EP52: Kevin Korschgen’s Wheel House Sessions

Kevin Korschgen, drummer, educator, and the producer of Greenville, South Carolina’s Wheel House sessions talks about his seven years of more than 100 concerts in a small space in Greenville’s arts district he originally rented as a drum rehearsal studio and how it became his concert venue. As rare as the venue, so too are the combinations of musicians he brings together, from Greenville, but also from around the Southeast, including our podcast host Kevin Bales, accomplished jazz musicians who most often have never performed together thus encouraging and allowing for the spontaneity which best defines jazz. According to Korschgen, the success of his Wheel House series is due not to planning or organizing, but by “just letting it be what it is,” an intimate connection between players and audience. In this episode of Music Life and Times, he talks about the concerts, about those who commit the time and effort it takes to become accomplished players, and as an educator how he has seen music impact so many lives, including his own.