Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 388 - Allen Otte (Part 1)
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
4h ago
Retired Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Professor, co-founder of BlackEarth Percussion Group and the Percussion Group Cincinnati, and performing percussionist Allen Otte stops by to talk about his current work with an early music improvisational group and The Innocents Project with John Lane (03:50), growing up in Sheboygan, WI, playing in church and with polka bands, his beginnings in piano and percussion, and studying with Michael Rosen (32:20), attending Oberlin (OH) for undergrad and getting into improvisation and new chamber music (43:50), and his work with BlackEarth, “inhaling music” v ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 387 - Bill Sallak
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
1w ago
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music Professor Bill Sallak stops by to talk about his job and dual role as director of percussion and audio engineering, working previously at Kent State (OH), Akros Percussion Collective, and manufacturing his own percussion items (03:20), growing up near Buffalo (NY), his interests in science and math, and watching transcendent athletes and teams (29:05), attending SUNY-Fredonia for undergrad (48:40), his research into J.S. Bach’s music transcribed for marimba (56:25), attending the University of Akron (OH) for his master’s and accompanying for modern dance ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 386 - Arin Levy (Part 2)
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
3w ago
Denver-based sound bath specialist and freelance percussionist Arin Levy returns to talk about getting their DMA from Alabama, falling out of interest in getting a teaching job, and their personalized dissertation (01:35), getting into sound baths, moving to Denver, and working for MakeMusic (19:25), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions segment, with segments on the 432 Hz Debate, their experience in Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, terrible jobs, the extensive Star Wars universe, the Twilight movies, traveling internationally, and Everything Everywhere All At Once (27:15). Finishing w ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 385 - Arin Levy (Part 1)
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
3w ago
Denver (CO)-based percussionist Arin Levy stops by to talk about Enso Sounds, gong selection, dealing with logistics, and the business of sound baths (03:15), growing up in Canton (OH), drum corps, playing trombone, and their involvement in theater (26:40), their undergrad years at Ohio University (36:55), going to Eastern Kentucky for master’s and teaching as a sabbatical replacement (47:00), and living in Indianapolis after the master’s degree, teaching high school drumlines, working with Jeff Queen, and freelancing (57:35). Finishing with a Rave on the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (01:03 ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 384 - Louis Raymond-Kolker
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
1M ago
High Point University (NC) Professor of Percussion, Theory and Composition Louis Raymond-Kolker stops by to chat about HPU, North Carolina, and teaching at Appalachian State and Winston-Salem State (02:25), getting into composing and the art of teaching composition (26:05), growing up in Austin, TX and getting into all things percussion (37:40), his undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce and his time in drum corps (49:05), his masters years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (01:08:15), his gap year before heading to North Carolina, including his time as a USPS letter carrier (01:18:45 ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 383 - Blair Helsing
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
1M ago
Percussionist, Band Leader, and Podcaster Blair Helsing stops by to talk about his life and a percussionist, band leader and percussion enthusiast (02:30), his work with the PAS Diversity Alliance and his career in Information Technology (17:25), growing up in Chicago and California (26:40), moving to the Bay Area in college, playing in bands regularly, PAS, Digital Audio Workstations, and San Francisco during the 1990s and 2000s (32:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including sections on maintaining good posture while playing drumset, Edgar Wright movies, John Cage, Hal Blaine ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 381 - Olivia Kieffer (Part 1)
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
2M ago
Grand Valley State University (MI) Professor of Music Theory Olivia Kieffer stops by to talk about her job responsibilities at GVSU and some of her past experiences that led her to that particular place (04:10), her work on the PAS Diversity Alliance and the 2023 PASIC panel she moderated (21:20), growing up in Wisconsin, getting involved in percussion, her church background and her sports past (37:00), and talks about her time as an undergrad at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) (53:20). Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film American Fiction (01:02:20). Olivia Kieffer links: Olivia’s GVS ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 380 - Pablo Rieppi (Part 2)
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
2M ago
Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, and Composer/Arranger Pablo Rieppi returns in Part 2 to discuss growing up in Northern Virginia (after being born in Uruguay), getting into percussion, improvising in classical music and jazz, and getting better at focused listening (01:40), going to George Mason University (VA) for undergrad (22:30), attending Juilliard for his masters and moving to New York City (31:45), and closes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on cooking, sports fandoms, great books and movies, a crazy ballet story, and seeing Modern Art in person (36:15). Finishing w ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 379 - Pablo Rieppi (Part 1)
Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito
by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
2M ago
Percussionist, Educator, and Composer/Arranger Pablo Rieppi stops by to talk about his roles with the New York City Ballet Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, Percussion on the Sound (P.O.T.S.), The Nutcracker, and playing the same repertoire over and over (03:00), the teaching portion of his career and pivoting to take younger percussion students (29:00), and composing/arranging for percussion, including recycling popular method books for new purposes (38:00). Finishing with a Rave on the 1976 autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter (55:30). Pablo Rieppi Links: Pablo Rieppi’s homepage New Yo ..read more
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 378 - Cory Hills
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by Pete Zambito, Pete's Percussion Podcast
2M ago
Owner and Creator of SplatBoomBang! Percussive Storytelling and Los Angeles-based Freelancing Percussionist Cory Hills stops by to discuss his PASIC 2023 presentation and getting into Percussive Storytelling (02:00), living in Los Angeles, Freelancing, and making Percussive Storytelling a business (22:00), his experiences with the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet and getting to meet William Kraft (40:40), growing up in northern Virginia (46:00), doing his undergrad at Northwestern (IL), studying with Michael Burritt, and the community he cultivates in his studios (51:10), living in Australia and ..read more
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