Episode 503 - Daniel Noonan
Pete's Percussion Podcast
Recent Mizzou Masters of Music degree graduate in Percussion Performance Daniel Noonan stops by to talk about his degree recital and his interest in avant-garde music (04:00), his assistantship with the New Music Ensemble, working with new composers, and international travel (18:30), his experiences playing in various ensembles, the Odyssey Chamber Music Series in Columbia, and some of the other Mizzou Graduate Percussionists Daniel worked with (34:25), growing up in Morganton (NC), the issues of access to quality instruction in rural areas, his marching band experiences, and English class and his favorite books from the time (48:45), attending Western Carolina University for undergrad, Cullowee (NC), and studying under Dr. Adam Groh (01:02:00), getting to Mizzou and studying with Dr. Megan Arns (01:18:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on early percussion education, cooking gumbo, The Hitchhiker’s Guide book series, Ireland, and the great foods of North Carolina (01:28:10).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2026 film Disclosure Day (01:55:30).
Daniel Noonan Link:
Daniel Noonan’s Instagram
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Julia Gaines-Montag in 2016
Megan Arns in 2026
Matthew Hinkle in 2026
Adam Groh in 2022
Luke Haymon in 2025
Mark Ford in 2023
Julie Davila in 2019
Nathan Daughtrey in 2021
Cara Wildman in 2021
Other Links:
“Song for Low Tree” - Matthew Burtner
“Toccata” - Anna Ignatowicz
“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Volans
“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis
So Percussion Summer Institute
“Millenium Canticles” - Missy Mazzoli
“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese
Eighth Blackbird
Bang on a Can
Machu Picchu
Odyssey Chamber Music Series
The Pieces that Fall to Earth - Christopher Cerrone
“White Pines” - Michael Burritt
“Pillar 1” - Andy Akiho
Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
“XY” - Michael Gordon
Dubliners - James Joyce
Matt Henley
Diana Loomer
“Third Construction” - John Cage
“Canticle No. 3” - Lou Harrison
“to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem” - Andy Akiho
“meditation for metal pipes” - Emma O’Halloran
Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer
Madame Web trailer
Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Monty Python’s Flying Circus opening credits
Robert Honstein
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
JD’s Smokehouse
Cook Out
Bojangles
Raves:
Disclosure Day trailer
