The @Percussion Podcast - Episode 25 I-Jen Fang

025 - I-Jen Fang

 

We sat down with I-Jen Fang, Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony and Lecturer of Percussion at the University of Virginia. 

Topics:  Ju Percussion Group, gamelan

0:00  Intro and hello
1:35  Passing of Pierre Boulez
4:25  UVA and upcoming viola/percussion recital
8:00  Megan: Gamelan Gong Kebyar
19:07  Gamelan Gender Wayang and I Jen’s experience in Bali
28:44  Recent solo concerts
31:22  Ben: Ju Percussion Group
42:14  Music programs in Taiwan, solfege
46:43  Experience as an international student in the US, naturalization at Monticello
55:00  Ted Jackson: What’s it like having to manage both a university job and an orchestra job?
56:42  Living on the Lawn
59:00  Chamber music
1:00:47  Wrap