Oregon State University Drumline Instructor Justin Preece talks about his OSU jobs in and out of the Athletics Program and the football season on a quarter-system schedule (03:30), growing up the son of a Lutheran pastor around the STL area (46:00), getting undergrad and master’s degrees at Southern Methodist University (TX) and studying in London for a semester (01:02:00), his years post grad teaching in TX (01:17:40), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:34:00).

Finishing with a Rave on PBS’ Finding Your Roots (01:59:00).

Links:

Justin Preece’s Oregon State page

Justin Preece’s Percussion Biography

Oregon State Band Staff

Perot Systems

Dry Lab and Wet Lab

Robert Brudvig

Mike Mullins profile

Mike Garcia

Robert Floyd

Phantom Regiment

Drew Lang

Robert Schietroma

Dan Wojciechowski

Andy Akiho

Colin Currie

Alix Porembski

Troy Hall

Progenitor

Lupin The Third

Raves:

Finding Your Roots

University of Tennessee-Martin Lecturer of Music and Percussion and Aural Skills Professor Chelsea Tinsler Jones stops by to talk about her various responsibilities at UTM and nerding out on Music Theory (02:00), her work with Khemia Ensemble and SteelWorks (19:00), growing up (mostly) in Las Vegas (33:20), going to the Hartt School of Music (CT) for undergrad and learning how to drive in the snow (47:30), heading to the University of Michigan for her Master’s (01:02:30), teaching Instrumental Music for one year before heading to TN (01:11:45) and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions (01:21:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Hitsville: The Making of Motown (01:40:45).

Links:

Chelsea Tinsler Jones’ UTM page

Khemia Ensemble

Shane Jones

Julie Hill

“Don’t Know Why” - Norah Jones

“Somewhere” and “Maria” from West Side Story

“Yeah!” - Usher and Lil’ Jon

“My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music

“7 Rings” - Ariana Grande

Mizzou International Composers Festival

Alarm Will Sound

Steelworks

Kyle Dunleavy

Paducah Symphony

Blue Man Group

Syncopation for the Modern Drummer - Ted Reed

The New Breed - Gary Chester

Advanced Funk Studies - Rick Latham

Ben Toth

Jonathan Ovalle

Joe Gramley

“Stop Speaking” - Andy Akiho

Jane the Virgin

The Great British Bake Off

From the Corner of the Oval - Beck Dorey-Stein

Armchair Expert

So You Think You Can Dance

Raves:

Hitsville: The Making of Motown

University of Tennessee-Martin Percussion Director Shane Jones stops by to talk about his percussion responsibilities there (02:00), his work with Khemia Ensemble and other assorted percussion activities (26:30), growing up in Las Vegas, buying a drumset through the classifieds, and the performing arts magnet high school he attended (38:45), attending the Hartt School of Music (CT) for undergrad (01:04:30), Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for his master’s (01:18:45), freelancing in Cincinnati after his master’s before doing the doctorate at the University of Michigan (01:29:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:46:20).

Finishing with a Rave on an Odyssey Series Concert in Columbia, MO (02:09:15).

Links:

Shane Jones’ UTM page

Shane Jones’ homepage

Khemia Ensemble

Chelsea Tinsley Jones

Julie Hill

Stefan Freund

Phillip Sink

Constellation Chicago

COMP Festival

Mizzou International Composers Festival

Steelworks

Ned Ray McWherter Institute

Bill Waterman

Carolina Heredia

Bret Bohman

Emma O’Halloran

Joanna Goldstein

Once On This Island

The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Carl Sagan

Ben Toth

David MacBride

Gene Koshinski

Tim Broscious

Bill Solomon

Shane Shanahan

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“She is Asleep” - John Cage

CCM Percussion

Camp Washington’s Chili

Next to Normal

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Percussionist Songs” - Christian Wolff

“Knockin’ On Wood” - Red Norvo

Dan Piccolo

Jonathan Ovalle

Joseph Gramley

“Six Japanese Gardens” - Kaija Saariaho

Liam Teague

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Kill Bill Vol. 1 trailer

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

Raves:

Odyssey Chamber Music Series

Florida International University Percussion Professor Karli Viña stops by to talk about all of her regular teaching and freelancing percussion work (03:00), her co-hosting of the @Percussion Podcast and the nature of podcasting in general (27:45), growing up in Arkansas and New Hampshire, playing drumset to Green Day and her high school volleyball career (41:40), going to the University of Maryland for undergrad (01:01:10), Boston Conservatory (MA) for her Master’s (01:08:30), The University of Miami (FL) for her Doctorate (01:22:00), and talks about teaching, Women in Percussion and various other topics in the Random Ass Questions (01:36:15).

Finishing with a Rave on seeing Ozomatli live in performance (02:08:40).

Links:

Karli Viña’s website

Ben Charles

Casey Cangelosi

@Percussion Podcast

Megan Arns

Laurel Black

Neil Grover

Jonathan Haas

Bill Shaltis

Brian Nozny

James Campbell

Warning - Green Day

“Songs I-IX” - Stuart Saunders Smith

John Tafoya

Rebecca Kite

Three Moves - Paul Lansky

Percussion Concerto - Darius Milhaud

“Set-Up Music” - Maurice Wright

“Saëta” - Elliot Carter

“March” - Elliot Carter

Keith Aleo

John Grimes

Nancy Zeltsman

Sam Solomon

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor - J. S. Bach

“To The Earth” - Frederick Rzewski

“Triple Jump” - Kenji Bunch

“Impressions” - Nicolas Martynciow

Matthew Strauss

Svet Stoyanov

“Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics” - Ben Wahlund

“In a Landscape” - John Cage

“For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” - Simon and Garfunkel

“Overs” - Simon and Garfunkel

“Sketches in Color” - Robert Starer

Intermediate Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

The Empire Strikes Back trailer

Attack of the Clones trailer

James Rodriguez highlights

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

“Kontakte” - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Silence - John Cage

Raves:

Ozomatli - “After Party”

Marching Mizzou’s STL Blues show

Missouri Valley College Percussion Professor, Instrumental Educator and Theory Professor Alexandros Fragiskatos stops by to talk about his current gig (02:00), growing up near Akron, Ohio and his love of Progressive Rock (17:15), going to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for undergrad (26:45), getting his Master’s at the University of Akron (42:15), taking a year off of school before moving to Arizona State for his DMA (01:01:45), and taking on the Random Ass Questions (01:22:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the NPR Podcast Code Switch (01:46:00).

Links:

Alex Fragiskatos’s website

Alex Fragiskatos’s Missouri Valley page

Lake Erie

“A Change of Seasons” - Dream Theater

“2112” - Rush

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Music For Prague 1968 - Karel Husa

“The Source” - Toshi Ichiyanagi

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Marimba Phase” - Steve Reich

“Octopus’s Garden” - The Beatles

“Eleanor Rigby” - The Beatles

Larry Snider

Bernard Woma

Liam Teague

Blossom Music Center

Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

“The Planets” - Gustav Holst

“Also Sprach Zarathusa” - Richard Wagner

Cliff Alexis

“A Day in the Life” - The Beatles

“Short and Sweet” - Lennox “Boogsie” Sharp

“Rogosanti” - James Wood

“Cloud Polyphonies” - James Wood

“Once Removed” - John Fitz Rogers

J.B. Smith

Julie Hill

“Ripple” - Akira Miyoshi

“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Asanga

“In Common” - Stuart Saunders Smith

Book of Keyboards - Philippe Manourey

“Monodrame I” - Yoshihisa Taira

“To The Earth” - Frederick Rzewski

“Mundus Canis” - George Crumb

“Idyll for the Misbegotten” - George Crumb

“Peeping Tom” - Dan Senn

“Six Elegies Dancing” - Jennifer Stasack

Moby-Dick - Herman Melville

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

David Foster Wallace

Pulp Fiction trailer

Grand Piano trailer

The Watts Prophets

Gil Scott-Heron

The Last Poets

“Alright” - Kendrick Lamar

“Middle Child” - J. Cole

“C. R. E. A. M.” - Wu-Tang Clan

“Hot Shower” - Chance the Rapper

Raves:

Code Switch podcast

New Mexico Philharmonic Principal Timpanist Douglas Cardwell stops by to talk about his orchestral happenings (01:45), private teaching, working at the University of New Mexico, gigging, and living in New Mexico (17:00), being an African-American in the mostly white orchestral world (30:00), growing up in central Virginia and his background in sports (43:30), his undergrad at James Madison University (VA) Master’s at Rice University (TX), and his professional career in Detroit (01:02:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:23:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the film On Her Shoulders (01:34:50).

Links:

Douglas Cardwell’s homepage

Douglas Cardwell’s Pearl Drums page

Douglas Cardwell’s New Mexico Philharmonic page

“So What” - Miles Davis

“My Favorite Things” - John Coltrane

Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

Scott Ney

Spoleto Festival

TImothy K. Adams, Jr.

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Sphinx Organization

Daisy Newman

The National Orchestra Institute

National Repertory Orchestra

“Shout it Out Loud” - KISS

“Gimme All Your Lovin’” - ZZ Top

“Jump” - Van Halen

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

“Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” - Temptations

Sal Rabbio

Bill Rice

Tony Falcone

Alan Abel

Richard Brown

Brian Del Signore

John H. Beck

Neeme Järvi

Kung Fu Panda trailer

King Kong (2005) trailer

Federer-Djokovic 2019 Wimbledon Final

Langston Hughes

Lao Tzu

Raves:

On Her Shoulders trailer

Instrumental Educator, Percussionist, Arts Manager, and Multi-Language Translator Alix Porembski stops by to talk about living and working in Poland and her work as a liner-note translator (01:30), growing up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, learning percussion from many sources, and her basketball career (23:30), attending the University of Houston (TX) for undergrad and her extended arts interests (36:20), her years as an Arts Administrator in Chicago and getting her Master’s (47:30), moving to Poland and creating a career there (01:03:00), and sticks around for the Random Ass Questions (01:13:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1984 classic Splash (01:34:00).

Links:

Alix Porembski’s Linked-In Page

Mike Krzyzewski

“Django” - Modern Jazz Quartet

Justin Preece

Troy Hall

Drew Lang

Michael Jordan Career Highlights

Dallas Cowboys

Shaun Tilburg

Blake Wilkins

Cort McClaren

“Ilijas” - N. J. Zivkovic

“Concerto for Percussion” - Darius Milhaud

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Warsaw Podcast

Roma trailer

Latino USA podcast

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan

“Your Song” - Elton John

“Third Construction” - John Cage

The Five Year Engagement trailer

It’s Complicated trailer

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure trailer

Fast & Furious trailer

Listen to This - Alex Ross

The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Speaking Of Podcast

Raves:

Splash trailer

Timpanist for the National Symphony Orchestra and University of Maryland Percussion Professor Jauvon Gilliam talks about his current percussion duties and owning Capitol Percussion Backline Rentals (04:30), being an orchestral percussionist who’s African-American (29:40), growing up in Gary, Indiana, his basketball background and attending the 1988 NBA All-Star weekend (37:15), going to Butler University (IN) for undergrad and his Arts Administration background (50:45), his year of Master’s Work in Cleveland and his years in Winnipeg (01:01:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:20:45).

Finishing with Raves on Lizzo and Missy Elliott (01:33:15).

Links:

Jauvon Gilliam’s University of Maryland page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Innovative Percussion page

Jauvon Gilliam’s Sabian Cymbals page

Jauvon Gilliam’s 2014 profile

Victoria Sparks

Andrea Brown

Capitol Percussion

Lee Hinkle

Eric Shin

Kennedy Center Expansion

2019 Kennedy Center Honorees

African-American Orchestral Percussionists

Teddy Hall, Jr.

Joe W. Moore III

Timothy K. Adams, Jr.

Richard Weiner

“Concertino for Marimba” - Paul Creston

14 Modern Snare Solos - John Pratt

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Concerto in F - George Gershwin

1988 NBA Dunk Contest

Jim McMahon

Karl Malone

Moses Malone

Jon Crabiel

Winnipeg Jets

Paul Yancich

Dwayne Haskins

Alex Smith

Bryce Harper

Bradley Beal

Coming to America trailer

Hugo trailer

“All Night Long” - Lionel Richie

“Upside Down” - Diana Ross

Gerry Brown

Raves:

Lizzo’s Tiny Desk Concert

Missy Elliot’s VMA Performance

Eastern Tennessee State University (ETSU) Percussion Professor Matthew Geiger talks about the ETSU job, training music majors and recruiting in the Appalachian Valley (05:20), teaching part-time at Morehead State (KY) and getting the job at ETSU (33:40), growing up in Indianapolis, learning piano, and playing decent golf (50:20), going to the University of Kentucky for undergrad (01:09:45), going to Michigan for the Master’s before heading back to Kentucky for the DMA (01:25:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:44:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Somm (02:05:00).

Links:

Matthew Geiger’s website

Matthew Geiger’s ETSU page

Matthew Geiger’s Innovative Percussion page

Matthew Geiger’s Yamaha page

Rande Sanderbeck

Francisco Perez

Logan Ball

Joe Moore

Cardioid Microphone

SM-57

Dave Gerhart

Julie Hill

Tennessee Promise

Brian Mason

Jonathan Sharp

Michael Haithcock

James Campbell

Brian Nozny

Michael Udow

Joseph Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Erwin Mueller

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

Omar Carmenates

Players First - John Calipari

The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Listen to This - Alex Ross

Freakonomics podcast

Grit - Angela Duckworth

Peak - Anders Ericcson

“Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X

2012 Kentucky Basketball Championship

Billy Gillespie

Symphony No. 1 - Gustav Mahler

“Bless the Broken Road” - Rascal Flatts

Raves:

Somm trailer

Toronto-based drumset player and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Thawer talks about her current percussion acitivites and her thoughts on being a woman in the drumset world (02:50), growing up in Toronto with a bandleader father, lots of instruments in the house and a large Indian community in Canada (20:00), her early YouTube days and studying at York University in Toronto for undergrad (34:10), the opening years of her freelancing career and leading her own band (52:15) and her takes on the Random Ass Questions (59:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Chris Herren: The First Day (01:14:05).

Links:

Sarah Thawer’s Instagram page

Sarah Thawer Drum Magazine profile

Sarah Thawer and Friends

Watsky

Sheila E. Drum Solo

Emmanuelle Caplette

Cindy Blackman Santana

Toronto Raptors win 2019 NBA Championship

“Swagism” - Ghost-Note

“Don’t Know Why” - Norah Jones

York University (Canada) Music

A.R. Rahman

Larnell Lewis

“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy

Toy Story 4 trailer

Scary Movie trailer

Jay Shetty

Raves:

Chris Herren