Episode 13: TAMS and VanderFriends

TAMS Percussion Podcast

Join Sky and Sui-Lin as they interview non percussionist music education majors from VanderCook College of Music. These non percussion major students discuss how they practice when they are not percussionists, different tactics they use to interpret music, and many more interesting and engaging topics. The VanderFriends consist of two choral music education students who perform in the percussion ensemble 2 which is for non majors and one percussion major who helps teach percussion ensemble 2. Together, they talk about the differences between students who have some sort of instrumental background and those who do not and their ease or difficulty of picking up percussion instruments. Let's introduce the VanderFriends:

Marie Williams is a musician and future educator from Chicago, Illinois. While attending her college, VanderCook College of Music, she was exposed to various instruments including percussion. Her favorite percussion instrument is the marimba!

Delaney Davis is a senior vocalist at VanderCook College of Music. She is looking forward to student teaching this semester, and is also a big fan of musicals!

Taylor Muñoz is a senior percussionist from Fort Worth, Texas. Taylor is also a part of VanderCook's Performance Certificate Program. Taylor believes that being a music educator is about more than just music, and would like to inspire passion in her students and provide assistance to them in anything they do.

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