Former UNCG classmate and groomsman to my wedding (along with being Percussion Instructor at Eastern Connecticut State University) Dr. Jeff Calissi talks about getting the job in CT (00:03:50), growing up in NJ (00:38:40), drumset players and rock music (00:58:00), getting to Radford University (01:24:10), and making his way to UNCG (01:42:40).

Closing with raves (01:52:00).

Links:

Jeff Calissi's website

Jeff Calissi's ECSU page

Cort McClaren

John Parks' 2016 PAS Article on Tenure Track Jobs

Nathan Daughtrey

Rush - YYZ

Keith Carlock and Steve Gadd

Simon Phillips

Pete Townsend - Give Blood

Just Friends trailer

Trixter - One in a Million

Sam Goody

Led Zeppelin Box Set

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye

Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo

Al Wojtera

Angel Records

Mark Camphouse

David Long - The Crystals

Daniel McCarthy - River is the Way

David Gillingham - Gate to Heaven

Raves:  

The Best American Non-Required Reading Series

"If He Hollers, Let Him Go" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah

University of Missouri School of Music Director (and former Percussion Instructor) Dr. Julia Gaines talks about getting the Mizzou job (00:02:40), growing up in Idaho (00:13:35), getting to Lawrence University (00:32:30), playing with Santa Clara Vanguard (00:42:20), going to Russia and ending up at Eastman (00:56:25), and the University of Oklahoma (01:09:50).  She talks also about going into administration (01:22:50), being a conservative and a mom in academia (01:37:55), and appearing on TV as a "professional drummer" (01:47:05).  Also...find out which direction her career NEARLY went after undergrad!

Concludes with me raving about John Williams (01:50:45).

Links:

Julia Gaines's web page at the University of Missouri

Marimba Levels and Marimba Pedagogy Book

Melvin Platt's Missouri Page

Richard Gipson's TCU page

OU Press

The Love of L'Histoire by Charles DeLancey

Marimba Spiritual

Tanaka's Two Movements for Marimba

Julia's Doctoral Dissertation

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Daniel Bukvich's University of Idaho page

Interlochen Summer Music Camp

Dane Richeson's Lawrence University page

Joseph Gramley

Susan Powell

Robert Levy

Marauders Drum Corps

Santa Clara Vanguard

SCV's 1989 Phantom of the Opera Show

Ralph Hardimon

Murray Gusseck

Kirk Gay

Jim Casella

Kari Klier

Kevin Erickson

Doug Wolf

Blake Wilkins & Compendium

Lisa Rogers

Robert Shay

Darin Olson

Jeanne Sinquefield

Raves:

John WIlliams Wikipedia page

The Olympic Fanfare

University of Missouri School of Music Director (and former Percussion Instructor) Dr. Julia Gaines talks about getting the Mizzou job (00:02:40), growing up in Idaho (00:13:35), getting to Lawrence University (00:32:30), playing with Santa Clara Vanguard (00:42:20), going to Russia and ending up at Eastman (00:56:25), and the University of Oklahoma (01:09:50).  She talks also about going into administration (01:22:50), being a conservative and a mom in academia (01:37:55), and appearing on TV as a "professional drummer" (01:47:05).  Also...find out which direction her career NEARLY went after undergrad!

Concludes with me raving about John Williams (01:50:45).

Links:

Julia Gaines's web page at the University of Missouri

Marimba Levels and Marimba Pedagogy Book

Melvin Platt's Missouri Page

Richard Gipson's TCU page

OU Press

The Love of L'Histoire by Charles DeLancey

Marimba Spiritual

Tanaka's Two Movements for Marimba

Julia's Doctoral Dissertation

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Daniel Bukvich's University of Idaho page

Interlochen Summer Music Camp

Dane Richeson's Lawrence University page

Joseph Gramley

Susan Powell

Robert Levy

Marauders Drum Corps

Santa Clara Vanguard

SCV's 1989 Phantom of the Opera Show

Ralph Hardimon

Murray Gusseck

Kirk Gay

Jim Casella

Kari Klier

Kevin Erickson

Doug Wolf

Blake Wilkins & Compendium

Lisa Rogers

Robert Shay

Darin Olson

Jeanne Sinquefield

Raves:

John WIlliams Wikipedia page

The Olympic Fanfare

River City Drum Corps (KY) director Edward White talks about the beginnings of his group (00:05:00), growing up in Louisville (00:14:45), house building and house rehabilitation (00:23:30), post high school career (00:37:15), working as a commercial photographer (00:47:20), getting lost in the wrong town at the wrong time (00:57:30), and the present and future of RCDC (01:12:50).  Also, find out how to make photographing electric razors and golf clubs fun!

Concludes with Raves (01:30:25).

Links:

River City Drum Corps

Da' Ville Classic

Baile's African Drum Works

Service Merchandise

Boom Squad Drumline

Iroquois (KY) Amphitheater

Louisville Convention Center

Kentucky Center for the Arts

Kentucky Derby Festival

The SIAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)

Kentucky State Band

Clark Atlanta Band

Alabama A&M Band

Don Parker's Fayetteville State University page

Dick Sisto biography

Raves:

"The Armor of Light" trailer

Frankenstein book

"Wanna Be Startin' Something" Live in Japan 1987

River City Drum Corps (KY) director Edward White talks about the beginnings of his group (00:05:00), growing up in Louisville (00:14:45), house building and house rehabilitation (00:23:30), post high school career (00:37:15), working as a commercial photographer (00:47:20), getting lost in the wrong town at the wrong time (00:57:30), and the present and future of RCDC (01:12:50).  Also, find out how to make photographing electric razors and golf clubs fun!

Concludes with Raves (01:30:25).

Links:

River City Drum Corps

Da' Ville Classic

Baile's African Drum Works

Service Merchandise

Boom Squad Drumline

Iroquois (KY) Amphitheater

Louisville Convention Center

Kentucky Center for the Arts

Kentucky Derby Festival

The SIAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)

Kentucky State Band

Clark Atlanta Band

Alabama A&M Band

Don Parker's Fayetteville State University page

Dick Sisto biography

Raves:

"The Armor of Light" trailer

Frankenstein book

"Wanna Be Startin' Something" Live in Japan 1987

Laura talks about getting the Brevard College job (00:02:30), the Saint Louis University job (00:17:15), how she got out of being a farmer in West Texas (00:30:25), Texas Tech life (00:46:10), the story behind her one "B" in undergrad (00:59:30), the culture-shock of Boston and studying with Vic Firth (01:04:45), and the UNCG years (01:23:40).  Also, find out how YOU can tell it was a good year for farmers in drought/flood ridden Abernathy, TX (there'll be a test).

The podcast concludes with Raves (01:43:00).

Links:

Laura Franklin's Saint Louis University page

Cort McClaren's C. Alan Composers page

Kurt Gartner's Kansas State page

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Brevard Music Center and Festival

Brevard College Percussion

Alan Shinn's Texas Tech page

Lisa Rogers' Texas Tech page

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Kari Klier's Texas State page

Vic Firth Recollections page

Ted Atkatz homepage

Nancy Zeltsman homepage

Allen Teel's Abilene Christian page

Raves:

Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Love & Mercy trailer

"Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys

Laura talks about getting the Brevard College job (00:02:30), the Saint Louis University job (00:17:15), how she got out of being a farmer in West Texas (00:30:25), Texas Tech life (00:46:10), the story behind her one "B" in undergrad (00:59:30), the culture-shock of Boston and studying with Vic Firth (01:04:45), and the UNCG years (01:23:40).  Also, find out how YOU can tell it was a good year for farmers in drought/flood ridden Abernathy, TX (there'll be a test).

The podcast concludes with Raves (01:43:00).

Links:

Laura Franklin's Saint Louis University page

Cort McClaren's C. Alan Composers page

Kurt Gartner's Kansas State page

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Brevard Music Center and Festival

Brevard College Percussion

Alan Shinn's Texas Tech page

Lisa Rogers' Texas Tech page

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Kari Klier's Texas State page

Vic Firth Recollections page

Ted Atkatz homepage

Nancy Zeltsman homepage

Allen Teel's Abilene Christian page

Raves:

Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Love & Mercy trailer

"Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys

Jason meets my wife via FaceTime (:07), talks about getting the Texas A&M Kingsville job (:09), growing up all over the country (:26), mutually dodging the Pre-Med track (:42), surviving the Red River flood of 1997 (:52), taking middle-school and high-school jobs in Arizona and Colorado (1:04), finding his way to Northern Colorado for grad school (1:23), and the state of percussion literature (1:36).  Also, Jason drives me nuts by constantly referring to Northern Colorado as "UNC".  Like I'm not supposed to have an allergic reaction to that acronym.

Links:

Jason Kihle's homepage

Jason Kihle's Texas A&M-Kingsville homepage

David Lang's "Anvil Chorus"

Art Pepper's Plus Eleven

Andrew Thomas's "Merlin"

Matthias Schmitt's "Ghanaia"

1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Don Denkinger's blown call in 1985 World Series (2:20 mark)

Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"

Dave Samuels' "Footpath"

Mark Ford's "Head Talk"

The 1997 Red River flood in North Dakota

Thomas Gauger's "Gainsborough"

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Raymond Helble's "Diabolic Variations"

Norm Weinberg's Percussion History and Literature Course

Raves:

Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters (1984) trailers

The Best American Sports Writing series

"Buggin' Out" by A Tribe Called Quest

Jason meets my wife via FaceTime (:07), talks about getting the Texas A&M Kingsville job (:09), growing up all over the country (:26), mutually dodging the Pre-Med track (:42), surviving the Red River flood of 1997 (:52), taking middle-school and high-school jobs in Arizona and Colorado (1:04), finding his way to Northern Colorado for grad school (1:23), and the state of percussion literature (1:36).  Also, Jason drives me nuts by constantly referring to Northern Colorado as "UNC".  Like I'm not supposed to have an allergic reaction to that acronym.

Links:

Jason Kihle's homepage

Jason Kihle's Texas A&M-Kingsville homepage

David Lang's "Anvil Chorus"

Art Pepper's Plus Eleven

Andrew Thomas's "Merlin"

Matthias Schmitt's "Ghanaia"

1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Don Denkinger's blown call in 1985 World Series (2:20 mark)

Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"

Dave Samuels' "Footpath"

Mark Ford's "Head Talk"

The 1997 Red River flood in North Dakota

Thomas Gauger's "Gainsborough"

Randy Fluman's Texas A&M Kingsville page

Raymond Helble's "Diabolic Variations"

Norm Weinberg's Percussion History and Literature Course

Raves:

Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters (1984) trailers

The Best American Sports Writing series

"Buggin' Out" by A Tribe Called Quest

Megan Arns talks about growing up in St. Louis, teaching and performing in Amman, Jordan, and navigating a tough year at Mizzou while also interviewing at other schools.  Also, we debate about whether or not I played a recital at Truman State while she was a student there (spoiler alert: I did).

Arns interview notes:

Megan Arns website

Megan Arns' Missouri home page

Julia Gaines' Missouri home page

Khan Variations

Michael Burritt's Eastman home page

John Parks' Florida State home page

Michael Bump's Truman State home page

@ Percussion Podcast Facebook page

Third Coast Percussion

Drum Corps International

Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps

Raves:

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

Let's Groove