High Point University (NC) Instructor of Percussion and Founder and C.E.O. of Motivational Arts, Performance, and Sound (M.A.P.S.) Chris Thompson stops by to talk about HPU and M.A.P.S. (02:15), Covid-19 (29:30), growing up all over the East Coast and Bahrain (37:00), High School Band, Race, Student Government, and Golf (48:30), undergrad at NC A&T, HBCU drumming, and jazz (01:00:30), his master’s at UNCG (01:15:30), and finishing strong with the Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).

Finishing with a Rave on John Lewis’s March Trilogy (01:49:30).

Links:

Chris Thompson’s HPU page

M.A.P.S.

Danny Frye

Nathan Daughtrey

Lamon Lawhorn

NC A&T at Eurovision

NC A&T leaves the MEAC

“Rhythm Song” - Paul Smadbeck

“The Lord’s Prayer” - Malotte/Gaines

“Stubernic” - Mark Ford

Bahrain

John Pratt

“The Connecticut Halftime”

Harvey Thompson

Ralph Nader

NC A&T Jazz Ensemble

Eric Willie

John Locke

“Flying Home” - Lionel Hampton

Avengers: Endgame trailer

Shawshank Redemption trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer

Reggie Miller

Steph Curry

Greensboro Downtown Art

Raves:

March trilogy

A Landmark Episode!! – Pete’s undergraduate mentor and Wake Forest University (NC) Music History Professor David Levy stops by to talk about his position, the music department and its history (04:20), his study of Ludwig van Beethoven, the beginnings of his career, and his book Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (17:00), conducting Beethoven’s Ninth in 1997 (59:00), focusing on Richard Wagner, current issues, the Vietnam War, and New Music in the 1960s and 1970s (01:12:00), and he gets some time for the Random Ass Questions (01:31:00).

Finishing with a Rave on 4 years of Podcast Guests (01:55:40).

Links:

David Levy’s Wake Forest page

David Levy

Stewart Carter

Chautauqua Institution

Louis Goldstein

David Hagy

Brian Gorelick

Jacqui Carrasco

Peter Kairoff

Kathryn Levy

Dan Locklair

Teresa Radomski

Richard Heard

Susan Borwick

Wake Forest Bands

Organology

Isabella Leonarda

Joseph Martin Kraus

Roger Norrington

Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 - 2nd movement

Beethoven-Haus

Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery - Robin Wallace

Beethoven: The Music and The Life - Louis Lockwood

Center for Beethoven Research (Boston University)

Patrick McDonough

An die Ferne Geliebte, op. 98 - Beethoven

Third Coast Percussion

Julia Ronge

James Dodding

Susan McClary

Adrienne Rich

A Clockwork Orange

James Levine

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III - Wagner

The Ring of the Nibelung - Wagner

Howard Hanson

Seth Brodsky

Andrew Clark

Massie Johnson

Woman in Gold trailer

She’s Out of My League trailer

Field of Dreams trailer

Fernando Meza returns in Part 2 to talk about his years in Carnegie-Mellon (PA) and Baylor (TX) (01:15), his master’s at Michigan and studying with Mike Udow (15:00), heading back to Costa Rica to teach, then one year teaching at Ohio State (25:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (40:30).

Finishing with a Rave and Appreciation for the life of John Lewis (01:11:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Fernando Meza

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota Page

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

JB Smith

John Soroka

Michael Udow

Larry Vanlandingham

Keiko Abe

Shannon Wood

John Pennington

Mark Suter

Christopher Hardy

The Serpent-Snapping Eye - Roger Reynolds

Jacob Druckman

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

Stuart Marrs

Bismarck Fernandez

Michael Bump

Sarah Waters

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

Velocities - Joseph Schwantner

Theodor Milkov

Happi

Costa Rica 2014 World Cup

USA - Trinidad & Tobago 2017

Brazil - Germany 2014 World Cup

La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed

Biomuseo

Raves:

John Lewis Appreciation

The Children - David Halberstam

March - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

Walking With the Wind - John Lewis

University of Minnesota Percussion Professor Fernando Meza stops by to talk about his current gig (03:00), the coronavirus, Minneapolis, and the national protests (27:30), and growing up in Costa Rica, being part of the 1st wave of homegrown classical musicians, and his love of languages (54:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Shana Redmond’s 2014 book Anthem (01:07:45).

Links:

Fernando Meza’s Minnesota page

Orchestra of the Americas

Elliot Fine

Marv Dahlgren

Ensamble Percusión de Costa Rica

Stuart Maars

Raves:

Anthem - Shana L. Redmond

SUNY-Fredonia’s Kay Stonefelt returns to talk her post-undergrad years and breaking barriers winning orchestral jobs (01:20), leaving NYC to teach and study at Indiana University with George Gaber as well as doing her Fulbright in Ghana (25:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (46:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Hamilton: The Movie (56:00).

Links:

Part 1 with Kay Stonefelt

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY-Fredonia page

Bernard Woma

Cloyd Duff

George Gaber

Richard Johnson

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

Boulevard Carroll

Herbert Grossman

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

Peter Herman Adler

Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Robert Kurka

Arthur Fiedler

Penelope trailer

Natalie Wood

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Elayne Jones

Marta Ptaszy´nska

Megan Arns

Alex Smith

Valerie Naranjo

Rocketman trailer

Bohemian Rhapsody trailer

The Show Must Go On trailer

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Bill Sallak

Scott Farkas

NYU Percussion Remote Masterclasses

Raves:

Hamilton trailer

SUNY-Fredonia Percussion Professor Kay Stonefelt stops by to talk about her job, Bernard Woma and Cloyd Duff (03:00), the town of Fredonia and the rest of her faculty (39:00) and discusses growing up in NJ and her undergrad at Baldwin-Wallace college (OH) (01:06:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (01:23:35).

Links:

Kay Stonefelt’s SUNY Fredonia page

John Bacon

Tiffany Nicely

Bernard Woma

Cloyd Duff

George Gaber

Richard Johnson

Aspen Music Festival

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

Drum Method Book 2 - Haskell Harr

Third Coast Percussion

Steve Reich

Seneca Falls Convention

Duck Soup

Robert Wells

Nick Weiser

Tonmeister

Keiko Abe

Frank Sinatra

Stan Kenton

Lincoln Tunnel

Buster Bailey

Raves:

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am trailer

Fort Lewis College (CO) Percussion Instructor John O’Neal stops by to talk about his program, mountain driving, reinvigorating the jazz program and the covid-19 response (01:50), growing up all over the country, settling in Arkansas and playing in a punk band (35:00), studying at the University of Kansas under George Boberg and John W. Parks IV (48:15), master’s at Florida State, studying with Tom Freer, doctorate at North Texas and getting into online poker (01:00:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:21:20).

Finishing with a Rave on Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles (01:37:35).

Links:

John O’Neal’s Fort Lewis page

Christopher Deane

Jonathan Latta

Red Mountain Pass

Nicholas Payton

Christian McBride

Dave Samuels

Ed Soph

Ed Smith

Joe LaBarbera

Line Upon Line

Stick Control and Accents and Rebounds - George Stone

Warren Wolf

Jim Riley

Tom O’Neal

Jazz Ambassadors

Bruce Salyers

Dan Gailey

George Boberg

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“In Bloom” - Nirvana

“God Save the Queen” - Sex Pistols

David Letterman

“American Idiot” - Green Day

“Waiting Room” - Fugazi

“Bull in the Heather” - Sonic Youth

John W. Parks IV

Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone

Intermediate Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

Two Movements for Marimba - Toshimitsu Tanaka

Scheherazade: Movement III - Rimsky-Korsakov

“Ogoun Badagree” - Christopher Rouse

Reflections on the Nature of Water - Jacob Druckman

Inspirations Diabolique - Rick Tagawa

KU 2008 National Championship

Julia Gaines

Rounders trailer

Tom Freer

Mark Ford

Paul Rennick

Stephen Versaevel

Jacob Harpster

Peter Soroka

Matthew Penland

Wicker Man trailer

Cabin Boy trailer

Star Wars

Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement - Shostakovich

14 Modern Contest Solos - John Pratt

Vincent Van Gogh Museum

Raves:

Twilight: Los Angeles

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler returns to talk about his junior high/high school basketball years, his early connection to PAS and drumset playing (01:15), his undergrad at Frostburg State (MD) and master’s at Ohio State (12:15), his doctoral years at LSU and teaching high school (28:35), and takes time for some Random Ass Questions (52:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the Maya Angelou American Masters Documentary and her third autobiography Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry til Christmas (01:08:15).

Links:

Part 1 with David Eyler

David Eyler’s Concordia Page

Earl Monroe

Wes Unseld

Cloyd Duff

Vic Firth

Remo Belli

Buddy Rich

Drums Unlimited

Big Swing Face - Buddy Rich

Ben Wahlund

Chicago Transit Authority

Santana

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Rhythm Song - Evelyn Glennie

Vida Chenoweth

Laura Franklin

NCPP

Michigan - Ohio State football

The Marimba Goes Baroque - Linda Pimental

Jim Rupp

"Zyklus No. 9” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Maynard Ferguson

Gary Burton

James Moore

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Earl Hatch

Per-Mus Publications

Fred Hinger

John Raush

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Gainsborough - Tom Gauger

Century of Progress Marimba Orchestra

The Marimba Masters

Zeagler Music

Jacob Remington

OU Percussion Press

1970 Baltimore Orioles

Lisa Rogers

Richard Gipson

“Away in a Manger” - arr. Rogers/Gipson

Raves:

Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas - Maya Angelou

American Masters - Maya Angelou trailer

Concordia College (MN) Percussion Professor David Eyler stops by to talk about his career at Concordia, the Tri-College Position, and surviving the job (03:20), storage and security of a large inventory of percussion instruments (32:50), recruitment, job transitions, and the coronavirus (41:20), and growing up near Baltimore and setting the table for his percussion career (01:09:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the frontline protestors (01:30:00).

Links:

David Eyler’s Concordia page

Andrew Spencer

Kenyon Williams

Sigurd Johnson

Johnny Lee Lane

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Julia Gaines

Keiko Abe

Marimba Concerto No. 1 - Ney Rosauro

Cort McClaren

Keith Aleo

John Raush

James L. Moore

George Gaber

Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone

Bar Percussion Notebook - Linda Pimental

Leigh Howard Stevens

Gordon Stout

Gary Olmstead

Raves:

Columbia, MO’s protest

Pete rewatches the Ava DuVernay documentary 13th as a springboard to talk about many of the great resources available to educate yourself about the events of the past week and ways to help going forward, in and out of the world of music.

Links:

13th trailer

Anti-Racism Starter Kit

20 Best Books About Anti-Racism

Black Independent Book Stores

Columbia, MO resources and businesses

Hard in the Paint with David Grubb

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Institute for Composer Diversity

Music by Black Composers Directory

Underrepresented Percussion Literature and Artists