Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 395 - Miles Bohlman

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

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