Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 387 - Bill Sallak Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music Professor Bill Sallak stops by to talk about his job and dual role as director of percussion and audio engineering, working previously at Kent State (OH), Akros Percussion Collective, and manufacturing his own percussion items (03:20), growing up near Buffalo (NY), his interests in science and math, and watching transcendent athletes and teams (29:05), attending SUNY-Fredonia for undergrad (48:40), his research into J.S. Bach’s music transcribed for marimba (56:25), attending the University of Akron (OH) for his master’s and accompanying for modern dance (01:06:30), his sabbatical year at Ohio University and his doctoral studies at Arizona State (01:20:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on flexibility in performance, making pasta sauce, Invisible Cities, great percussion music, and Barbara Kingsolver (01:35:50).
Finishing with a Rave on Marissa R. Moss’s 2022 book Her Country (01:57:50).
Bill Sallak Links:
Bill Sallak’s homepage
Bill Sallak’s UWGB page
Bill’s version of the JS Bach Cello Suites
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019
Aiyun Huang in 2023
Kay Stonefelt
Other Links:
Phoenix Studios
Center for Games and Interactive Media
“Mutatis Mutandis” - Herbert Brün, performed by Akros Percussion Collective
“Bird of Passage” - Karlheinz Stockhausen
Steven Schick
“Piano Concerto” - Györgi Ligeti
“Nothing is Real” - Alvin Lucier
Michael Rector
Larry Snider
Thomas Siwe
“Sextet” - Steve Reich
Domino Hasek Highlights
Pat LaFontaine Highlights
Golden State Warriors 2015-2016 Highlights
Liverpool FC wins 2020 Champions League
Jurgen Klopp
Mo Salah highlights
Bernard Woma
“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis
“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen
Jean Geoffroy
Leigh Howard Stevens
J.J. Quantz on Ornamentation
Wieland Kuijken
Merce Cunningham
Joan Meggitt
“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang
Roger Braun
J.B. Smith
Mark Sunkett
Anner Bylsma - Bach Cello Suites
Paul Tortelier - Bach Cello Suites
Decasia trailer
Michael Gordon and the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
“Hold On I’m Comin’” - Sam and Dave Live
The NOW Pizzeria - Hamburgh, NY
“Top of the Hill” - Tom Waits
“Tom Traubert’s Blues” - Tom Waits
“A Valentine Out of Season” - John Cage
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Raves:
Her Country - Marissa R. Moss
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music Professor Bill Sallak stops by to talk about his job and dual role as director of percussion and audio engineering, working previously at Kent State (OH), Akros Percussion Collective, and manufacturing his own percussion items (03:20), growing up near Buffalo (NY), his interests in science and math, and watching transcendent athletes and teams (29:05), attending SUNY-Fredonia for undergrad (48:40), his research into J.S. Bach’s music transcribed for marimba (56:25), attending the University of Akron (OH) for his master’s and accompanying for modern dance (01:06:30), his sabbatical year at Ohio University and his doctoral studies at Arizona State (01:20:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on flexibility in performance, making pasta sauce, Invisible Cities, great percussion music, and Barbara Kingsolver (01:35:50).
Finishing with a Rave on Marissa R. Moss’s 2022 book Her Country (01:57:50).
Bill Sallak Links:
Bill Sallak’s homepage
Bill Sallak’s UWGB page
Bill’s version of the JS Bach Cello Suites
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019
Aiyun Huang in 2023
Kay Stonefelt
Other Links:
Phoenix Studios
Center for Games and Interactive Media
“Mutatis Mutandis” - Herbert Brün, performed by Akros Percussion Collective
“Bird of Passage” - Karlheinz Stockhausen
Steven Schick
“Piano Concerto” - Györgi Ligeti
“Nothing is Real” - Alvin Lucier
Michael Rector
Larry Snider
Thomas Siwe
“Sextet” - Steve Reich
Domino Hasek Highlights
Pat LaFontaine Highlights
Golden State Warriors 2015-2016 Highlights
Liverpool FC wins 2020 Champions League
Jurgen Klopp
Mo Salah highlights
Bernard Woma
“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis
“Zyklus” - Karlheinz Stockhausen
Jean Geoffroy
Leigh Howard Stevens
J.J. Quantz on Ornamentation
Wieland Kuijken
Merce Cunningham
Joan Meggitt
“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang
Roger Braun
J.B. Smith
Mark Sunkett
Anner Bylsma - Bach Cello Suites
Paul Tortelier - Bach Cello Suites
Decasia trailer
Michael Gordon and the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
“Hold On I’m Comin’” - Sam and Dave Live
The NOW Pizzeria - Hamburgh, NY
“Top of the Hill” - Tom Waits
“Tom Traubert’s Blues” - Tom Waits
“A Valentine Out of Season” - John Cage
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Raves:
Her Country - Marissa R. Moss