Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 377 - Gifford Howarth
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Bloomsburg University (Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) Percussion Professor and Band Director Gifford Howarth stops by to talk about the PASIC 2023 Keyboard Committee Panel he moderated on Front Ensemble Rehearsal Engagement (05:35), his percussion activities at Bloomsburg, his adjudication responsibilities and being an artist/clinician (25:10), getting his college job and how his job at Bloomsburg has changed over the years (40:00), the clinic work he\'s done in Asia over 2 decades (55:40), growing up in upstate New York, his marching and lessons background, and his choir singing, solo singing, and background in musicals (01:08:30), his undergrad at Ithaca College (NY) and studying with Gordon Stout (01:22:00), his master\\u2019s degree from Kent State (OH), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on skill development through sight reading, his active cooking life, Stephen King and The Dark Tower Series, the musical Hamilton, and being moved by performances he\\u2019s judged (01:40:20).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 docuseries Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning (02:15:45).
Gifford Howarth links:
Gifford\\u2019s Bloomsburg page
Gifford\\u2019s Vic Firth page
\\u201cLeyenda\\u201d - Isaac Alb\\xe9niz/Gifford Howard arrangement
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
\\u201cMerlin\\u201d - Andrew Thomas
\\u201cVelocities\\u201d - Joseph Schwantner
\\u201cThe Whole Toy Laid Down\\u201d - David Hollinden
\\u201cMarimba Quartet\\u201d - Daniel Levitan
\\u201cBluebird Samba\\u201d - Ted Rounds
Selected Duets for Flute - H. Voxman
Arban\\u2019s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry
Raves:
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