158 - Robert ChapmanOur next guest is Robert Chapman, recent first prize winner of the 2018 Great Plains International Marimba Competition! Robert is an active educator in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and has studied with Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, Ed Smith, She-e Wu, and Tom Burritt, among others. He also takes an interest in world music, having pursued studies in steel pan and tabla.Watch here. Listen below..00:00 Intro and hello3:25 Great Plains Marimba Competition.  Preparation, and experience at the competition.9:09 Copyrightist at Lonestar?13:30 Casey: what's the sound? Anechoic Chamber19:50 Balancing your teaching and performing? Burnout31:10 World music influence on your marimba playing?44:25 Megan: NPR's Hidden Brain - The Edge Effect.  Study shows correlation between creativity and cultural diversity.1:01:48 Podcast Speed Trivia