Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 473 - Kassandra Kocoshis
<p class="">Los Angeles City College (CA) Professor of Music and Freelancer Kassandra Kocoshis stops by to talk about her PASIC50 Presentation on Cajón performance in Flamenco performance and how she came to love this genre of music (05:10), her job at LACC, how she got the job, freelancing in California, and working with the artist Ebi (19:50), growing up in Muncie (IN), her early musical experiences, working with Erwin Mueller at Ball State University while in high school, and her experiences traveling at a young age (53:30), her undergrad years at DePaul University (IL), encountering flamenco music during this time, and freelancing in Chicago after undergrad (01:06:45), heading to CalArts for her master’s and working with Gustavo Dudamel as his personal assistant (01:21:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on developing well-rounded percussionists, being a woman in the percussion field, bad impressions, Greek food, World Cup Soccer, great books, working with pop stars, and the artwork of Pablo Picasso (01:31:30).</p><p class="">Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film <em>28 Years Later</em> (01:50:10).</p><p class="">Kassandra Kocoshis links:</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.kassandrakocoshis.com">Kassandra Kocochis’s homepage</a></p><p class="">Previous Podcast guests mentioned:</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2021/3/2/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-231-damon-grant-part-1?rq=Damon%20grant">Damon Grant in 2021</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.petezambito.com/petes-percussion-podcast-the-episodes/2024/7/10/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-403-erin-walker-bliss-part-1?rq=walker%20bliss">Erin Walker Bliss in 2024</a></p><p class="">Other Links:</p><p class=""><a href="https://fundacionpacodelucia.com">Paco de Lucía</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://ebihamedi.com">Ebi</a></p><p class=""><a href="http://www.raulpineda.com/about.html">Raul Pineda</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RedKiteSessions">Red Kite Sessions</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://calarts.edu/members/randy-gloss">Randy Gloss</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://herbalpert.com">Herb Alpert</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001259/">Jennie Garth</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-mona-tavakoli-mt-art-forever-mt-box-rock-n-roll-camp-girls-los-angeles-raining-jane-east-la/">Mona Tavakoli</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/nakeiltha-nikki-campbell/">Nikki Campbell</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://thelaec.com/events/the-cortege">The Cortége</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/music/about-us/faculty-and-staff/emeriti/muellererwin">Erwin Mueller</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://ambassadorsofmusic.com/states/indiana/">Indiana Ambassadors of Music</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.lyricopera.org/about/company/artists-musicians/lyric-opera-orchestra/eric-millstein/">Eric Millstein</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.gustavodudamel.com">Gustavo Dudamel</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.ellenreidmusic.com">Ellen Reid</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shgwuORiXxg">Sheila E. drum solo</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.longmanandeagle.com">Longman & Eagle</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/">Rick Bayless</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.athenianroom.net">The Athenian Room</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTjcVr9Iao"><em>Life is Beautiful</em> trailer</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u36iNj52rac"><em>The Producers</em> trailer (2005)</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30165203-american-gods"><em>American Gods</em> - Neil Gaiman</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_5"><em>Circe</em> - Madeline Miller</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.museoreinasofia.es">Museo Reina Sofia</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.museoreinasofia.es/colecciones/obra/guernica"><em>Guernica</em> - Pablo Picasso</a></p><p class="">Raves:</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwTdTZA8D8"><em>28 Days Later</em> trailer</a></p>
