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University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor Kevin von Kampen returns to discuss getting his master’s degree at USF and moving to Florida (02:15), working in middle school and high school, teaching drumlines, and freelancing with many pop artists on their tours, including Weird Al Yankovic (15:30), getting his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, praise for the city of Cincinnati, and his accomplishments there (30:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of building diverse repertoire, building a closet of crazy outfits and costumes, his impression of me hosting the podcast, sports fandoms, and his love for performing karaoke (42:45).
Finishing with a Rave on Maria Konnikova’s 2020 nonfiction book The Biggest Bluff (01:27:00).
Kevin von Kampen links:
Kevin von Kampen’s website
Kevin von Kampen’s USF page
Part 1 with Kevin von Kampen from the previous week
Previous podcast guests mentioned:
Allen Otte’s 2024 appearance
Alexandros Fragiskatos’s 2019 appearance
Other links:
Robert McCormick
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
Stuart Saunders Smith
Nancy Zeltsman
“Five Scenes from the Snow Country” - Hans Werner Henze
“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman
Willie Taggart
Skip Holtz
“Smells Like Nirvana” - Weird Al
“Pinball Wizard” - The Who
“To Love Somebody” - Michael Bolton
“O' Pretty Woman” - Roy Orbison (hologram)
Circles - Luciano Berio
James Culley
Rusty Burge
“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang
Kevin Holzman
Joel Garza
5 Days with Doug podcast
Boston Conservatory Percussion Database
Sam Solomon
Wet Hot American Summer trailer
School of Rock trailer
Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer
Captain Fantastic trailer
Madame Web trailer
Say Anything trailer
Black Widow/Before It Had a Name trailer
Silence - John Cage
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - opening song
“What’s Up” - 4 Non Blondes
“Grace Kelly” - Mika
“Take Your Mama” - Scissor Sisters
The Wild Beaver Saloon in Indianapolis
Aaron Butler
“Say It Ain’t So” - Weezer
“Roses” - Outkast
“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” - Michael Jackson
Salvador Dalí Museum in Tampa Bay
Modern Notebook podcast
Raves:
The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor (and Pete’s Percussion Podcast superfan) Kevin von Kampen stops by to talk (briefly) about some podcast items (05:20), his job at USF and other percussion activities (06:20), his work with the Contemporary Art Music Project in Tampa (28:40), growing up in Southwest Iowa (and near Omaha), his drummer-playing mom, and playing guitar and drums growing up (39:05), and his undergrad years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornhusker sports and marching band, and the challenge of morning rehearsals (56:20).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (01:18:50).
Kevin von Kampen Links:
Kevin von Kampen’s website
Kevin von Kampen’s USF website
Contemporary Art Music Project
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Dave Hall in 2020
Other Links:
Eunmi Ko
Calvin Falwell
Bob McCormick
Benjamin D. Whiting
Baljinder Sekhon II
“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard
Dana Murray
Tony Falcone
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
Carolyn Barber
Drum Music - John Mackey
Raves:
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. trailer

Recent Mizzou Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Sarah Hasekamp stops by to talk about the challenging literature she’s recently played, studying under multiple percussion teachers at Mizzou, her GTA responsibilities, her master’s degree cohorts, and doing a master’s degree at the same place as her partner (03:40), growing up in Pattonville (MO), her musical background, playing golf, and building Mizzou connections while in high school (30:25), her undergrad years at Murray State University (KY) (43:50), her path to getting to the Mizzou program (01:06:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on marching band in percussion education, being a woman in the field of percussion, managing a Dairy Queen, Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter books, and Jacob Collier (01:15:40).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (01:47:30).
Sarah Hasekamp Link:
Sarah performing for Pattonville High School in 2022
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2019
Nathan Daughtrey in 2016
Alexis C. Lamb in 2021
Miles Bohlman in 2024
Other Links:
“Prism Rhapsody” - Keiko Abe
“Post-Lightened” - Alexis C. Lamb
“Khamsin” - Emmanuel Séjourné
“Blue Soul” - Michael Burritt
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey
“El Alacrán” - David Cutler
“Firefish” - Blake Tyson
“Café 1930” - Astor Piazzolla
Peter Lea
Trae Blanco
John Fannin
The Fellowship of the Ring trailer
The Great Wall trailer
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series
Djesse Volume 4 - Jacob Collier
Raves:
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP) is having their 2nd annual “ABOP in L.A.” event starting this weekend, May 26 – 31, 2024!  ABOP Co-Founder and Mentor Douglas Cardwell stops by along with his ABOP Protégé Torrance Buntyn Jr. to discuss the origins of ABOP and how the mentorship program works (03:35), the first ever ABOP in L.A. last year (12:10), the experience of being an African American in the arts (19:10), stories about auditioning for orchestral positions (26:10), the reason for ABOP’s existence and getting away from the gatekeeping of information from previous generations and populations (42:30), and the events of the 2024 ABOP in L.A. (51:30).
Please support ABOP!
Links:
Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists webpage
Douglas Cardwell’s website
Torrance Buntyn Jr.’s website
Douglas Cardwell on the podcast in 2019
Raynor Carroll on the podcast in 2023
Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast in 2019
Josh Jones on the podcast in 2020

Recent University of Missouri Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Miles Bohlman stops by to talk about his various grad program recitals (04:45), his Graduate Assistantship with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and finishing the degree (21:15), growing up in the Chicago (IL) suburbs, his musical family, playing soccer goalie growing up, and his marching band activities (39:30), going to Illinois State for his undergrad (58:15), his high school band and percussion job out of undergrad, teaching during COVID restrictions, and keeping up his percussion chops through playing with British-style Brass Bands (01:10:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making curry, when he worked for his city’s Public Works Department, Nicholas Cage movies, Barbara Kingsolver, and his Chicago Sports Team Fandom (01:23:40).
Finishing with a Rave on Kelefa Sanneh’s 2021 book Major Labels (01:50:10).
Miles Bohlman links:
Miles Bohlman’s TCP page
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Nathan Daughtrey in 2021
Other Links:
David Collier
Benjamin Stiers
“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner
“Asventuras” - Alexej Gerassimez
“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska
“Azul” - Nathan Daughtrey
“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier
Nine French-American Rudimental Solos - Joseph Tompkins
Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse
“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis
The Golden Ratio
“Valseana” - Sergio Assad
“Jobiniana No. 1” - Sergio Assad
“Marking Time” - Chris P. Thompson
Alarm Will Sound
“Insomnia” - Cody Holmes
33 “God” - Bon Iver
“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar
Eric Hollenbeck
José G. Martinez
“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese
Jake Harpster
Phantom Regiment
Sarah Whitlock
Cavaliers DCI
Dan Moore
Symphony No. 3 - Thomas Trachsel
In C - Terry Riley"
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George
Fountain City Brass Band
North American Brass Band Association
“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy
The Princess Bride trailer
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer
Mandy trailer
Paddington trailer
Paddington 2 trailer
Pursuit of Happyness trailer
Barbara Kingsolver
“hemenway” - Tiny Habits
Caleb Williams
Derrick Rose
“meditation for water, wind & metal” - Elizabeth A. Baker
About Time trailer
Raves:
Major Labels - Kelefa Sanneh

Montreal-based Freelance Percussionist and Educator Kristie Ibrahim stops by to talk about Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, teaching at McGill University, the city of Montreal and the expansion of the university (03:00), growing up in Saskatchewan (Canada), her piano background, the great teachers and colleagues involved in her percussion development, and her time doing highland dancing (25:30), her years in undergrad at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), discussions of practice habits, showing grace, and living in Eastern Canada (49:30), her two years with Strike Percussion Ensemble in New Zealand and performing choreographed percussion works (01:02:50), her masters degree time at McGill and living in Montreal (01:14:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of practice habits, her experiences in the percussion field as a woman, her love of baking, the A&E Pride and Prejudice series from the 1990s, historical fiction, and the importance of great audiobook narrators (01:24:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Challengers (01:56:50).
Kristie Ibrahim links:
Kristie Ibrahim’s McGill University page
Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble
Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Shawn Mativetsky in 2023
Aiyun Huang in 2023
Victoria Sparks in 2016
Other Links:
Fabrice Marandola
Leigh Howard Stevens Percussion Seminar
D’Arcy Gray
NEXUS Percussion
Pleiades - Iannis Xenakis
“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis
Architek Percussion
Drumming - Steve Reich
The Canadian Percussion Network
Jan Jarvlepp
Canadian Brass
“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis
Scottish Sword Dance Competition
James Faraday
Michael Baker
Banff Centre
Jeremy Fitzsimons
Pride and Prejudice 1995 trailer
Lilo & Stitch trailer
Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay
Kate Quinn
Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
USA - Canada 2024 Women’s Hockey World Cup
Raves:
Challengers trailer