After Pete recollects a whirlwind Thanksgiving week with Marching Mizzou, Queensland Conservatorium at Griffith University (AUS) Percussion Professor Rebecca Lloyd-Jones stops by to discuss her PASIC 2022 performance, the percussion music canon, the challenges of playing experimental music, and Steve Shick (05:00), her teaching position, finishing up her doctorate, and her research on lesser-known percussion composers who are women (32:50), getting the job in Australia and the city of Brisbane (46:15), growing up in Queensland, her piano and percussion background and her undergrad experience (58:15), touring with a dance company after undergrad, her years performing with the Australian Navy Band, and getting her master’s degree later in her career (01:16:45), more about UC-San Diego and Steve Schick (01:37:05), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including diverse and diversity-lacking programs, great authors, and enjoying visual art (01:41:50).

Finishing with a Rave of Appreciation for everyone connected to Marching Mizzou (02:10:00).

Links:

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones personal website

“The Snakes Are Loose” - Natasha Anderson

“Allegro Ma Non Troppo” - Unsuk Chin

“Rebonds A.B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Bone Alphabet” - Brian Ferneyhough

Sarah Hennies

Steven Shick

Pauline Oliveros

Erick Hawkins Dance Company

Mark Ford

Robert Oetomo

Vanessa Tomlinson

“Dust” - Rebecca Saunders

Synergy Percussion

Roots and Rhizomes

Marta Ptaszynska

Die Hard trailer

Die Hard 2 trailer

Autobiography of Red - Anne Carson

Orwell’s Roses - Rebecca Solnit

The Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector

“Sunday Morning” - Maroon 5

“My Love is Your Love” - Whitney Houston

Uluru

Kakadu National Park (AUS)

Chiharu Shiota

Raves:

Marching Mizzou at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

University of North Alabama (UNA) Percussion Professor Tracy Wiggins returns to talk about his upcoming PASIC 2022 Virtual Session on Improvisation (03:30), updates from UNA (13:45), how the COVID pandemic was handled at his school (23:00), joining the PAS Board of Advisors (36:50), and a shortened Random Ass Questions portion, including discussions of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, great books, Braum’s, and Gemma Peacocke’s “Death Wish” (43:15).

Finishing with a Preview of Pete’s PASIC 2022 Virtual Session on Using and Creating Podcasts to Improve your Teaching (01:03:20).

Links:

Tracy Wiggins’ appearance on the podcast in 2017

Tracy Wiggins’ PASIC page

Tracy Wiggins’ University of North Alabama page

Virtual PASIC Registration

Gloria Yehilevsky’s appearance on the podcast in 2018

Tim Feeney

Aaron Michael Butler

Alice Pan’s appearance on the podcast in 2018

University of North Alabama percussion faculty

Neil Grover

Andrea Venet’s appearance on the podcast in 2018

Scott Johnson

Bob Becker

Til Eulenspiegel - Richard Strauss (horn solo)

Impressions on Wood - Julie Davila

Four-Mallet Marimba Playing - Nancy Zeltsman

Sequential Studies for Four-Mallet Marimba - Julia Gaines

Exercises, Etudes, and Solos for the Timpani - Raynor Carroll

Momentum - Patricia Islas

Dracula - Bram Stoker

The Energy Bus - Jon Gordon

Braum’s

Head Country BBQ

Death Wish - Gemma Peacocke

Rave:

Pete’s Virtual PASIC Session Info

It’s PASIC 2022 time! We have Part 2 of our Annual Preview Episodes, focusing on presentations by Bri Wiegand (01:40), Becca Laurito (15:45), Ksenija Komljenovic and Liana Harron (Vesna Duo) (38:00), Aundre Wesley (54:20), Jillian Baxter (on behalf of the PAS Diversity Alliance Panel) (01:09:45), and Neil Grover (01:23:35).

Links:

PASIC 2022

PASIC 2022 Preview (Part 1)

Bri Wiegand

Becca Laurito

Vesna Duo

Aundre Wesley

Jillian Baxter and the Diversity Alliance Panel

Neil Grover

It’s PASIC 2022 time! We have Part 1 of our Annual Preview Episodes, focusing on presentations by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (02:10), Adam Groh (20:00), Karli Viña (35:00), Christopher Thompson (59:20), and Cameron Leach (01:17:50).

Links:

Percussive Arts Society’s PASIC website

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones

Adam Groh and WCU’s Percussion Ensemble

Karli Viña

Christopher Thompson

Cameron Leach

Composer, Percussionist, and Educator Ivan Trevino returns to the podcast to update us on life since his previous appearance in 2017, including his family, teaching full-time at UT-Austin, and his composition project for Eastman (02:20), his current composing influences and experiences teaching composition (15:50), issues he ran into during the first 18 months of the pandemic as well as writing for non-percussion-specific genres (36:10), and goes for another round of the Random Ass Questions, including IDE issues, the upcoming Men’s Soccer World Cup, his San Antonio Spurs, and basketball coach Becky Hammon (44:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Tár (01:20:15).

Links:

Ivan Trevino’s 2017 interview on the podcast

Ivan Trevino’s website

Todd Meehan’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Tom Burritt’s 2021 appearance on the podcast

Natalia LaFourcade’s 2017 NPR Tiny Desk concert

“Immigrant Song” - Ivan Trevino

“Faceshopping” - SOPHIE

“Libertango” - Astor Piazzolla/Sammut arr (from Pete’s 2022 recital)

Michael Burritt

Megan Arns on the podcast in 2017

Jacob Nissly

Leigh Howard Stevens

“Asphalt Cocktail” - John Mackey

“My Lady White” - David Maslanka

Paige DeDecker

Nief-norf

Mark Boseman on the podcast in 2019

Jerry Junkin

Ryan Kelly

“My Pretend Music School” - Ivan Trevino, 2014

USA - Mexico 2002 World Cup

Victor Wembanyama vs. Scoot Henderson

Spurs vs. Mavs 2006 Game 7 Western Conference Semis

Spurs vs. Heat 2013 NBA Finals Game 6

Spurs vs. Heat 2014 NBA Finals Game 5

Drew Tucker

Becky Hammon

Dawn Staley

Sue Bird on 60 Minutes

GOOD LUCK

Joe Bean Roasters

Desnudo Coffee

“Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” - Selena

“Basket Case” - Green Day

Song Exploder podcast

SI Media Podcast: Adnan Virk

Raves:

Tár trailer

University of Texas-Arlington Percussion Director Andrew Eldridge returns to talk about his doctoral studies at TCU, his research on crowdfunding, and the early years at UTA (03:15) and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on social media networking and breaks, mental health and the importance of family, and his love of Science Fiction movies and books (29:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream (01:04:20).

Links:

Part 1 with Andrew Eldridge

Andrew Eldridge’s webpage

Andrew Eldridge’s UTA webpage

Brian West

Michael Varner

Richard Gipson

“Image” - Martin Blessinger

“Prelude to Paradise” - Jacob Remington

“Critical Mass” - Matt Moore

“Nocturne” - Pius Cheung

“Occhio” - Casey Cangelosi

“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George

“Vespertine Formations” - Christopher Deane

“The Night Watch” - Joseph Blaha

“Palace of Nine Perfections”, Third Movement - Eric Ewazen

“Duo Chopinesque” - Michael Hennagin

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Lone Star Wind Orchestra

“Into the Zone” - Dan Welcher

Chris Nadeau

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast in 2017

Alan Shinn on the podcast in 2017 (rebroadcast from 2021)

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Our Pet’s Heds Are Falling Off Beer

Rogue One trailer

Andor trailer

The Mandalorian trailer

Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer

Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan

The Belgariad series - David Eddings

The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

Dallas Mavericks 2011 NBA Finals highlights

Gabriela Lena Frank

FINNEAS

“Bad Guy” - Billie Eilish

Raves:

Moonage Daydream trailer

University of Texas at Arlington Coordinator of Percussion Studies Andrew Eldridge stops by to talk about his UTA job, “preplanning the job you want”, various local gigs, and the commissioning process (03:20), growing up in Germany and Texas, Texas weather, his steel pan experience, and growing up in the Texas band culture (28:30), and his undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce, master’s years at the University of Illinois, personal tragedy, band directing, and the stress of percussion specialists in Texas (53:00).

Finishing with a Rave/Appreciation of the life of composer Raymond Helble (01:22:45).

Links:

Andrew Eldridge’s webpage bio

Andrew Eldridge’s University of Texas at Arlington page

Richard Gipson

Brian West

James Yakas

Michael Varner

Amanda Drinkwater

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast in 2017

Lone Star Wind Orchestra

WASBE

David Maslanka

Doug Bush

Percussive Arts Society (PAS) in Lawton

Dennis DeLucia

Fred Sanford

Paul Rennick

Knight Rider

Joe Morello

Herbie Hancock

“On Fire” - Michel Camilo

“Lorena’s Tango” - Chucho Valdéz

I-Pan

Cort McClaren on the podcast in 2022

Launchpad X

Dave Gerhart on the podcast in 2018

Mark Ford

“Four Way Cross” - Texas A&M band

Brian Zator on the podcast in 2017

Keiko Abe

William Moersch on the podcast in 2019

Raves:

Raymond Helble

“Toccata Fantasy in E-Flat Minor” - Raymond Helble (performed by me)

St. Olaf College (MN) Percussion Professor Matt McClung returns to talk about transitioning into full-time percussion before and during his master’s at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (02:45), going to Rice University (TX) for the doctorate (17:40), working for 3 years in the Honolulu Symphony (HI) (35:00), his job at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and leaving it to move to Minneapolis/St. Paul (49:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on student impressions, “bad” Tom Hanks movies, great authors, and Michelangelo’s “David” (58:20).

Finishing with a Rave on musical acts from the 2022 Roots N Blues Music Festival (01:28:30).

Links:

Part 1 with Matt McClung

Matt McClung’s St. Olaf page

“Music for Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

“George Washington Bridge” - William Schuman

TI-35 Calculator

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

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Richard Brown

Ann-Margret

Doug Perkins

Musser M31 4.0 Octave Windsor II Kelon Marimba

Robert Van Sice

Eduardo Leandro

Todd Meehan’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Eurhythmics at Cleveland Institute of Music

Presser Foundation Scholarship

Valerie Naranjo

Dane Richeson

Maureen Nelson

Glimmerlass Festival

Alexis C. Lamb on the podcast in 2021

Joe vs. The Volcano trailer

Turner and Hooch trailer

Love Actually trailer

John Irving

Tom Robbins

David Foster Wallace

Joseph Heller

Richard Powers

So Percussion

Graeter’s Ice Cream

Ambar India Restaurant

Goode Company BBQ

Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

Uffizi Gallery - Florence (Italy)

Raves:

Roots N Blues Festival

St. Olaf College (MN) Percussion Educator and Performer Matt McClung stops by to talk about the St. Olaf job, stepping into band directing, and the wide range of students that attend the school (05:45), leaving his job at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, getting connected in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, his wife’s violin career, and moving during COVID (22:00), growing up near Chicago, his church music background in voice and percussion, and his early ensemble experiences (40:30), and his undergrad degree at the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in Engineering and did a lot of percussion on the side (01:02:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1976 film All the President’s Men (01:18:10).

Links:

Matt McClung’s St. Olaf page

Matt McClung’s ROCO page

Eri Isomura

Philip Hey

10th Wave Chamber Collective

CERN Particle Collider

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Maureen Nelson

Dave Hagedorn

Patsy Dash

Crystal Lake Heraldry Guard

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Snare Drum in the Concert Hall - Al Payson

William Moersch on the podcast in 2019

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Ben Toth

Zeitgeist New Music Group

Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein

Rusty Burge

Raves:

All the President’s Men trailer

Colleen Bernstein returns to talk about her years at the University of Michigan for her Masters, working with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble, moving to Detroit, and her “Strength and Sensitivity” Concert Series (04:05), and contributes to the Random Ass Questions segment, with segments on Percussion Mastery, Diversity in Music, New York Sports fandom, her themed performances of “Afta-Stuba!” in high school, and the musical The Phantom of the Opera (26:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the jazz albumThelonious Monk plays Duke Ellington (01:11:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Colleen Bernstein

Colleen Bernstein’s website

Joseph Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Doug Perkins

Haruka Fujii

Michael Burritt

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

A Soldier’s Tale - Igor Stravinsky

“Strength and Sensitivity” Highlights

Nicole Patrick on the podcast in 2020

Miracle trailer

1980 US Hockey Team

Paranormal Activity trailer

“Afta-Stuba!” - Mark Ford

NY Mets 2022 Highlights

The Phantom of the Opera

Raves:

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington