Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 401 - Sean Daniels (Part 1)

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

Alcorn State University (MS) Fine Arts Chair, Percussion Teacher, and Instrumental Coordinator (and Pete’s DMA colleague) Sean Daniels stops by to talk about his HBCU gig, getting back into administration, and rebuilding Alcorn’s percussion and music program (04:30), more about the ASU’s Sounds of Dynamite, faculty and recruitment, famous Alcorn alums and local rivalries (23:45), growing up in Chicago and Dayton (OH), having family members in the arts, choosing percussion, and how he ended up at the HBCU Alabama State University for undergrad (37:00), his high school sports career and going to a year-round high school in a co-op program (01:03:30), highlights of his marching band career in high school and college (01:14:00), and his time getting his master’s degree at The Ohio State University (01:40:55).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (02:03:45).

Sean Daniels links:

Alcorn State position announcement

Sean Daniels website

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Cort McClaren in 2022

Jeff Calissi in 2016

Nathan Daughtrey in 2016

Other Links:

Steve McNair

Michael Clarke Duncan

Medgar Evers

Hiram Revels

Alcorn State Sounds of Dynamite

Barney Smart

Lawrence Welk

“Take the A Train” - Duke Ellington

Bolero - Maurice Ravel

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

John Paxson

Drumline trailer

Dr. William P. Foster

Jayne Kennedy

William “The Refrigerator” Perry

Turkey Day Classic

James L. Moore

Bob Breithaupt

Billy Taylor

Journey Through an Electric Tube - Mike Maineri

Raves:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer