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Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito
Pete Zambito
A place for long form talk with percussionists and other compelling people.
- Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 424 - Melissa Wang
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:
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
Shadow Behind the Iron Sun - Evelyn Glennie
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19 December 2024, 12:00 pm - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 423 - Kathryn Irwin
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:
12 December 2024, 12:00 pm - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 422 - Joseph Van Hassel
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:
5 December 2024, 12:00 pm - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 421 - Elena Bonomo
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:
Other links:
“Larger than Life” - Backstreet Boys
“Genie in a Bottle” - Christina Aguilera
“Billie’s Bounce” - Charlie Parker
They Cage the Animals at Night - Jennings Michael Burch
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28 November 2024, 12:00 pm - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 420 - Nicholas Papador
University of Windsor (ON) Percussion Professor Nicholas Papador stops by to talk about his recent PASIC Presentation on Klezmer arrangements with the help of Heartland Marimba (04:00), his job at Windsor, the Canadian Percussion Network, the Marassa Duo, his compositional career and living in Canada (16:25), growing up mostly in Portland (OR), and his expanded musical interests in classical music and punk rock (41:15), attending the University of Oregon for 2 undergrad degrees and a discussion of the Oregon-Wake Forest football connection (52:50), his years doing his percussion master’s degree at Indiana University (01:05:30), his doctoral years at Northwestern University (IL), his post-doctoral time in Ithaca, NY, and working as a percussionist for modern dance (01:13:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on Paul Auster’s books, places to travel, a bug attack at a symphony performance, and Mark Rothko (01:32:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the fans of Pete’s Percussion Podcast at PASIC (01:56:25).
Nicholas Papador links:
Nicholas Papador’s University of Windsor page
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Matthew Coley on the podcast in 2021
Aiyun Huang on the podcast in 2023
Joshua D. Smith on the podcast in 2018
Kevin Bobo on the podcast in 2017
Scott Herring on the podcast in 2022
Will James on the podcast in 2017
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21 November 2024, 12:00 pm - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 419 - 2024 PASIC Preview (Part 2)
PASIC 2024 Week is here! Enjoy interviews from folks presenting on Friday, Saturday, and beyond, with contributions from Nicolas Papador (01:40), Elena Bonomo (15:00), Kathryn Irwin (38:50), and Elizabeth DeLamater (57:45).
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13 November 2024, 11:00 am - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 418 - 2024 PASIC Preview (Part 1)
It’s PASIC week! Get ready for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (2024 edition) with a preview episode featuring those performing on Thursday of PASIC, including Joseph Van Hassel (05:00), Melissa Wang (14:15), Olivia Cirisan (32:25), and Kathryn Irwin (47:35).
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12 November 2024, 11:00 am - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 417 - Conner Viets (Part 2)
Murray State University (KY) Percussion Instructor Conner Viets returns to talk about finishing his master’s degree during the pandemic, temp jobs, and freelance teaching (03:25), going to Indiana University for the doctorate (11:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions about the large quantity of great percussion players, the “millennial pause”, working at a bouncy house park, he (and his mom’s) fandom of the band Rush, a long discussion of Kansas City Sports, and many memorable performances (23:45).
Finishing with a Rave on the 1947 film Duel in the Sun (01:25:00).
Conner Viets links:
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP)
“UNBREAKABLE” - Andy Harnsberger
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24 October 2024, 11:00 am - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 416 - Conner Viets (Part 1)
Murray State University (KY) Percussion Professor and Indiana University Doctoral student Conner Viets stops by to talk about his simultaneous careers as well as living in Kentucky (04:25), growing up in Nebraska and Kansas City, being in strong musical environments, working in high school, and taking part in Youth & Government (24:35), attending Truman State University (MO) for undergrad and studying with Michael Bump (44:00), and his master’s degree years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying with Dave Hall, and playing at PASIC 2019 (01:00:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (01:20:05).
Conner Viets Links:
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Louis Raymond-Kolker from 2024
Other Links:
Two Mexican Dances - Gordon Stout
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok
“Ultimatum 1” - Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao
“Book of Grooves” - Alejandro Viñao
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17 October 2024, 11:00 am - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 415 - Kurt Gartner
Kansas State University Percussion Professor Kurt Gartner stops by to talk about his KSU job, working at Purdue University in bands, changes related to the arts in Kansas, and the importance of teacher mentorship (03:40), his interest and work related to using music technology, when he did video conference in the mid 2000s with Pete, and the city of Manhattan (KS) (21:25), growing up in the Chicago area, family members in the arts, traveling to Europe, and his interest in old-school photography (43:00), attending Eastern Illinois University for undergrad, studying with Johnny Lee Lane, and his time attending and teaching at the United States Percussion Camp (52:35), getting his master’s at the University of Kansas and studying with George Bober (01:01:25), working at Purdue University, getting his doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado, studying with Gray Barrier and deepening his jazz background (01:13:20), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including praise for great conductors, studying Cuban music in Cuba, White Castle, Chicago sports, and memorable performances (01:28:15).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary Thriller 40 (02:00:15).
Kurt Gartner Links:
Previous Podcast guests mentioned:
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10 October 2024, 11:00 am - Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 414 - Bailey Seabury
Following Pete’s thoughts about the devastation from Hurricane Helene, University of South Carolina Adjunct Percussion Instructor and Drumline Director Bailey Seabury stops by to talk about his job at USC, the football gameday experience, getting ready to march the Macy’s Parade in November, freelancing, and the geography of the state (04:30), growing up near Birmingham, AL, having a father who was a band director, his sports background, and participating in mathletes (26:20), his undergrad years at Troy University (AL), playing at PASIC in 2012, and wearing out his first car (49:00), attending the University of Central Arkansas, their marching band and long bus trips, and his enjoyment of the city of Conway (01:07:25), his doctoral years at USC and his research on the marimba music of Kevin Bobo (01:18:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of starting percussionists on snare drum, his Alabama football fandom, his love of cycling and exercise, and playing The Planets (01:31:25).
Finishing with a Rave on Billy Joel and Sting live in concert in St. Louis (02:02:40).
Contributions to Hurricane Relief:
Bailey Seabury links:
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Other Links:
“The Odyssey, According to Penelope” - Kevin Bobo
The Inner Game of Tennis - Timothy Gallway
Raves:
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