Gordon Stout needs no introduction from us, but in case you don't know him, he teaches at Ithaca, is one of the great composer/percussionists, and - as we learned in talking to him - a truly wonderful person.
Topics: Creativity, the first PASIC, and many Facebook questions for Gordon
0:00 Intro and hello
7:12 Gordon’s performance at the first PASIC and “Two Mexican Dances”
9:58 Ted Jackson: How exactly did you come up with your four-mallet grip and how do you achieve smaller intervals using it?
13:04 Will Marinelli / Ben: What kind of changes have you seen in our field over the years?
15:28 Carlos Johnson: What are your thoughts on the evolution of marimba mallets?
18:30 Carlos Johnson: What is your stance on Rosewood conservation?
21:18 Creating many sounds via one mallet vs. having many mallet choices
23:45 Laurel: Thoughts on "Creativity" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi part 2, personal creativity
38:23 Chris Scarberry: Has your performance of your older works evolved since the first publishing and how so? For example, do you still perform “Two Mexican Dances” the way you used to?
42:25 Paul Mollette: What is your process of composing and how has your compositional style changed over the years, if at all?
43:50 Advice for young percussionists interested in starting to compose
46:27 Lucas Garner: What do think about the current state of solo marimba repertoire? There are a large and still growing number of marimba solos being written all the time, yet it seems like only a few majors composers are still writing for the instrument. For example, Alejandro Vinao, Paul Lansky, Steve Mackey, and maybe just a few others.
53:18 Commissioning new works
57:35 Chamber works with marimba
1:03:10 Upcoming Musser Marimba Festival in Kuntztown, PA
1:04:50 Wrap
