Since our last conversation with Mike was cut short, we gathered again to finish topics and have Mike answer our remaining questions.
Topics: memorization, how to practice, Joshua Drake Jones viral video, Keiko Abe's music arriving in the US
Watch here. Listen below.
0:00 Intro and hello
1:23 James Wood’s “Cloud Polyphonies”
4:13 Eli Gerschat: The Oberlin Percussion Group premieres at least one new piece a year. How do you prepare your students for a premiere and what effect do you think this has on them early in their careers?
6:01 Importance of commissioning new music for our genre
8:12 Early Japanese marimba literature
10:25 Advent of one-handed rolls and 5-6 mallet pieces
13:07 Keiko Abe’s first concerts in the United States
16:08 Teaching Japanese marimba music in the Western tradition
19:00 Marimba Spiritual and current contact with Keiko Abe
28:14 Practice and memorization strategies
38:57 Megan: Joshua Jones Rhythm! Scene article / Uproxx video produced by Honda
42:42 Trajectory of the orchestral percussion scene / playing drumset in orchestras
49:23 Advancing our field by commissioning new music
57:40 Wrap
Topics: memorization, how to practice, Joshua Drake Jones viral video, Keiko Abe's music arriving in the US
Watch here. Listen below.
0:00 Intro and hello
1:23 James Wood’s “Cloud Polyphonies”
4:13 Eli Gerschat: The Oberlin Percussion Group premieres at least one new piece a year. How do you prepare your students for a premiere and what effect do you think this has on them early in their careers?
6:01 Importance of commissioning new music for our genre
8:12 Early Japanese marimba literature
10:25 Advent of one-handed rolls and 5-6 mallet pieces
13:07 Keiko Abe’s first concerts in the United States
16:08 Teaching Japanese marimba music in the Western tradition
19:00 Marimba Spiritual and current contact with Keiko Abe
28:14 Practice and memorization strategies
38:57 Megan: Joshua Jones Rhythm! Scene article / Uproxx video produced by Honda
42:42 Trajectory of the orchestral percussion scene / playing drumset in orchestras
49:23 Advancing our field by commissioning new music
57:40 Wrap
