This week we sat down with Dr. Omar Carmenates, the Associate Professor of Percussion at Furman University and the Front Ensemble Supervisor/Arranger of the Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps. His debut solo CD, entitled The Gaia Theory, is released through Rattle Records, and two other recent projects include a double-disc release entitled "The John Psathas Percussion Project" and a collaboration with Furman Univesity’s David E. Shi Center for Sustainability to record Matthew Burtner’s Six Ecoacoustic Quintets with the Furman Percussion Ensemble.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 intro and hello0:55 Thanks, Megan - past episodes timestamps complete3:50 Omar Carmenates intro5:30 Busy busy + Dad8:03 What's new?9:05 Ben: John Psathas, composer. Omar's Psathas arranging project.28:28 Facebook questions: Luis Rivera: Tesla car?Robbie Green: Greatest musical or teaching failure and what
