Interviews, topics, and discussion
Episodes
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
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0:00 Intro and hello. Casey- history: Happy-b day Barbara Strozzi
3:20 Chris's Pat Metheny duo concerto project?
12:50 Alan Abel
14:00 New book, Patti?
16:30 Having to tell a fellow student, "this might not be for you..."
25:20 New World Symphony?
29:30 How to keep up with so much? How to keep learning through COVID?
39:30 Hang drums at home?
44:20 Orchestras staying a-float through COVID?
48:20 Casey: "Semmelweiss" Opera
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
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0:00 intro and hello. Casey history today: Maria Anna Mozart
6:50 Hello, Filip!
9:15 Studying live electronics?
13:25 Max MSP?
15:55 When is it appropriate to write a tape part in place of another instrumentalist?
20:20 How did you get interested in electronics?
23:45 Improvised performance royalties? Improv practice?
28:30 Croatian composers?
34:30 Ben: The Sea Organ
41:50 What did joining the EU do for your career?
44:45 Your musical family? Saxophone, Vibraphone
53:35 Playing for a HUGE audience?
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
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0:00 Intro and hello.
Casey: Intro music contest results. Thanks and congratulations to:1st Reese Maultsby, 2nd Antek Olesik, 3rd Bartek Miler, Fox Sebastian Lopez, and Luigi Morleo.
4:56 Welcome to Marianna Bednarska
8:00 What is the Polish marimba sound? So many successful female Polish percussionists?
22:16 Your collaboration with Anders Koppel?
27:14 How is life different now that you've graduated?
29:15 How does one start a performing career like yours?
36:05 Maintain life and career balance?
42:00 Karli: Pre-performance rituals
57:50 Casey: history - Grace Bumbry
1:06:15 Future plans?
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
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0:00 Intro and hello
4:50 Practicing during COVID?
13:50 Whatchya working on?
18:20 Expecting a BABY?!?!
26:05 History: Mickey Hart arrest and recent police brutality news
44:50 Mickey Hart
46:40 Casey: 2020 Pulitzer winner Anthony Davis and The Central Park Five (opera)
1:01:00 Studying with Nancy Zeltsman?
1:08:15 Studying with Bogdan Bacanu?
1:11:50 Why does Baroque music sound so good on marimba?
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
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Matthew Strauss - Houston Symphony, Rice University
Tom Bowden - freelance percussionist in South Florida, who wrote his DMA essay on Mr. Abel’s techniques
Ted Atkatz - former Principal Percussionist of the Chicago Symphony, Colburn School, founder Ted Atkatz Percussion Seminar
Matt Flanders - one of Mr. Abel’s last students at Temple University
0:00 Intro and Hello 2:30 What would Mr. Abel being saying about the current state of COVID-19? 6:40 Him as a person. His great playing ability in his old age. 14:35 Your last lesson with Mr. Abel? Tom's dissertation project? 21:22 Timing with orchestras. Auditions. 34:25 How did he approach contemporary percussion? 39:00 Ted and CSO, and the documentary 44:20 Alan Abel's influence (Ben names symphonies and university positions) 49:35 Personal stories 59:00 When is it time to bring your own personality into Mr. Abel's style? Different halls. Summer happenings.
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
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0:00 Intros and hello
2:22 What does this Supreme Court victory mean?
4:34 What got you interested in being active?
12:20 When these issues are politicized does it create additional obstacles?
15:09 What types of actions have led to this? Little history lesson
30:50 What can we do?
35:11 What can we do as teachers? Scanning for safety. Pronouns.
46:30 What victories are still to be made?
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
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0:00 Intro and Hello, Casey: history RCA LP's
7:35 Hello, Steven Schick!
9:00 COVID blackout and concerts
12:45 Steve's performance of Inuksuit at US/Mexico border
19:50 Steve's Fulbright in Germany
25:30 Our future post COVID?
31:00 "It's About Time" and "In the Name of the Earth" projects
35:45 How you've broadened as an artist? Steven Schick, Percussionist & Conductor.
41:00 Community
44:20 Your development into a percussionist?
50:20 "Toucher" by Vinko Globokar
1:05:45 Steve performs "Toucher"
1:13:40 Learning French for this piece? Languages.
1:20:40 The size and scale of percussion's audience.
1:30:18 "Expertise"?
1:34:16 Some inspirational readings?
1:37:55 Different art mediums and collaborations that standout?
1:39:20 Memorization?
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
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0:00 Intros and hello
3:14 A tid-bit on Zildjian and diversity. What is the Percussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance?
7:10 How did the Diversity Alliance come about? Julie Hill, PAS President
12:20 Why is the Diversity Alliance necessary?
19:10 Value of representation
21:30 Teaching around the issues
26:55 De-centering and systemic barriers
29:50 Working differently abled students?
41:00 What else can we do as educators?
43:20 Becoming a PAS Diversity Alliance member?
45:35 How does the Diversity Alliance bring opportunities to people?
55:00 Concern of tokenism and intentionally programming underrepresented people
1:03:26 "It's just about having someone tell you the right thing"
1:06:56 PAS and some future ideas
1:12:42 Some educational resources the Diversity Alliance is building
1:17:25 "Get comfortable with being uncomfortable"
1:19:15 PASIC 2020?
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
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0:00 Intro and Hello. Casey history: huge loss of master recordings in warehouse fire
6:10 Welcome, Garrett!
8:38 Your master class on Xenakis? Rebonds
18:50 Garrett's woodblocks
23:40 What are the pedagogical benefits of studying Rebonds?
33:20 Karli: Mauricio Kagel, Rudolf von Laban and movement. Casey: Laban "efforts"
1:15:20 Taxes and musicians
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
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0:00 Intro and Hello.
3:50 Recording considerations? Audition and orchestra.
23:00 Student challenges during COVID?
30:15 Starting at Miami University?
34:20 Programming thoughts and Stanley Kubrick...
44:00 With so much film in your family, how did you end up in music? Some childhood mischief 49:05 More childhood mischief
53:52 Ksenija: Stendhal Syndrome
1:15:30 Studying with Michael Rosen?