#5: Aiyun Huang Interview

Toronto-based, Taiwanese-born percussionist Aiyun Huang talks about her career, her passion for new music theatre, and how a good dose of humor and a child’s sense of perspective and play inform her work. Many wise words of wisdom from on the field, 15-years into the process of  being a musician-parent! / Episode Notes: ·  Aiyun Huang’s website: https://www.aiyunhuang.com ·  Steve Schick book: "The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams": tinyurl.com/percussionists-art ·  Aiyun’s article “Percussion Theatre: The Drama of Performance”, published in The Cambridge Companion to Percussion: tinyurl.com/percussion-theatre ·  “L’art Bruit”, by Mauricio Kagel, password: UofT2017: https://vimeo.com/212248938 ·  “Windward”, by David Bithell, for bass drum, interactive animation, electronic sound, and computer controlled lighting: https://vimeo.com/279531839 ·  “The Ice is Talking”, by Vivian Fung for solo percussion and electronics: https://youtu.be/WJMFwH_1t5I ·  “Le corps à corps”, by George Aperghis: https://vimeo.com/126673422 ·  N.B. this interview was recorded December 2020.