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English - March 22, 2018 16:44 - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMusic Education Courses percussion drum marimba vibraphone timpani interview cangelosi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Joining us this week is Eric Rucker. Eric
is a performer, educator, composer, and arranger based in South
Florida. He is the percussion instructor at the Dreyfoos School of the
Arts and Bak Middle School of the Arts, and a 2017 Percussive Arts Society
International Percussion Ensemble Competition winner. He is also the
founder of Mode Marimba and a MalletLab faculty member.
Watch here. Listen below.
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0:00 Intro and Hello
1:22 Malletlab camp with Drew Tucker
4:44 Mode Marimba Company
15:30 Ben Millesen: What other materials did you consider for the bars?
17:12 Casey: What's the sound?
29:15 Adam Hopper: process for selecting literature for your students?
31:15 Ben: percussion ensemble literature for young groups
44:45 Laurel: Competitions
54:30 Connor Yeackley: Thoughts on starting serious percussion studies young?