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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 446 - Cassidy Lester

 
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Executive Director for the Symphony of the Mountains Orchestra, Percussionist, Freelancer, and Educator Cassidy Lester stops by to talk about her work with the Symphony (03:05), her freelancing and teaching and how important performing is to her mental health (16:30), growing up in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee, traveling with family to jam band concerts, getting into percussion, and her unique marching experiences (31:30), attending East Tennessee State University, getting her undergrad and MBA degrees, and how COVID changed her path (51:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of instrument stereotyping, the Pride and Prejudice movie from the mid-2000s, the Fourth Wing books, and great artwork (01:12:05).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 nonfiction book Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld (01:52:00).

Cassidy Lester links:

Symphony of the Mountains

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matthew Geiger in 2019

Evan Chapman in 2019

Andy Bliss in 2023

Other Links:

David Mitchell

Diana Loomer

Morgan Tao

Blue Iron Percussion

The Planets - Gustav Holst

Don Felder

“The Hero” - Clarice Assad (arr. TCP)

“Second Thoughts” - Evan Chapman

“Re(new)al” - Viet Cuong

“Happy Now” - Blue Iron Community Steel Band

“Watercolor Sun” - Ivan Trevino

Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival

The 1927 Bristol Sessions

Widespread Panic live

“Esther” - Phish

“Cassidy” - The Grateful Dead

“Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance

Rande Sanderbeck

Pride and Prejudice Original Soundtrack

Pride and Prejudice trailer

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer

IT trailer (1990)

Avengers: Endgame trailer

The LEGO Movie trailer

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trailer

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer

Rhinoceros Success - Scott Alexander

Heaven Breaker - Sara Wolf

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini

Vampire Diaries: Season 1 trailer

Red - John Logan

Four Darks in Red - Mark Rothko

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill

Raves:

Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld - T. J. English

  continue reading

102 episodes

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Content provided by Pete Zambito. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Pete Zambito or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Executive Director for the Symphony of the Mountains Orchestra, Percussionist, Freelancer, and Educator Cassidy Lester stops by to talk about her work with the Symphony (03:05), her freelancing and teaching and how important performing is to her mental health (16:30), growing up in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee, traveling with family to jam band concerts, getting into percussion, and her unique marching experiences (31:30), attending East Tennessee State University, getting her undergrad and MBA degrees, and how COVID changed her path (51:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of instrument stereotyping, the Pride and Prejudice movie from the mid-2000s, the Fourth Wing books, and great artwork (01:12:05).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 nonfiction book Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld (01:52:00).

Cassidy Lester links:

Symphony of the Mountains

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matthew Geiger in 2019

Evan Chapman in 2019

Andy Bliss in 2023

Other Links:

David Mitchell

Diana Loomer

Morgan Tao

Blue Iron Percussion

The Planets - Gustav Holst

Don Felder

“The Hero” - Clarice Assad (arr. TCP)

“Second Thoughts” - Evan Chapman

“Re(new)al” - Viet Cuong

“Happy Now” - Blue Iron Community Steel Band

“Watercolor Sun” - Ivan Trevino

Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival

The 1927 Bristol Sessions

Widespread Panic live

“Esther” - Phish

“Cassidy” - The Grateful Dead

“Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance

Rande Sanderbeck

Pride and Prejudice Original Soundtrack

Pride and Prejudice trailer

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer

IT trailer (1990)

Avengers: Endgame trailer

The LEGO Movie trailer

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trailer

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer

Rhinoceros Success - Scott Alexander

Heaven Breaker - Sara Wolf

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini

Vampire Diaries: Season 1 trailer

Red - John Logan

Four Darks in Red - Mark Rothko

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill

Raves:

Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld - T. J. English

  continue reading

102 episodes

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