Western Michigan University Percussion Professor Marja Kerney returns to talk about her grad years at UMKC and her fondness for Kansas City (04:15), her immediate post grad and teaching in Florida (28:15), and the Random Ass Questions, where Marja talks about, among other things, navigating the percussion world as a woman, gendered honorifics in emails, and the greatness of Ani DiFranco (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Driving While Black (01:06:45).

Links:

Marja Kerney - Part 1

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Trey Harris

Jim Snell

Marimba Sol de Chiapas

“Invisible Men” - Nigel Westlake

“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar

“Whole Toy Laid Down” - Dave Hollinden

Clarinet Concerto - Nielsen (snare part)

Nancy Zeltsman

Lee Hinkle

Jamie Dietz

Pius Cheung

Tim Adams

Alison Shaw

Gendered Honorifics

MaddAddam Trilogy - Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

1984 - George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn

Star Wars

The Lord of the Rings

The Hunt for Red October trailer

Casino Royale trailer

Ocean’s Eleven trailer

The Departed trailer

John Grisham

James Patterson

Frank Ticheli

Ani DiFranco

Raves:

Driving While Black trailer

Western Michigan University Music and Percussion Professor Marja Kerney chats about her current job, the coronavirus, pregnancy, and the situation with WMU’s athletic bands (04:00), teaching a course in Protest Music (21:00), Duo 421 and going to clarinet conferences (36:40), growing up in Michigan, her beginnings in percussion, and her musical theater and dance background (43:40), and her time at Michigan State during a particularly turbulent time in the percussion program (01:11:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Wayne’s World (01:20:10).

Links:

Marja Kerney’s homepage

Judy Moonert

Trey Harris

The Unfinished Journey - Chafe

The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

The 1960 U.S. Presidential Election

Matt Henry

“Mississippi Goddam” - Nina Simone

“The Pill” - Loretta Lynn

“Not Ready to Make Nice” - The Chicks

Duo 421

Baljinder Sekhon

“Two Trees” - Baljinder Sekhon

Center Stage trailer

Drumline trailer

Alison Shaw

David Hall

Gwen Dease

Raves:

Wayne’s World trailer

Percussionist Raychel Taylor returns to talk about her undergrad at North Texas (02:45), her master’s days at Northern Illinois (13:00), her post-grad “existential crisis” and her time in Bali (23:00), and discusses “world music” (42:30), Girls March (51:00), and many other topics in the Random Ass Questions, right after which Pete tells you to register and vote (01:31:15).

Links:

Part 1 with Raychel Taylor

Raychel Taylor’s Girls March

Arcomusical

Dave Hall

Chris McWilliams

Christopher Deane

Ed Smith

José Aponte

Poovalur Sriji

Michael Spiro

Mike Mixtacki

Abby Rehard

Rich Holly

Robert Chappell

Cliff Alexis

Liam Teague

Al O’Connor

Jui-Ching Wang

Ben Wahlund

Percussion educator, performer, and creator of Girls March Raychel Taylor stops by to talk about her current teaching situation (03:30), coronavirus issues and her work with the Arcomusical Berimbau Ensemble (22:45), growing up in California, her piano/organ background, and her drum corps years (42:45), and her time in undergrad at CSU-Sacramento that led her later to North Texas (01:04:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (01:17:00).

Links:

Raychel Taylor’s Innovative Percussion page

Arcomusical

Girls March

Greg Beyer

Cort McClaren

Alexis C. Lamb

Sacramento Mandarins

Blue Devils

Phantom Regiment

Phantom’s “Spartacus” show, 2008

Spartacus trailer

Dan Kennedy

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

Paul Rennick

Sandi Rennick

Mark Ford

Raves/Appreciation:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Dallas-area Percussion Educator and Publisher Frank Chapple returns to talk about teaching in the time of coronavirus (02:00) and his new Fundraiser, The Hand-2-Hand Project (18:45).

Links:

Donate to Hand-2-Hand

Frank’s first appearance on the podcast

The Packet

Alana Wiesing returns to talk about her years as an undergrad and masters student at Arizona State and Indiana University and her struggles with burnout (01:35), then settles into the Random Ass Question segment to talk about issues in percussion education and performance (29:55), being a Black woman in percussion, blind auditions, and outreach to underserved populations (40:00), and questions about movies, cooking, and her enjoyment of Taylor Swift and Rupi Kaur (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the current Sports calendar (01:35:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Alana Wiesing

Shaun Tilburg

John Tafoya

Michael Spiro

Steve Houghton

UpBeat

Sphinx Organization

A League of Their Own trailer

The Parent Trap trailer

Beauty and the Beast trailer

Nacho Libre trailer

Elf trailer

Kicking and Screaming trailer

Get Hard trailer

Talladega Nights trailer

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Red - Taylor Swift

Symphony No. 2 - Jean Sibelius

Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur

Principal Timpani for the Tucson (AZ) Symphony Orchestra Alana Wiesing stops by to talk about the ends of her semester teaching at the University of Arizona and the orchestral season due to Covid-19 (02:15), winning her audition after many close calls (21:15), growing up in Phoenix and her enjoyment of Led Zeppelin and Radiohead (49:00) and her tennis experiences and mutual admiration for Roger Federer and Serena Williams (01:13:00).

Finishing with a Rave on a Great Performances edition of King Lear (01:44:15).

Links:

Alana Wiesing

Shostakovich Symphony No. 12

Morris Palter

John Bonham

“Moby Dick” - Led Zeppelin

“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin

“Out on the Tiles” - Led Zeppelin

“Fool in the Rain” - Led Zeppelin

“Achilles Last Stand” - Led Zeppelin

“Kashmir” - Led Zeppelin

“Custard Pie” - Led Zeppelin

Radiohead - Kid A

Serena Williams

Victoria Azarenka

Naomi Osaka

Maria Sharapova

Osaka - Williams 2018 US Open

Federer - Nadal 2017 Australian Open

Federer - Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon

Federer Tweeners

Raves:

King Lear

Following a monologue about a personally challenging week, Pete welcomes freelance percussionist Nicole Patrick to the show! We talk about her current goings on and her previous work in NYC (10:45), dealing with the coronavirus in NYC (26:15), growing up in Miami, FL, playing for musicals and her year at Interlochen (46:45), her years at the University of Michigan (01:08:30), her post graduate time in Detroit (01:22:15), and her turn through the Random Ass Questions (01:32:30).

Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Doc Rivers speech

Links:

Nicole Patrick’s Homepage

Gemma Peacocke

Mobius Percussion

Tanner Porter

Allman Brothers

Oiver!

Annie

The Producers

John Alfieri

Jeff Irving

Keith Aleo

Megan Arns

Gwen Dease

Joe Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Ian Ding

Jonathan Kuuskoski

Music for Airports

13 Drums - Maki Ishii

Six Marimbas - Steve Reich

Jojo Rabbit trailer

What We Do In the Shadows trailer

Thor: Ragnorak trailer

Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer

Akram Khan Company

Colorado State University Jazz and Drumset Instructor Shilo Stroman stops by to talk about his current jobs (03:20), DCI cancellations and Gig re-openings (11:30), growing up in Colorado, Neil Diamond, Vinnie Colaiuta and golf (23:00), his undergrad path through UNC (Northern Colorado), Ames Community College (CO) and then Colorado State (41:40), teaching until burning out post-undergrad (52:30), working on his master’s with Eric Hollenbeck (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Graphic Novel Watchmen (01:31:45).

This week’s podcast sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project.

Links:

Shilo Stroman’s Homepage

Shilo Stroman’s Yamaha page

Shilo Stroman’s Marching Arts Education videos

Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps

Eric Hollenbeck

Mike Portnoy plays on a Hello Kitty Drumset

“Confirmation” - Manhattan Transfer

“I Write the Songs” - Barry Manilow

“Footloose” - Kenny Loggins

“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” - Primus

Tim Alexander

Art Blakey

Dave Weckl

“Shilo” - Neil Diamond

Ron Tutt

Vinnie Colaiuta

Neil Peart

Steve Gadd

Weckl, Gadd and Colaiuta

“Give It Away” - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thom Annum

Colts Drum & Bugle Corps

Blue Knights Winter Guard

Mike Nevin

Jim Casella

John Pratt

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Threads” - Paul Lansky

“March” - Elliott Carter

“Rotation No. 2” - Eric Sammut

“Konzertstuck for Snare Drum” - Askell Masson

“Alborada del Gracioso” - Maurice Ravel

“One O’Clock Jump” - Count Basie

“Hay Burner” - Sammy Nestico

“Brass Machine” - Maynard Ferguson

“Get It On” - Chase

“Vehicle” - Ides of March

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Robert Grasper Experiment

“Cherokee” - Kamasi Washington

Dude, Where’s My Car? trailer

White Christmas trailer

High Fidelity trailer

The Before Trilogy

Boyhood trailer

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Swingers trailer

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Abstract - The Art of Design

Olafur Eliasson

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Raves:

Watchmen - Moore and Gibbons

University of Missouri Drumset Instructor and Philosophy Professor Troy Hall stops by to talk about his myriad teaching responsibilities (04:00), “The End of Jazz” (17:30), growing up in Springfield, MO, bluegrass music, and jazz camps (36:00) going to the University of North Texas for undergrad and his DCI years (52:00), getting Masters degrees in Philosophy, then Music, then teaching in Indiana (01:07:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:26:20).

Finishing with a Closing Thought on the upcoming school year (01:50:00).

Podcast Sponsor: Black Swamp Percussion’s Sound Solution Project

Links:

Troy Hall’s Mizzou page

Medical Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Murray’s

We Always Swing Jazz Series

Philly Joe Jones

Bill Bondeson

Contagion trailer

The Stand trailer

Megan Arns

Julia Gaines

Thelonious Monk

Wayne Shorter

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Theodor Adorno

Smooth Jazz

Kenny G

Boney James

Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz

Cecil Taylor

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Ed Soph

Troy Davis

Flam Paradiddle Diddle

John Pratt

George Stone

Charles Wilcoxon

“It’s Mighty Dark to Travel” - Bill Monroe

Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival

“I’m Not Over You” - Rhonda Vincent

“Down to the River to Pray” - Alison Krauss

“How I Got Over” - Mahalia Jackson

“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” - Flatt and Scruggs

“Man of Constant Sorrow” - Ralph Stanley

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” - Chris Thile

“Another New World” - Punch Brothers

“Sinister Minister” - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Service Merchandise

Drum Techniques of Rush

Neil Peart

Phil Collins

Simon Phillips

David Nace

Dave Wood

Bill Bruford

Kenny Aronoff

Phantom Regiment

Blue Devils

Paul Rennick

Jeff Prosperie

Keith Carlock

Ari Hoenig

Sean Daniels

She-e Wu

Michael McIntosh

Tom Aungst

Santa Clara Vanguard

Ralph Hardimon

Tom Float

Terence Blanchard

Ellis Marsalis

Jeremy Pelt

Sean Jones

Randy Brecker

Bill Stewart

John Wooton

Jim Yakas

Neil Larrivee

Alix Porembski

Ernest Hemingway

William Faulkner

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Kurt Vonnegut

Jack Kerouac

Walt Whitman

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Agatha Christie

John le Carre

The Last Dance

Phil Jackson

Dallas Cowboy team history

George Floyd Mural at Minnesota Twins