Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 415 - Kurt Gartner

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

Kansas State University Percussion Professor Kurt Gartner stops by to talk about his KSU job, working at Purdue University in bands, changes related to the arts in Kansas, and the importance of teacher mentorship (03:40), his interest and work related to using music technology, when he did video conference in the mid 2000s with Pete, and the city of Manhattan (KS) (21:25), growing up in the Chicago area, family members in the arts, traveling to Europe, and his interest in old-school photography (43:00), attending Eastern Illinois University for undergrad, studying with Johnny Lee Lane, and his time attending and teaching at the United States Percussion Camp (52:35), getting his master’s at the University of Kansas and studying with George Bober (01:01:25), working at Purdue University, getting his doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado, studying with Gray Barrier and deepening his jazz background (01:13:20), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including praise for great conductors, studying Cuban music in Cuba, White Castle, Chicago sports, and memorable performances (01:28:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary Thriller 40 (02:00:15).

Kurt Gartner Links:

Kurt Gartner’s KSU page

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Julia Gaines in 2016

Norman Weinberg in 2017

Jim Snell in 2019

Raves:

Thriller 40 trailer