen’s USF page

Part 1 with Kevin von Kampen from the previous week

Previous podcast guests mentioned:

Allen Otte’s 2024 appearance

Alexandros Fragiskatos’s 2019 appearance

Other links:

Robert McCormick

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Stuart Saunders Smith

Nancy Zeltsman

“Five Scenes from the Snow Country” - Hans Werner Henze

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

Willie Taggart

Skip Holtz

“Smells Like Nirvana” - Weird Al

“Pinball Wizard” - The Who

“To Love Somebody” - Michael Bolton

“O' Pretty Woman” - Roy Orbison (hologram)

Circles - Luciano Berio

James Culley

Rusty Burge

“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang

Kevin Holzman

Joel Garza

5 Days with Doug podcast

Boston Conservatory Percussion Database

Sam Solomon

Wet Hot American Summer trailer

School of Rock trailer

Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer

Captain Fantastic trailer

Madame Web trailer

Say Anything trailer

Black Widow/Before It Had a Name trailer

Silence - John Cage

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - opening song

“What’s Up” - 4 Non Blondes

“Grace Kelly” - Mika

“Take Your Mama” - Scissor Sisters

The Wild Beaver Saloon in Indianapolis

Aaron Butler

“Say It Ain’t So” - Weezer

“Roses” - Outkast

“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” - Michael Jackson

Salvador Dalí Museum in Tampa Bay

Modern Notebook podcast

Raves:

The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor (and Pete’s Percussion Podcast superfan) Kevin von Kampen stops by to talk (briefly) about some podcast items (05:20), his job at USF and other percussion activities (06:20), his work with the Contemporary Art Music Project in Tampa (28:40), growing up in Southwest Iowa (and near Omaha), his drummer-playing mom, and playing guitar and drums growing up (39:05), and his undergrad years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornhusker sports and marching band, and the challenge of morning rehearsals (56:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (01:18:50).

Kevin von Kampen Links:

Kevin von Kampen’s website

Kevin von Kampen’s USF website

Contemporary Art Music Project

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Dave Hall in 2020

Other Links:

Eunmi Ko

Calvin Falwell

Bob McCormick

Benjamin D. Whiting

Baljinder Sekhon II

“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard

Dana Murray

Tony Falcone

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Carolyn Barber

Drum Music - John Mackey

Raves:

STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. trailer

Recent Mizzou Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Sarah Hasekamp stops by to talk about the challenging literature she’s recently played, studying under multiple percussion teachers at Mizzou, her GTA responsibilities, her master’s degree cohorts, and doing a master’s degree at the same place as her partner (03:40), growing up in Pattonville (MO), her musical background, playing golf, and building Mizzou connections while in high school (30:25), her undergrad years at Murray State University (KY) (43:50), her path to getting to the Mizzou program (01:06:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on marching band in percussion education, being a woman in the field of percussion, managing a Dairy Queen, Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter books, and Jacob Collier (01:15:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (01:47:30).

Sarah Hasekamp Link:

Sarah performing for Pattonville High School in 2022

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines in 2016

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2019

Nathan Daughtrey in 2016

Alexis C. Lamb in 2021

Miles Bohlman in 2024

Other Links:

“Prism Rhapsody” - Keiko Abe

“Post-Lightened” - Alexis C. Lamb

“Khamsin” - Emmanuel Séjourné

“Blue Soul” - Michael Burritt

Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

“El Alacrán” - David Cutler

“Firefish” - Blake Tyson

“Café 1930” - Astor Piazzolla

Peter Lea

Trae Blanco

John Fannin

The Fellowship of the Ring trailer

The Great Wall trailer

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins

2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series

Djesse Volume 4 - Jacob Collier

Raves:

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP) is having their 2nd annual “ABOP in L.A.” event starting this weekend, May 26 – 31, 2024!  ABOP Co-Founder and Mentor Douglas Cardwell stops by along with his ABOP Protégé Torrance Buntyn Jr. to discuss the origins of ABOP and how the mentorship program works (03:35), the first ever ABOP in L.A. last year (12:10), the experience of being an African American in the arts (19:10), stories about auditioning for orchestral positions (26:10), the reason for ABOP’s existence and getting away from the gatekeeping of information from previous generations and populations (42:30), and the events of the 2024 ABOP in L.A. (51:30).

Please support ABOP!

Links:

Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists webpage

Douglas Cardwell’s website

Torrance Buntyn Jr.’s website

Douglas Cardwell on the podcast in 2019

Raynor Carroll on the podcast in 2023

Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast in 2019

Josh Jones on the podcast in 2020

Recent University of Missouri Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Miles Bohlman stops by to talk about his various grad program recitals (04:45), his Graduate Assistantship with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and finishing the degree (21:15), growing up in the Chicago (IL) suburbs, his musical family, playing soccer goalie growing up, and his marching band activities (39:30), going to Illinois State for his undergrad (58:15), his high school band and percussion job out of undergrad, teaching during COVID restrictions, and keeping up his percussion chops through playing with British-style Brass Bands (01:10:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making curry, when he worked for his city’s Public Works Department, Nicholas Cage movies, Barbara Kingsolver, and his Chicago Sports Team Fandom (01:23:40).

Finishing with a Rave on Kelefa Sanneh’s 2021 book Major Labels (01:50:10).

Miles Bohlman links:

Miles Bohlman’s TCP page

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines in 2016

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Other Links:

David Collier

Benjamin Stiers

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Asventuras” - Alexej Gerassimez

“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska

“Azul” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier

Nine French-American Rudimental Solos - Joseph Tompkins

Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

The Golden Ratio

“Valseana” - Sergio Assad

“Jobiniana No. 1” - Sergio Assad

“Marking Time” - Chris P. Thompson

Alarm Will Sound

“Insomnia” - Cody Holmes

33 “God” - Bon Iver

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

Eric Hollenbeck

José G. Martinez

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

Jake Harpster

Phantom Regiment

Sarah Whitlock

Cavaliers DCI

Dan Moore

Symphony No. 3 - Thomas Trachsel

In C - Terry Riley"

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George

Fountain City Brass Band

North American Brass Band Association

“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy

The Princess Bride trailer

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer

Mandy trailer

Paddington trailer

Paddington 2 trailer

Pursuit of Happyness trailer

Barbara Kingsolver

“hemenway” - Tiny Habits

Caleb Williams

Derrick Rose

“meditation for water, wind & metal” - Elizabeth A. Baker

About Time trailer

Raves:

Major Labels - Kelefa Sanneh

Montreal-based Freelance Percussionist and Educator Kristie Ibrahim stops by to talk about Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, teaching at McGill University, the city of Montreal and the expansion of the university (03:00), growing up in Saskatchewan (Canada), her piano background, the great teachers and colleagues involved in her percussion development, and her time doing highland dancing (25:30), her years in undergrad at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), discussions of practice habits, showing grace, and living in Eastern Canada (49:30), her two years with Strike Percussion Ensemble in New Zealand and performing choreographed percussion works (01:02:50), her masters degree time at McGill and living in Montreal (01:14:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of practice habits, her experiences in the percussion field as a woman, her love of baking, the A&E Pride and Prejudice series from the 1990s, historical fiction, and the importance of great audiobook narrators (01:24:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Challengers (01:56:50).

Kristie Ibrahim links:

Kristie Ibrahim’s McGill University page

Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Shawn Mativetsky in 2023

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Victoria Sparks in 2016

Other Links:

Fabrice Marandola

Leigh Howard Stevens Percussion Seminar

D’Arcy Gray

NEXUS Percussion

Pleiades - Iannis Xenakis

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

Architek Percussion

Drumming - Steve Reich

The Canadian Percussion Network

Jan Jarvlepp

Canadian Brass

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Scottish Sword Dance Competition

James Faraday

Michael Baker

Banff Centre

Jeremy Fitzsimons

Pride and Prejudice 1995 trailer

Lilo & Stitch trailer

Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay

Kate Quinn

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan

USA - Canada 2024 Women’s Hockey World Cup

Raves:

Challengers trailer

United States Air Force Academy Band Percussionist and Drummer Kathryn Yuill stops by to talk about her military band job, the active scheduling and performing with all of the ensembles that occurs, and living in Colorado Springs (02:20), what it’s like to play in military bands, the audition process, and freelancing and subbing in Colorado (13:20), her internship with the Percussive Arts Society in 2017, the logistics of PASIC, and her recent presentation at 2023 Midwest Band Clinic (23:00), growing up in Wisconsin, getting into drumset and concert percussion, playing golf and participating in the YMCA’s Youth & Government Program (36:00), attending the University of Minnesota for undergrad (48:25), her years as a masters student at Indiana University, the importance of recording during practice sessions, and living and working in the St. Louis area (01:00:15), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the importance of drumset in overall percussion study, being a woman in the percussion field, great books, gardening, Minnesota sports, and her Beyoncé fandom (01:19:35).

Finishing with a Rave on Jocelyn Neal’s Country Music (01:49:50).

Kathryn Yuill Links:

Kathryn Yuill’s US Air Force webpage

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Kevin Bobo in 2017

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Josh Gottry in 2020

Fernando Meza in 2020

Jason Haaheim in 2018

Other Links:

U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America

Steve Houghton

John Tafoya

“Wood, Metal, Skin” - Josh Gottry

“Come Together” - The Beatles

“Rain Dance” - Alice Gomez

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Concerto No. 1 for Marimba - Ney Rosauro

YMCA Youth & Government

Instruction Book for Xylophone - George Hamilton Green

Peter Kogan

“Glory and Grandeur” - Russell Peck

“Corker” - Libby Larsen

“An Extraordinary Correspondence” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Memories” - Ney Rosauro

Michael Spiro

“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt

The Sound of Music trailer

“I Have Confidence” - Julie Andrews

From Justin to Kelly trailer

Emily Henry

Becoming - Michelle Obama

A Promised Land - Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama

Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé trailer

Raves:

Country Music - Jocelyn Neal

Iowa City-based percussionist, educator, and band leader Ginny Armstrong stops by to talk about her teaching responsibilities in and around Iowa, teaching community steel band,  and performing regularly (03:50), growing up in West Virginia, playing organ, and getting into percussion (30:00), attending West Virginia University for her undergrad (44:30) and her master’s (59:15), moving to Nashville after her master’s, living and working there, and then going to the University of Iowa for her doctorate (01:09:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the field of percussion, cooking Thanksgiving dinner, great and terrible movies, David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris, Iowa women’s basketball, and some unusual gigs (01:30:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri and the chance to moderate a panel (02:01:30).

Ginny Armstrong link:

Melissa’s Music Studio

Other Links:

Dan Moore

“Baja” - Steel band traditional

“Jamaica Farewell” - Steel Band Traditional

Iowa Flood of 2008

Phil Faini

Ellie Mannette

Mat Britain

Pan Rocks

Tracy Thornton

New Horizons International Music Association

Adam Mason

Keiko Abe

Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra - Paul Creston

“March” - Elliot Carter

The Texas Tenors

Lalo Davila

West Virginia vs. Iowa 2024 NCAA tourney

Nick Miller

Chaconne in D Minor - JS Bach/marimba

Dune: Part 2 trailer

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood trailer

Masters of the Air trailer

Saw trailer

The Matrix Resurrections trailer

Mad Max: Fury Road trailer

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer

The Queen’s Gambit trailer

Anne Rice

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris

Strangers with Candy trailer

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence - Amy Sedaris

“Lay All Your Love on Me” - Caroline Shaw with Sö Percussion

Raves:

Unbound Book Festival

How Can I Help You - Laura Sims

Poet-Librarians in the Library of Babel - Sommer Browning and Shannon Tharp, editors

Margaret Conroy - DBRL

Minneapolis-based percussionist Eri Isomura returns to talk about how she recovered from overuse injuries physically and mentally after undergrad (02:05), her time as a grad student at the Boston Conservatory (MA), studying with great teachers, attending summer festivals, and why it’s so challenging to have a performance career in Boston (12:55), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions segment, including portions on being a woman in the field of percussion, Japanese food, great books, private Karaoke rooms, and Andy Warhol (34:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Nashville (01:11:00).

Eri Isomura Links:

Eri Isomura’s Website

10th Wave Collective

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matt McClung in 2022

Keith Aleo in 2020

Other Links:

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

Nancy Zeltsman

Sam Solomon

Doug Perkins

Okonomiyaki

Arrival trailer

Parasite trailer

Snakes on a Plane trailer

Speak, Okinawa - Elizabeth Miki Brina

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me - Bess Kalb

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Crazy Rich Asians trilogy - Kevin Kwan

Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

“Don’t Stop Believin’” - Journey

Andy Warhol - “Art is what you can get away with”

Raves:

Nashville trailer

Minneapolis (MN)-based freelance percussionist and educator Eri Isomura stops by to discuss her freelancing work, 10th Wave Music, networking, and the amount of planning needed to put it all together (03:40), her responsibilities when she taught at St. Olaf (MN), changes in her life once she became a mom, and the “Three M’s of Freelancing” (22:30), more about 10th Wave Collective and her entrepreneurship training in Boston (33:25), growing up in Minneapolis, her father the cellist, and her extensive piano background (42:20), and discusses her time as an undergrad at St. Olaf, the development of one’s musical taste, and how to create great sound from percussion instruments (56:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 book Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library (01:15:00).

Eri Isomura Links:

Eri Isomura’s website

10th Wave Collective

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matt McClung in 2022

Matthew Coley in 2021

Other Links:

Heartland Marimba

Peter Klatzow

Doodle

LettuceMeet

Dave Hagedorn

Nancy Zeltsman

Black Lives Matter

American Composers Forum

New Music U.S.A.

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 23 - W.A. Mozart

Ballade No. 1 - Frederic Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

The Golden Girls TV theme song

Sonatas and Interludes - John Cage

American Songbook No. 1 - George Crumb

Raves:

Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library - Amanda Oliver