Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 475 - Liz Soflin

Episode 475- Liz Soflin Pete's Percussion Podcast Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (AZ) Director of Percussion Activities and Tuscon-based Freelancer Liz Soflin stops by to talk about her PASIC50 performance of Stuart Saunders Smith’s “By Language Embellished, I…” (04:30), her career in Arizona and more about her freelancing and college teaching (15:30), growing up in Michigan, her beginnings in percussion, and getting involved and drama club and acting (26:35), her undergrad years at the University of Central Michigan and learning from Andrew Spencer (37:00), her masters years at UT-Knoxville and learning from a variety of teachers (46:40), going to the University of Arizona for her doctorate, learning from Norman Weinberg, and establishing her connections with Stuart Saunders Smith (55:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments about being a woman in the percussion field, the Tuscon Saguaros, the movies Jaws and Cats, a lot of great books, midwestern food, being a Karaoke DJ, and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (01:10:40).Finishing with a Rave on Lenny Wilkens’ 2000 book Unguarded: My Forty Years Surviving in the N.B.A. (01:40:40).Liz Soflin Links:Liz Soflin’s Black Swamp Percussion pageLiz Soflin’s Instagram pagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Nathan Daughtrey in 2021Andy Bliss in 2023Norman Weinberg in 2017Ivan Trevino in 2022Other Links:Stuart Saunders SmithLolita - Vladimir Nabokov“Peeping Tom” - Dan SennSierra Vista SymphonyThe Curious Savage - John PatrickLady Windermere’s Fan - Oscar WildeAndrew SpencerDavid GillinghamDave Hollinden“Limerick Daydreams” - Nathan Daughtrey“Chameleon Music” - Dan Welcher“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka“Niagara Falls” - Michael DaughertyNief-NorfJohn MackeyMorris PalterMatthew BurtnerThreads - Paul Lansky“Bloom” - Ivan Trevino“Songs I-IX” - Stuard Saunders SmithCall the Midwife trailer“Three Winter Carols” - Stuart Saunders Smith“The Authors” - Stuart Saunders Smith“To the Earth” - Frederick RzewskiTucson SaguarosJaws (50th Anniversary) trailerThe Stand - Stephen KingThe Running Man - Stephen KingThe Running Man (1987) trailerCreativity Inc. - Ed CatmullThe Great Gatsby - F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Outsiders - S.E. HintonBig Magic - Elizabeth GilbertWriting Poetry from the Inside Out - Sandford LyneOn Writing - Stephen King“Separate Ways” - Journey“Me and Bobby McGee” - Janis JoplinEugene NovotneyThe Museum of Modern Art (NYC)“The Starry Night” - Vincent van GoghRaves:Unguarded - Lenny Wilkens (with Terry Pluto)