@ Percussion Podcast

This week's guest, Gene Koshinski, is a performer, composer and educator, teaching at The University of Minnesota Duluth.  He has performed worldwide, receiving awards as player and composer throughout his career.Recent notable publications are his method book TWO, a guide to two-mallet technique and practice, and his Concerto for Marimba and Choir.  He has also commissioned great composers such as John Luther Adams, Alejandro Vinao, Stuart Saunders Smith, and others.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 intro and hello1:30 Summer, projects, kids.5:25 Maximizing practice time8:00 Gene's book, "TWO" currently10:57 Some favorite two-mallet rep.?13:33 Gene's new snare drum solo16:20 Ben: "When Snare Drum gets Weird" 5 orchestra pieces that use snare drum in unusual ways.22:03 How to "get started" composing?30:15 Writing for other instruments and the unfamiliar?33:45 Quey Duo39:00 Megan: Make Music NY Day45:07 State of Mi