Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 480 - Mika Godbole (Part 1)

Episode 480 - Mika Godbole (Part 1) Pete's Percussion Podcast Educator, Freelancer, Vice President of the New Jersey Percussive Arts Society, and PAS New Music/Research member Mika Godbole stops by to talk about her adjunct position at William Paterson University (NJ) (03:55), her freelancing career and working as a member of the Mantra Percussion Sextet (20:00), her roles with the Percussive Arts Society (39:40), growing up in India and outside of Philadelphia and her early percussion teachers (54:50), and studying at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for her undergrad, working with Gary Olmstead and Jack Stamp, and her gap year as a young adult in Mumbai (01:05:25).Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 documentary film It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (01:22:40).Mika Godbole Links:William Paterson University’s Percussion Studio pageMantra Percussion pageNew Jersey PAS Chapter pagePrevious Podcast guests mentioned:Megan Arns in 2017Casey Cangelosi in 2017She-e Wu in 2025Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021Karli Viña in 2022I-Jen Fang in 2023Bonnie Whiting in 2020Frank Kumor in 2025Other Links:Fabio Oliveira“Timber” - Michael GordonBang on a CanMASS MoCARed Poppy MusicPiano Sonata Op. 111 - L.V. BeethovenJack StampGary OlmsteadChristopher Hanning“Ol’ Man River” - Paul RobesonRaves:It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley trailer