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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 446 - Cassidy Lester
Manage episode 485600487 series 1090414
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:
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
“The Hero” - Clarice Assad (arr. TCP)
“Second Thoughts” - Evan Chapman
“Happy Now” - Blue Iron Community Steel Band
“Watercolor Sun” - Ivan Trevino
Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival
“Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance
Pride and Prejudice Original Soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trailer
This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin
Rhinoceros Success - Scott Alexander
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
Vampire Diaries: Season 1 trailer
Four Darks in Red - Mark Rothko
Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill
Raves:
102 episodes
Manage episode 485600487 series 1090414
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:
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
“The Hero” - Clarice Assad (arr. TCP)
“Second Thoughts” - Evan Chapman
“Happy Now” - Blue Iron Community Steel Band
“Watercolor Sun” - Ivan Trevino
Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival
“Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance
Pride and Prejudice Original Soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trailer
This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin
Rhinoceros Success - Scott Alexander
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
Vampire Diaries: Season 1 trailer
Four Darks in Red - Mark Rothko
Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill
Raves:
102 episodes
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