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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Third Coast Percussion Month! Episode 448 with Sean Connors
Manage episode 488303617 series 1090414
Third Coast Percussion Month Continues! Ensemble Member, Technical Director, and Education Director Sean Connors stops by to talk about joining TCP, learning from early gigs, administrative challenges, and his version of the Glenn Kotche story (02:15), growing up in Bergen County (NJ), getting into percussion, and his experiences playing ultimate frisbee (26:35), going to Eastman (NY) for undergrad and studying with John H. Beck (39:10), attending Northwestern (IL) for his masters, studying with Michael Burritt, teaching after his degree, and creating performance opportunities for himself (55:00), getting his doctorate at Eastman, teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and getting the (literal) call to join TCP (01:04:30), finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on great percussion experiences, random knowledge, The Mets, The Yoga Festival Story (Take 2), and the Sao Paolo Art Museum (01:17:10).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Sing Sing and a WTF with Marc Maron podcast episode with Clarence Maclin (01:31:45).
Sean Connors Links:
Other Links:
“Haunt of Last Nightfall” - David T. Little
“Bebop Riddle II” - Augusta Reed Thomas
The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
Live in Osaka - Eastman Wind Ensemble
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Raves:
102 episodes
Manage episode 488303617 series 1090414
Third Coast Percussion Month Continues! Ensemble Member, Technical Director, and Education Director Sean Connors stops by to talk about joining TCP, learning from early gigs, administrative challenges, and his version of the Glenn Kotche story (02:15), growing up in Bergen County (NJ), getting into percussion, and his experiences playing ultimate frisbee (26:35), going to Eastman (NY) for undergrad and studying with John H. Beck (39:10), attending Northwestern (IL) for his masters, studying with Michael Burritt, teaching after his degree, and creating performance opportunities for himself (55:00), getting his doctorate at Eastman, teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and getting the (literal) call to join TCP (01:04:30), finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on great percussion experiences, random knowledge, The Mets, The Yoga Festival Story (Take 2), and the Sao Paolo Art Museum (01:17:10).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Sing Sing and a WTF with Marc Maron podcast episode with Clarence Maclin (01:31:45).
Sean Connors Links:
Other Links:
“Haunt of Last Nightfall” - David T. Little
“Bebop Riddle II” - Augusta Reed Thomas
The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
Live in Osaka - Eastman Wind Ensemble
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Raves:
102 episodes
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