@ Percussion Podcast

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 USWatch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello1:23 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 genre8:12 Early Japanese marimba literature10:25 Advent of one-handed rolls and 5-6 mallet pieces13:07 Keiko Abe’s first concerts in the United States16:08 Teaching Japanese marimba music in the Western tradition19:00 Marimba Spiritual and current contact with Keiko Abe28:14 Practice and memorization strategies38:57 Megan: Joshua Jones Rhythm! Scene ar