Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 440 - Mark Reynolds (Part 1)

April 10, 2025 Pete Zambito

Sabian Cymbal Company National Director of Sales and Education for Music Schools and Director of the Ohio State University Marching Band drumline Mark Reynolds stops by to talk about his Sabian job, the school rewards program, and folks who professionally represent Sabian well (03:45), the Ohio State drumline job, updating the sound and look of the group, and the challenges of the Rose Bowl parade (47:45) and the popularity of Ohio State’s halftime shows (01:11:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2006 documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (01:36:00).

Mizzou Percussion Ensemble Concert 1 YouTube link

Mizzou Percussion Ensemble Concert 2 YouTube link

Mark Reynolds links:

Mark Reynolds’ LinkedIn page

Mark Reynolds’ OSU page

“Demystifying the Texas Percussion Program”

“The Music of Rush” - Ohio State Marching Band

Ohio State Drumline 2021 Snare Jam

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Thomas Burritt in 2021

Other Links:

Gon Bops and Alex Acuña

Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps

Jon Waters

Christopher Hoch

Ohio State’s 2022 Elton John Show

Ohio State’s 2013 Michael Jackson show

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

“Buckeye Jazz Cafe” - 2022 show

Michael Klesch

Michael Martin

The Ghost Rider - Neil Peart

“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy

Raves:

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 439 - Joby Burgess

April 3, 2025 Pete Zambito

U.K.-based percussionist, session musician and performer Joby Burgess stops by to talk about all things session musician work and his career in chamber music (03:00), his album A Percussionist’s Songbook (42:20), growing up in western England, his piano background, and his time as a university student at the Guildhall School (54:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of difficult percussion concerti, playing with “too hard” mallets, cooking at home, traveling in Italy, Quentin Tarantino, John Steinbeck, American Football, Cricket, and inspiring artwork (01:15:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 documentary film Ennio (01:52:30).

Joby Burgess Links:

Joby Burgess’s website

A Percussionist’s Songbook - Joby Burgess

Other Links:

Abbey Road Studios

“Asturias” - Isaac Albeniz (John Williams, guitar)

John Kenny

“Dmaathen” - Iannis Xenakis

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Stewart Copeland

Pierre Boulez

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

“Desert Music” - Steve Reich

“To Be With You” - Mr. Big

“More Than Words” - Extreme

“She Talks to Angels” - Black Crows

“So What” - Miles Davis

“Milestones” - Miles Davis

“Seven Steps to Heaven” - Miles Davis

“A Night in Tunisia” - Dizzy Gillespie

“Black Market” - Weather Report

”Brother Sister” - Brand New Heavies

“Virtual Insanity” - Jamiroquai

“What is Hip?” - Tower of Power

“Wonderwall” - Oasis

“Girls & Boys” - Blur

Barbican Theater

Pedro Carneiro

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Gary Burton Tiny Desk concert

Concerto for Bass Drum and Orchestra - Gabriel Prokofiev

CinqueTerre

Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction trailer

Reservoir Dogs trailer

Back to the Future trailer

Get Shorty trailer

The Matrix Reloaded trailer

John Steinbeck

1980s San Francisco 49ers

Yayoi Kusama

Raves:

Ennio trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 438 - Von Hansen

March 27, 2025 Pete Zambito

Washburn University (KS) Percussion Professor, Composer, and Performer Von Hansen stops by to talk about his recent album Mortal Coil (03:15), his Percussion and Composition job at Washburn (16:05), growing up in Topeka and the wide array of musical experiences of his early life (25:30), going to Washburn for undergrad and studying with Tom Morgan (36:20), his masters years at the University of Central Michigan and his doctorate from the University of Kansas (52:20), the challenges of his career during his first job at Friends University (KS) (01:05:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of percussion repertoire choices, classic horror films, Kurt Vonnegut books, Caroline Shaw, and local artists (01:15:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Robot Dreams (01:40:00).

Von Hansen links:

Von Hansen’s website

Von Hansen’s Washburn University page

“Mortal Coil” - Von Hansen

“Ad Astra” - Von Hansen

“Lenses” - Von Hansen

“Anything Worthwhile is Perishable” - Von Hansen

“Gr@wLix” - Von Hansen

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned

Matthew Lau in 2021

Marco Schirripa in 2022

Hannah Weaver in 2021

Jamie Whitmarsh in 2021

Andrew Richardson in 2023

Alexis C. Lamb in 2021

Other Links:

“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich

Tom Morgan

The Jazz Drummer’s Reading Workbook - Tom Morgan

Coe Percussion

Quey Percussion Duo

Anya Pogorelova

Reading Mallet Percussion Music - Rebecca Kite

Phantom Regiment

David Gillingham

Susan Powell

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Chopped

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

Pulp Fiction trailer

Dashing Through the Snow trailer

Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa

The Gate trailer

Hellraiser trailer

The Silence of the Lambs trailer

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut

Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

What We Do in the Shadows TV Show

David Lynch

Partita for Eight Voices - Caroline Shaw

Gordon Sherman

Raves:

Robot Dreams trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 437 - Brian Blume

March 20, 2025 Pete Zambito

U.S. Army’s Pershing’s Own Ceremonial Band Percussionist Brian Blume stops by to talk about his military music job and his work with TapSpace Publications (02:35), his composition history (22:25), growing up in Indiana with music director parents, and his piano and sports background (30:30), attending Indiana University for undergrad and his drum corps experiences as performer and teacher (42:15), returning to IU for his master’s degree (01:04:35), freelancing in Indianapolis after his master’s degree, building a portfolio career, and teaching in higher education in Florida (01:12:15), and takes on the Random Ass Questions, including segments on expression in performance, great books, terrible jobs, IU basketball, and The Care of Souls (01:35:05).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 Documentary Series Great Migrations: A People on the Move (01:58:20).

Brian Blume Links:

Brian Blume’s website

Brian Blume’s Pershing’s Own page

Brian Blume’s Tapspace page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Colin Hill in 2019

Kevin Bobo in 2017

Frank Chapple in 2019

Mark Ford in 2023

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 436 - Steven Schick

March 13, 2025 Pete Zambito

Solo Percussionist, Author, Conductor, and longtime Director of Percussion at the University of California-San Diego Steven Schick stops by to talk about the UCSD program, teaching doctoral students, and the art of performing on percussion in the 21st century (02:25), growing up in northern Iowa, his jazz drumset influences, sailing in high school, and living and working on a farm (25:30), going to the University of Iowa for undergraduate and master’s, pursuing the solo percussionist path, and his Fulbright studies (36:20), his early college teaching career at Fresno State University (CA) and his pandemic experiences (55:30), his excellent book The Percussionist’s Art (01:07:00), and takes in the Random Ass Questions, including segments on hearing percussion music outside of college concert settings, reading books and achieving fluency in other languages, and staying healthy (01:22:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film I Am Raquel Welch (01:47:10).

Steven Schick links:

Steven Schick’s website

Steven Schick’s UCSD page

Other Links:

“Rebonds B/A” - Iannis Xenakis

“Persaphassa” - Iannis Xenakis

“Sextet” - Steve Reich

“XY” - Michael Gordon

“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier

Violin Concerto - Alban Berg

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese

“Bone Alphabet” - Brian Ferneyhough

Inuksuit - John Luther Adams

“Third Construction” - John Cage

The Godfather trailer

The Lives of Others trailer

Hot Tub Time Machine trailer

In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust

The Odyssey - Homer (Emily Wilson translation)

Selected Stories - Franz Kafka (Mark Harmon translation)

James Wood

Caravaggio’s Italy

Raves:

I am Raquel Welch film

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 435 - Brady Spitz

March 6, 2025 Pete Zambito

Appalachian State University Percussion Professor Brady Spitz stops by to talk about his position at the school, what it’s like to teach in the mountains, and the various natural disasters he’s lived through (02:40), growing up in Colorado, his background playing in bands and performing in the pit in musicals, and his sports background (32:00), his undergrad years at the University of North Texas (43:50), his master’s years at Louisiana State University (56:00), his doctoral years at Rice University, studying and freelancing in Houston, his first full-time position at University of Tennessee-Martin, and comparing and contrasting his college professors’ teaching styles (01:03:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, with hilarious stories about cooking, movies, playing for various pop artists, and the TV show Bluey (01:28:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Krin Gabbard book Jammin’ at the Margins (01:49:40).

Brady Spitz links:

Brady Spitz’s website

Brady Spitz’s Appalachian State webpage

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Julie Hill in 2019

Mary Emmons in 2024

Mariana Ramirez in 2023

Mark Ford in 2023

Colin Hill in 2019

Lauren Teel in 2017

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

Other Links:

Once on This Island

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

Brett Dietz

Morton Feldman

Jim Atwood

A Soldier’s Tale - Igor Stravinsky

William Kraft

Matthew Strauss

Brian Del Signore

“Hallelujah” - IL DIVO

“Amish Paradise” - Weird Al Yankovic

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

Grosse Pointe Blank trailer

Primary Colors trailer

Avengers: Secret Wars trailer

Silence - John Cage

Jim’s Wings

Big City Burrito

Bluey

Raves:

Jammin’ at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema - Krin Gabbard

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 434 - Eric Hollenbeck (Part 2)

February 27, 2025 Pete Zambito

Colorado State University Percussion Professor Eric Hollenbeck returns to talk about playing sports in high school and more about percussion sound concepts (01:30) his college undergrad and graduate career and studying with Michael Burritt and Tom Siwe (18:40), a discussion of his first teaching job at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (37:20), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of BBQ, “Starship Troopers”, great fiction and nonfiction books, the “Bob” story, and Andy Akiho (45:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film I’m Still Here (01:09:55).

Eric Hollenbeck links:

Part 1 with Eric Hollenbeck

Eric Hollenbeck’s CSU page

Eric Hollenbeck’s Pearl Drums page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Andrew Lynge in 2025

Cort McClaren in 2022

Other Links:

Tom Freer

Michael Burritt

Susan Powell

Amanda Percussion Group

Method of Movement for Marimba - Leigh Howard Stevens

Four-Mallet Marimba Playing - Nancy Zeltsman

Thomas Siwe

William Duckworth

Steve Reich

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Keiko Abe

Four Episodes - Gordon Stout

Sean Womack

Keith Lloyd

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

American Beauty trailer

Crash trailer

Starship Troopers trailer

Watership Down - Richard Adams

The Stranger in the Woods - Michael Finkel

The Journals of Lewis and Clark

Doug’s Fish Fry

Hofmann Hot Dogs

Pillar VII - Andy Akiho

Raves:

I’m Still Here trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 433 - Eric Hollenbeck (Part 1)

February 20, 2025 Pete Zambito

Colorado State University (CSU) Director of Percussion Studies Eric Hollenbeck stops by to talk about his job at CSU and the facilities at the school (03:15), how CSU fits in with other music programs in the state, the students of today, the influence of drum corps, recruiting, and audiences we play for (19:30), and growing up in upstate New York, having a choir director mother, and the percussion sound concepts he learned early on his career that have continuing importance (01:00:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Programs (01:26:15).

Eric Hollenbeck links:

Eric Hollenbeck’s Colorado State page

Eric Hollenbeck’s Pearl Drums page

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Shilo Stroman in 2020

Other Links:

Third Coast Percussion

Andy Akiho

Seven Pillars - Andy Akiho

Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps

Dutch Boy Drum Corps

Rod Meckley

Brent Montgomery

Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps

Raves:

Saturday Night Live 50th

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 432 - Marcia McCants

February 13, 2025 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, and Psychologist Marcia McCants stops by to talk about her Adjunct Percussion Instructor position at Virginia State University and going to England to get her Master of Psychology degree (02:30), living and studying in England (19:50) growing up in California and Virginia, having a musical family, and getting into percussion (33:20), dealing with adverse situations and progressing forward in her studies in high school and college (47:30), going to James Madison University (VA) for her undergrad, George Mason University (VA) for her master’s, and performing music by composers of African-American descent (01:05:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on accessibility and percussion, great movies, Agatha Christie, Anime, terrible jobs, and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (01:35:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Nickel Boys (02:13:10).

Marcia McCants Links:

Marcia’s VSU page

Marcia’s Lessons page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Lamon Lawhorn in 2020

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

Sean Daniels in 2024

Laurel Black in 2017

Other Links:

Black Swamp Educator Network

Sonaris Percussion

Merce Cunningham

John Cage

Sandbox Percussion Seminar

Staunton Music Festival

John Kilkenny

The Princess Bride trailer

Mulan trailer

Mulan II trailer

And Then There Were None trailer

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

Assassination Classroom

Nightwing

Being Black - Joe W. Moore III

Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé

Raves:

Nickel Boys trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 431 - Ian Rosenbaum

February 6, 2025 Pete Zambito

Sandbox Percussion co-founder, Percussionist, Freelancer and Educator Ian Rosenbaum stops by to talk about the origins of the group, early performances, group management, and dealing with inventory (02:40), how Sandbox develops relationships with composers and their connections to Só Percussion and Third Coast Percussion (22:20), the rehearsal and performance logistics for Sandbox (32:20), Ian and the groups’ various college residencies and the importance of their Creator Mentorship program (45:00), growing up in Westchester (NY), beginnings of playing drumset and piano, and attending many types of concerts in his youth (01:09:40), eventually attending Peabody and working with Bob Van Sice (01:18:10), his master’s degree time at Yale and getting in the freelance scene in NYC (01:26:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments about performance setup and etiquette, great food, movies and books, and Christian Marclay’s The Clock (01:37:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony (02:00:00).

Ian Rosenbaum links:

Sandbox Percussion website

Ian Rosenbaum’s website

Sandbox’s Creator Mentorship Program

Seven Pillars - Andy Akiho

Ian Rosenbaum’s Peabody page

“Khan Variationa” - Alejandro Viñao

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Victor Caccese in 2019

Garrett Arney in 2019

Todd Meehan in 2017

Cort McClaren in 2022

Other Links:

“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich

“Drumming (Part 1)” - Steve Reich

“Extremes from Imaginary City” - Jason Treuting

So Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

“Pattern Transformation” - Lukas Ligeti

“NO one to kNOW one” - Andy Akiho

Viet Cuong

Green Umbrella Series

“Wilderness” - Jerome Begin

David Yoon

Glen Velez

Ji Su Jung

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Bryce Dessner

Goldberg Variations - J.S. Bach (Glenn Gould)

Colin Currie

JACK Quartet

Amandinda Percussion Quartet

Simon Boyar

“Late in the Evening” - Paul Simon

“I Go to Extremes” - Billy Joel

Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer Tiny Desk concert

311 Tiny Desk Concert

“Pretty Fly” - The Offspring

“All the Small Things” - Blink-182

Ton Freer

“Threads” - Paul Lansky

Cloyd Duff

Etuden for Timpani - Richard Hochrainer

Thomas Duffy

New Haven (CT) Pizza

The Princess Bride trailer

Fast and Furious trailer

Silo trailer

Formula 1: Drive to Survive trailer

Jacob Collier - Tiny Desk concert

“1612” - VULFPECK

Victor Wooten Trio at PASIC 2018

“So Much to Say” - Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford view)

Christian Marclay’s The Clock

Raves:

The 2025 Grammy Awards

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 430 - Eriko Daimo

January 30, 2025 Pete Zambito

Solo Percussionist and Educator Eriko Daimo stops by to discuss her career as a percussion soloist, her teaching at Juilliard and NYU, and the nature of arranging for marimba (02:45), growing up in Japan, traveling around the world, her piano background and experiences in wind ensemble (38:05), her undergrad years at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in Japan and her experiences creating musical arrangements (58:40), her decision to study for her master’s at the Boston Conservatory (MA) (01:12:15) and a brief moment of storytelling through the Random Ass Questions (01:27:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Complete Unknown (01:34:50).

Eriko Daimo links:

Eriko Daimo’s website

Eriko’s arrangements

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

Adelaide Ferriere in 2019

Other Links:

“In My Life” - The Beatles

“Blackbird” - The Beatles

Nancy Zeltsman

Ed Saindon

Dave Samuels

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin/Adelaide Ferriere

Raves:

A Complete Unknown trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 429 - Ben Wahlund

January 23, 2025 Pete Zambito

Northern Illinois University (NIU) Instructor of Percussion and Director of Percussion Studies at the College of DuPage (IL) Ben Wahlund stops by to talk about his teaching at both universities, the role of instructor/lecturer vs. professor, and PAS experiences (03:15), his compositional career and the Mile Marker Zero project (29:30), growing up all over the world with a military band director father, his early musical experiences, and settling in North Dakota (46:40), his undergrad degree at the University of Mary (ND), teaching middle school in Iowa, getting to the Chicago area and doing his master’s at NIU (01:03:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (potty mouth!), including discussions of accessibility, Chicago sports, great books, and important travel experiences (01:18:45).

Finishing with a Re-Rave on the 2018 documentary film King in the Wilderness (01:49:00).

California Wildfire Contribution Links:

Habitat for Humanity

American Red Cross

World Central Kitchen

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Pasadena Humane Society

California Fire Foundation

Ben Wahlund links:

Ben Wahlund’s NIU page

Ben Wahlund’s homepage

Ben Wahlund’s College of DuPage webpage

Previous Podcasts Guests Mentioned:

Rich Holly in 2020

Andy Bliss in 2023

Erin Walker Bliss in 2024

Raychel Taylor in 2020

Alexis C. Lamb in 2021

Melissa Wang in 2024

Julie Spencer in 2021

Megan Arns in 2017

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Rebecca Kite in 2018

Ben Charles in 2017

Raynor Carroll in 2023

David Eyler in 2020

Marvin Sparks, Jr. in 2017

Other Links:

“Funky Beat” - Whodini

“It’s Tricky” - RUN DMC

Beat Street trailer

The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick

The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Haruki Murakami

Wislawa Szymborska

Raves:

King in the Wilderness trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 428 - Daniel Glass

January 16, 2025 Pete Zambito

New York City-based Percussionist, Educator and Author Daniel Glass stops by to talk about his musical activities (03:40), the beginnings of his career in NYC and dealing with issues of gear for gigs (10:45), growing up in Honolulu (HI), his eclectic musical background, moving to Boston (MA) and eventually making his way to Los Angeles (CA) (29:30), his motion-based teaching philosophy and its origins (51:00), his writing and book career (01:08:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on performing on drumset in and out of context, great authors and great drummers, Elvis Presley, and David Bowie’s Blackstar(01:22:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Inside Out films (01:45:55).

How to Help those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires

Daniel Glass links:

Daniel Glass’s website

Daniel’s drum solo from The Century Project

Cast Party NYC

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Kelli Rae Tubbs in 2024

Erin Walker Bliss in 2024

Other Links:

The Music Building NYC

Sara Bareilles

Jason Robert Brown

The Greatest Showman soundtrack

Martha Graham

Ummagumma - Pink Floyd

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - David Byrne and Brian Eno

“I Put a Spell on You” - Nina Simone

Book of Days - Meredith Monk

Drumming - Steve Reich

Metamorphosis - Philip Glass

Steve Smith

Joey Baron

Alan Dawson

The Dick Grove School

“Drum Boogie” - Gene Krupa

Drum History Podcast

Blackstar - David Bowie

Raves:

Inside Out trailer

Inside Out 2 trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 427 - Andrew Lynge

January 9, 2025 Pete Zambito

University of Alabama Percussion Professor and Epoch Percussion Quartet member Andrew Lynge stops by to talk about his job at Alabama and working through the pandemic (02:15), his percussion ensemble performing at PASIC twice in the last few years (18:45), Epoch Percussion (25:10), growing up near Dallas (32:00), going the Texas A&M-Commerce for undergrad and doing DCI (41:10) his master’s degree time at Colorado State (52:40), his doctoral years at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching at Commerce as an adjunct and his first job at Jacksonville State University (AL) (01:03:50), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a complete percussionist, bad jobs, his varying taste in movies, Cormac McCarthy, and The Bear (01:26:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Documentary Series The Beatles: Get Back (01:47:55).

Andrew Lynge links:

Andrew Lynge’s website

Andrew Lynge’s University of Alabama

Epoch Percussion

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Jennifer Caputo in 2016

John Wooton in 2022

Lauren Teel in 2017

Dave Hall in 2020

Shilo Stroman in 2020

Other Links:

“Spine” - Michael Laurello

“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich

Orbital - John Psathas

Dallas Winds

Re(new)al - Viet Cuong

Deja Vu - Michael Colgrass

Sandbox Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

“Fantasy Variations” - Michael Colgrass

Cloyd Duff

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“Itsuki Fantasy for Six Mallets” - Keiko Abe

Tony McCutchen

Sean Womack

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

Carter Beauford

No Country For Old Men trailer

Lord of the Rings trailer

The Wedding Planner trailer

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Hurtado BBQ

The Bear TV Show

Raves:

The Beatles: Get Back

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 426 - Olivia Cirisan

January 2, 2025 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Performer, and Educator Olivia Cirisan stops by to chat about performing Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley’s “37 across 39 down” at PASIC 2024 (03:15), her master’s program at the University of Michigan and her responsibilities and work with chamber duos and gamelan (16:40), growing up (mostly) in Frankenmuth, Michigan, her piano and percussion background, and living with ADHD (37:15), attending the University of Michigan for undergrad, staying there for the master’s, and her time auditioning at Mizzou (01:02:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on self-seriousness in art, her experiences as a woman in percussion spaces, the Twilight movies, Albert Camus, and the Midnight Gospel series (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon (02:02:15).

Olivia Cirisan links:

Olivia Cirisan’s website

FLYDLPHIN

VIRID

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Cameron Leach in 2023

Megan Arns in 2016

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 425 - Elizabeth DeLamater (2024)

December 26, 2024 Pete Zambito

Percussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance Chair and Percussionist and Educator Elizabeth DeLamater returns to discuss all things Diversity Alliance that occurred at PASIC 2024 (03:15), the state of diversity items and initiatives in 2024 (18:15), and an update on items in her personal and professional world, including working at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and playing for Holiday gigs (29:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Colson Whitehead’s 1999 novel The Intuitionist (37:15).

Previous Episodes with Elizabeth DeLamater:

Episode 167

Episode 168

Episode 276

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned in the show:

Julie Hill in 2019

Heather Sloan in 2021

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Matthew Lau in 2021

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Other Links:

Terri Lyne Carrington

Adam Tan

Taku Hirano

Beibei Wang

Raves:

The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 424 - Melissa Wang

December 19, 2024 Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Composer, Freelancer, and Educator Melissa Wang stops by to talk about her PASIC 2024 performance of Kate Neal’s “Self-Accusation” (03:10), her percussion activities and responsibilities throughout the Chicago Metro area (21:50), growing up in Chicago, her early musical experiences, and her extracurricular activities, including her prowess at the Spelling Bee (31:35), getting her undergrad degree from Northern Illinois University (41:30), her percussion and composition degree work for her master’s at the University of Washington (51:05), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of mental health, being a woman in the percussion and composition fields, Shrek, viral videos, and the greatness of Evelyn Glennie (01:07:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Real Pain (01:39:40).

Melissa Wang Links:

Melissa Wang’s webpage

Melissa Wang’s PASIC page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Bonnie Whiting from 2020

Raychel Taylor from 2020

Other Links:

Kate Neal

Peter Handke

Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps

Shadow Behind the Iron Sun - Evelyn Glennie

Raves:

A Real Pain trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 423 - Kathryn Irwin

December 12, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) Percussion Professor Kathryn Irwin stops by to talk about her 2024 Virtual PASIC performance of Joe W. Moore III’s “Is This Madness?” (04:55) and her performance with percussion quartet Without Borders at the 2024 In-Person PASIC (22:35), her job at ULM, teaching for the Honors department, teaching elementary school and building the music program (25:20), growing up in Mississippi and her earlier musical experiences (47:00), going to Louisiana State University for undergrad (51:35), getting her master’s at the University of Kansas (01:03:00), getting her doctorate at Michigan State University and working with their drumline (01:18:35), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the percussion and band worlds, having a terrible mall job, the Summer Olympics, and the impact of Japanese Kabuki Theater on Sueyoshi’s “Mirage” (01:30:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (02:04:35).

Kathryn Irwin Links:

Kathryn Irwin’s Virtual PASIC performance

Kathryn Irwin’s homepage

Kathryn Irwin’s ULM page

Without Borders’ YouTube page

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 422 - Joseph Van Hassel

December 5, 2024 Pete Zambito

University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) Percussion Professor and Chair of the Music Department Joseph Van Hassel stops by to talk about his recent PASIC performance with Alexandros Fragiskatos on a drumset duet (04:20), his UNCP job, freelancing, and his work in various positions for PAS (13:10), owning Media Press Publications and the detective work of finding “hidden gems” (37:20), growing up in Ohio, his composer brother, doing Bands of America in high school and getting further interested in percussion, and having a paper route (45:00), his years at Ohio University for undergrad (51:50), Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for the master’s (58:45), Hartt School of Music (CT) for the doctorate and sabbatical work (01:09:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including commentary on student performances, the original Superman Movies of the 1970s and 1980s, great fiction and nonfiction books, and Christopher Reeve (01:23:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Wicked: Part One (01:47:00).

Joseph Van Hassel Links:

Joseph Van Hassel’s homepage

Joseph Van Hassel’s PASIC page

Joseph Van Hassel’s UNCP page

Media Press Publications

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 421 - Elena Bonomo

November 28, 2024 Pete Zambito

Principal Drumset Performer for SIX: The Musical on Broadway, percussionist, educator, and freelancer Elena Bonomo stops by to talk about her PASIC Presentation on Performing and Reading Charts for theatrical performance (03:20), her current gig on Broadway and freelancing work (26:10), growing up in Westchester (NY), her piano-playing grandmother, “GodTiny and The Angel-Headed Outsiders”, Great Drummers, and achieving a karate black belt (37:35), her undergrad at Berklee College of Music (MA) and studying with a wide variety of percussionists (53:25), her post-grad time performing on cruise ships and the effects of the pandemic in 2020-21 (01:04:55), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment, including segments on drummers playing too loud, her love of pasta, her lack of interest in sports, crazy experiences playing in wedding bands, and inspiring visual art (01:20:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series Gospel (01:44:15).

Elena Bonomo links:

Elena Bonomo’s homepage

Elena Bonomo’s Instagram

Elena Bonomo’s PASIC page