Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 379 - Pablo Rieppi (Part 1)

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Percussionist, Educator, and Composer/Arranger Pablo Rieppi stops by to talk about his roles with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, subbing with the New York Philharmonic, Percussion on the Sound (P.O.T.S.), The Nutcracker, and playing the same repertoire over and over (03:00), the teaching portion of his career and pivoting to take younger percussion students (29:00), and composing/arranging for percussion, including recycling popular method books for new purposes (38:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1976 autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter (55:30).

Pablo Rieppi Links:

Pablo Rieppi’s homepage

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Pablo’s Method Books

Rhythmic Roots - Pablo Rieppi

Previous Podcast Guest mentioned:

Joshua Vonderheide in 2023

Other Links:

New York Philharmonic

The Percussion Conservatory

George Balanchine

The Firebird ballet - Igor Stravinsky

Appalachian Spring ballet - Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 3 - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Music from Suite No. 3 - Piotr Tchaikovsky

Christopher Lamb

Joe Pereira

14 Modern Contest Solos - John S. Pratt

Stick Control - George Stone

Syncopation - Ted Reed

Instruction Course for Xylophone - George H. Green

The New Breed - Gary Chester

Samuel Z. Solomon

Raves:

Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey