Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts (CA) Director of Pop Music Studies and Music Media Entertainment Technology Chair Danielle Collins stops by to talk about her job there (02:05), her work with WGI group Pulse Percussion (26:30), growing up in Rancho Cucamonga, CA (44:00), studying percussion at Cal State-Fullerton and Cal State-Long Beach for undergrad, teaching high school band and orchestra, and transitioning to her new career (51:05), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including sections on navigating the band world as a woman, terrible movies, Atomic Habits, Formula One Racing, and the Street Art Museum in Amsterdam (01:08:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Afire (01:27:30).

Danielle Collins Links:

Danielle Collins’ website

Pulse Percussion

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Amanda Duncan in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Other Links:

Jaime Knight

Final Cut Pro

“Stars and Stripes Forever” - John Philip Sousa

“Respect” - Aretha Franklin

“Superstition” - Stevie Wonder

“Surfer Girl” - The Beach Boys

“Rebel Rebel” - David Bowie

Pulse Percussion on America’s Got Talent

Ian Grom

John Mapes

Michael Carney

Backdraft trailer

Moneyball trailer

Formula 1: Drive to Survive trailer

Happiness for Beginners trailer

Hellboy (2004) trailer

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Sergio Perez

Rams-Bengals Super Bowl 56

Street Art Museum - Amsterdam

Raves:

Afire trailer

University of Central Florida Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities Jeff Moore stops by to talk about his job at UCF, the massive growth of the school, growing the program, and bringing on other faculty (03:30), discussions of motivation and drive (35:35), his administrative career there (42:10), growing up in California, his early percussion encounters and years in DCI, and his time in Mock Trial and Mock Congress in high school (01:01:35), more about his time at North Texas and Wisconsin-Madison (01:24:00) and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of the challenging nature of higher education finance, great books, playing Steve Reich’s “Nagoya Marimbas” for elementary school students, and taking in great music in Europe (01:40:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Beyoncé’s 2023 Renaissance tour (02:05:00).

Links:

Jeff Moore’s UCF page

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Clif Walker in 2021

Tom Burritt in 2021

Omar Carmenates in 2018

Julia Gaines in 2016

John Wooten in 2022

James Yakas in 2023

Other Topics/Folks Mentioned:

Forrest Elledge

Tony Cirone

Bob Kalkofen

Galen Lemmon

Bob Schietroma

Ron Fink

Ed Soph

Jim Lattimer

Robert Petta

Beth Gottlieb

Michael Gould

Randall Eyles

Dave Weckl

Madison Scouts

Ron Ellis

Dennis Rogers

Kirk Gay

Thad Anderson

Star of Indiana

Crossmen

Phantom Regiment

James Campbell

George Frock

Lynn Glassock

Jim Petercsak

Gordon Stout

Michael Burritt

Michael Udow

Gary Cook

Alexander Cartwright

Ralph Hardimon

Tom Float

Santa Clara Vanguard

Blue Devils

Fred Sanford

Jim Casella

The New Breed - Gary Chester

Lalo Davila

Paul Rennick

Kennan Wylie

Lee Beddis

“Malagueña” - Madison Scouts 1988

Max Roach

William Kraft

Ney Rosauro

Amadeus trailer

Like Water for Chocolate trailer

Malcolm Gladwell

Factfulness - Hans Rosling

Factfulness - TED Talk

“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich

Syracuse Brigadiers

The Flying Dutchman Overture - Richard Wagner

The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi

Macbeth Overture - Giuseppi Verdi

The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci

Raves:

Beyoncé website

Percussionist, Educator and Entrepreneur Mariana Ramirez stops by to talk about freelancing in New York City, working on Broadway, and her experiences with the COVID shutdown (03:05), all things Excelsis Percussion (16:15), growing up in Mexico City, her late entry into studying music full-time, her extracurricular activities, and the vast size of her hometown (31:15), studying at Rutgers University (NJ) and the challenging transition to a new country (54:15), her life post-undergrad, revving up her freelancing career, and managing her mental health (01:05:25), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on students taking on too much, her experiences as a woman in the percussion world, Mexico-U.S. Soccer relations, the greatness of Mexican food, and the musical Hadestown (01:17:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!? (01:41:50).

Links:

Mariana Ramirez’s website

Excelsis Percussion

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Marcelina Suchocka in 2022

Britton-René Collins in 2023

Other Links:

SIX The Musical

Once on This Island

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Merrily We Roll Along

Head Over Heels

Caixa Trio

“Hyperballad” - Björk (performed by Excelsis Percussion)

Conservatorio Nacional de Musica

Alondra de la Parra

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

Back to the Future trailer

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring trailer

The Mandalorian trailer

Isabel Allende

“Whenever, Wherever” - Shakira

Machu Picchu

Hadestown

Raves:

Is That Black Enough For You?!? trailer

University of South Carolina’s Assistant Professor of Jazz Colleen Clark returns to discuss her time at Ithaca College (NY) for undergrad (02:10), more about her time at SUNY-Purchase for her Master’s and the University of North Texas for her doctorate (11:55), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of incorporating drumset and jazz into traditional methods and history courses, scatting, her loves of tennis, soccer and basketball, New England Pizza and driving, and Jackson Pollock (19:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Oppenheimer (01:05:35).

Colleen’s Links:

Colleen Clark’s website

Colleen Clark’s USC page

Part 1 with Colleen Clark

Previous Podcast Guest Links:

Scott Herring in 2022

Other Links:

Gordon Stout

Matt White

Greene Street United Methodist Church

Ed Soph

John Riley

Alexander Lepak

Nancy Zeltsman

Mark Guiliana

Village Vanguard

Thelonious Monk - Robin D.G. Kelley

Billy Higgins

Frankie Dunlop

Roy Haynes

Art Blakey

Ben Riley

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra Live at Town Hall

Hall Overton

Bob Breithaupt

Jazz Education Network

Allison Miller

Duke Ellington

Jelly Roll Morton

Louis Armstrong

Cindy Blackman Santana

Quentin E. Baxter

Ranky Tanky

A’ja Wilson USC highlights

Good Hands Drum Shop

Arnold trailer

Joe Wieder

Terminator trailer

The Bob’s Burgers Movie trailer

Sophisticated Giant - Maxine Gordon

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

Bad Mexicans - Kelly Lyle Hernández

Look: The Story of Kenny Clarke - Mike Hennessey

Tony Williams

Ella Fitzgerald - syllabic choice in Scat Singing - Justin Binek

Novak Djokovic

Serena Williams

Iga Swiatek

Carlos Alcaraz

Marta

Carli Lloyd

Aliyah Boston

Diana Taurasi

Candace Parker

Chelsea Gray

Rafa Nadal

Patrick Mouratoglu YouTube

Pete Sampras

Mia Hamm

Megan Rapinoe

Family Pizza

Pepe’s Pizza

Sally’s Apizza

Brevard Jazz Institute

Jackson Pollock

Raves:

Oppenheimer trailer

University of South Carolina (USC) Assistant Professor of Jazz Colleen Clark stops by to talk briefly about Art Blakey (02:10), her responsibilities at USC and getting the job (05:15), her composing and arranging career, creating Jazz Girls Day, women who play instrumental jazz, “cats”, and getting prepared for the job market (32:00), and growing up in Connecticut, her early years playing jazz and making connections, and her youth sports careers in cross country and equestrian show jumping (01:04:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Barbie (01:24:20).

Links:

Colleen Clark’s homepage

Colleen Clark’s USC page

Previous Podcast folks:

Scott Herring from 2022

Other links:

Art Blakey

Steve Maxwell Drums

Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Branford Marsalis

Jacob Will

Diana Taurasi at UConn

Dawn Staley

Geno Auriemma

A’ja Wilson

Matt White

Michael Dease

Rodney Whitaker

Jazz Girls Day

Sheila E.

Terri Lynne Carrington

Cindy Blackman Santana

Biblioteca Nacional de México

Corridos of the Mexican Revolution

Quentin Baxter

CC and the Adelitas

Ricky Riccardi

Jazz Education Network

International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Mary Lou Williams

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz

“Twilight World” - Marian McPartland

Tad Dameron

Cecil Taylor

Viola Smith

Sophisticated Giant - Maxine Gordon

Thelonious Monk - Robin D.G. Kelley

Kenny Clarke

Marian Anderson

James Baldwin

Summer Camargo

Wynton Marsalis

Essentially Ellington

Syndicate Performances UNT

Freddie Crump

Alexander Lepak

Louie Bellson

John Riley

Jon Faddis

Gordon Stout

Mark Fonder

Stephen Peterson

Ed Soph

Green Mountain Running Camp

Candace Parker

Raves:

Barbie trailer

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, Steel Pan Artist, and Santa Margarita High School (CA) Director of Percussion Studies Amanda Duncan returns to talk about her undergrad at CSU-Long Beach (03:00), her master’s degree from Northern Illinois (10:20), moving back to CA to start her career, and waiting tables (31:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including portions discussing Respect for Steel Pan, Dolly Parton, Harry Potter, cooking, and SIX The Musical (42:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One (01:02:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Amanda Duncan

Amanda Duncan’s website

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Angela Kepley in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Raynor Carroll in 2023

Other Links:

Brad Dutz

Randy Drake

Liam Teague

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” - steel pan arrangement

Robert Chappell

Ben Wahlund

Big Bear Lake (CA)

Mammoth Mountain (CA)

Clifford Alexis

Mark Ford

“Northern Lights” - Eric Ewazen

Christopher Deane

Greg Beyer

The All-American Drummer - Charley Wilcoxon

Mia Gormandy-Benjamin

Mission Vista Steel Drum Program

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial trailer

Harry Potter

Yuko Asada

Silver Stars Steel Band (Trinidad)

SIX The Musical

Raves:

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One trailer

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, Steel Pan Artist, and Santa Margarita Catholic High School (CA) Director of Percussion Studies Amanda Duncan stops by to talk about her job responsibilities (and the challenging situation she took over there), freelancing in CA, and the teaching of high school steel band and drumset (02:00), her involvement with PAN ROCKS! (29:40), and growing up in Long Beach (CA), her interests in tennis, gaming, and musical theater, and her beginnings in percussion (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2005 book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (01:06:20).

Guest Links:

Amanda Duncan’s website

Links to previous podcast folks mentioned:

Angela Kepley in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Raynor Carroll in 2023

Other Links:

Interstate 5, California

“S—- People Say in L.A.”

Nick Kraus

The Black Keys on Spotify

Logic Pro

GarageBand

Reaper

Ableton

MainStage

Tracy Thornton

Whiskey a Go Go

Joseph Peck

PAN ROCKS! RUSH

“YYZ” - PAN ROCKS!

“GoldenEye 007” video game

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Sound of Music

Oliver!

Annie

“Pretty Fly for a White Guy” - The Offspring

Chris Stevens

Evelyn Glennie

Sheila E.’s Drum solo from Sign O’ The Times

Lynda Sue Marks

“Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude” - J.S. Bach

Michael Rosen

Karen Ervin Pershing

Brad Dutz

Randy Drake

Raves:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Percussionist, Educator, and Founder/Director of The Percussion Conservatory Joshua Vonderheide returns to talk about getting his Master’s Degree at Juilliard (NY) and Artist’s Diploma from Rice University (TX) (01:35) before settling into the Random Ass Questions segment, including portions on good mentorship, challenging life situations, The Matrix, great books and sports performers, South Asian food, and A.I. art (15:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Past Lives (01:02:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Joshua Vonderheide

The Percussion Conservatory Website

Joshua Vonderheide’s website

Kovner Fellowship (Juilliard)

Matthew Strauss

William Hudgins

Daniel Druckman

Markus Rhoten

Gary Vaynerchuk

The Matrix trailer

The Room trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

Kelton Koch

Roger Federer highlights

Steph Curry highlights

Kobe Bryant highlights

Brendan Hansen highlights

Michael Phelps highlights

Katie Ledecky highlights

Icarus trailer

Sugar Land Space Cowboys

Beef Rendang

Sarawak Laksa

Whataburger

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Benjamin Britten

Little Blue Devil - Paul Klee

“Go” Board Game

Raves

Past Lives trailer

Percussionist, Educator, and creator of the Percussion Conservatory Joshua Vonderheide stops by to talk about his professional symphony experiences with the Malaysian Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony (03:15), the origins and operations of the Percussion Conservatory (22:05), growing up outside Houston (TX), his beginnings in percussion, and his experiences as a competitive swimmer (42:00), and his undergrad years of at Juilliard (NY) (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Monica (01:26:50).

Links to Previous Podcast Episodes:

Julia Gaines in 2016

Megan Arns in 2016

Edward Choi in 2023

Will James in 2017

Mike Sammons in 2022

Other Links:

The Percussion Conservatory

Joshua Vonderheide

Houston Symphony

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Chad Crummel

ExPat Car Sales

Pius Cheung

Nancy Zeltsman

Matthew Strauss

Ethiopia’s Shadow in America - Florence Price

“Cortege” from Mlada - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Craig Hauschildt

Eric Harper

Michael Webster

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphony No. 5 - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Brendan Hansen, swimmer

Michael Phelps’ diet

Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar

Greg Zuber

Dan Druckman

AXIOM Ensemble

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

Raves:

Monica trailer

Recent Mizzou Masters of Music Graduate in Percussion Performance Jeremiah Ingram stops by talk about his 2022 Masters recital (02:15), his responsibilities as Graduate Teaching Assistant with Marching Mizzou’s drumline, staying for a third year, the saturation of the music field, and heading to the University of Kentucky to start his doctorate in the Fall (08:00), growing up in Opelika, Alabama, being a first-generation college student, his high school percussion experiences, and being part of the Future Business Leaders of America (27:45), attending Auburn University (AL) for undergrad (43:45), his process of auditioning and preparing to come to Mizzou (01:04:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including the challenges of attending Primarily White Institutions (PWIs), great movies, the Boston Celtics, and great books and poetry (01:14:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (01:40:30).

Links:

Guests from Previous Podcast Episodes mentioned:

Jordan Nielsen

Stephen Landy

Clif Walker

Megan Arns

Josh Jones

Other Links:

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Complexus” - Paul Rennick

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Over the Rainbow” - Robert Oetomo

“As One” - Gene Koshinski

“Eight on 3 and Nine on 2” - Robert Marino

Rick Holland

Michael McGlynn

Future Business Leaders of America

“The Kick 6” - Auburn vs. Alabama 2013

Mizzou vs. Auburn 2022 college football

The @Percussion Podcast

“Transformation of Pachelbel’s Canon” - arr. Nanae Mimura

Epic Movie trailer

Glory Road trailer

Radio trailer

1986 Boston Celtics

2008 Boston Celtics

Author David Goggins

The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle

The Inner Game of Music - Tim Gallwey and Barry Green

JP Bouvet

Maya Angelou and Poetry

A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson

Raves:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer