Pete's Percussion Podcast: Third Coast Percussion Month Concludes! - Episode 450 With Robert Dillon Pete's Percussion Podcast

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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Third Coast Percussion Month Concludes! - Episode 450 with Robert Dillon

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Third Coast Percussion Month concludes with Ensemble Member and Development Director Robert Dillon, who stops by to talk about the early years for the group, his previous jobs and his orchestral career prior to TCP going full time (02:45), the importance of grant writing and his version of the Glenn Kotche story (21:20), bringing in Peter Martin and Sean Connors as full-time members and Robert’s roles in those interactions, and the need for ensemble members to prioritize TCP (35:35), growing up in Michigan, his extensive musical background, and many of the great teachers he learned from (53:35), attending Northwestern University (IL) for undergrad (01:10:20), going to New England Conservatory (MA) for his graduate work (01:23:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on pizza making, his many doppelgängers in contemporary music, Gymkata, Barbara Kingsolver, the Yoga Festival Story (Part 4), and The Wire (01:32:05).

Finishing with a Rave and Reflection on the interviews of the past month (02:04:45).

Robert Dillon links:

Third Coast Percussion’s page

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Rebecca McDaniel in 2017

Nicholas Papador in 2024

Edward Choi in 2023