October 29, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode of Arrow on the Air, we interviewed three members of the Southeast Missouri State University Percussion Ensemble about the upcoming Trick-or-Treat Concert. The event will take place on Thursday, October 30th, at 7:30 pm at SEMO’s River Campus, Bedell Performance Hall.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Arrow on the air. I'm your host, Ella Tinsley,
and today in the studio we have three percussion students
going to preview the percussion ensembles Trick or Tree concert
coming up. Why don't you all go ahead and introduce
yourselves if you don't mind.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
My name's Megan Klinder. I'm a junior music education What
do you play? I play percussion.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
I'm Jacob Kirchner, a senior music performance major, and I
also play percussion.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hi, I'm brock Day. I'm a freshman. I'm a Music
Education and theater major and i play percussion.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Welcome in all of you. So many faces here in
the studio today brings me joy. First off, I would
love to hear about what preparing this concert has been like.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
It's been a lot of fun. It's pretty well known
music for the holiday. It's nice that we get to
play it, and we're starting to evolve this concert from
just fun, spooky sound music to an actual Halloween themed event,
which should be a lot of fun for the years
going forward as well.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It started off really slow because there's a lot of
notes in these pieces, so we just had to take
things really slow at the beginning, but now it's like
starting to finally come together and it's sounding really cool
and it should be really really fun awesome.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
For me, it was like it was super hard at first,
but now that it's like all coming together, I think
everyone's really gonna enjoy it and like have a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
When is that concert and where can people find out
more about it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
October thirty in Bedell at seven pm.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Awesome, Thank you guys. Percussion is very vague, so like,
what what types of instruments? What types of sounds do
you think we'll be getting in this concert?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Most of the melodic lines are going to be coming
from marimba, vibraphone, bells, xylophone, I think, and then there's
a bunch of other supporting sounds like timpany and bass drum,
cymbal crashes, we have sleigh bells actually through Halloween.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Concert, Nightmare before Christmas. That is that is something that
will be part of the concert I've heard, Yes, yes, I.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Should be the whole movie. Actually, oh fun?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Doctor Misico is conducting the concert. Will he be playing
at all on this concert?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
No, he's not playing, but he does the important job
of keeping us all together. And making sure we end
up where we need to.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Be right right.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I always like to open up the floor to my guess,
is there anything you'd like to highlight about percussion, about
your major, about your experience so far, anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I think it's really cool because our percussion studio and
ensemble we've had non majors in it before. You know,
the more the merrier. It's a lot of fun, especially
if you did it in high school and you're sort
of wanting to get back into it, but you're intimidated,
feel like you're a little rusty reading music. You know
you won't get the hardest parts, but it'll still be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Percussion ensemble is like my favorite class out of all
of the gases I've ever taken, And it's really cool
that I get to do it every year. And like
Jacob was saying, it's really cool whenever non majors are
in there because it's just so fun, Like it's just
a fun class in general, and it's really nice to
see a lot of people in the class as well.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I think compared to like wind ensembles and other ensembles,
there's so much variety, like we can play like so
many different instruments and that to me, it's like just
really cool. Ah.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I love that insight. Is it difficult balancing so many
instruments because you've got like the more percussive like drums,
and you've got the more melodic instruments as well, like
marimba and things like that. Is it difficult to go
between the two or is it just part of the major.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I would say at first, it's difficult to find a
balance and you know, equal out your practice time and
you want to be a well rounded person and be
able to do all of it. But as you go on,
it kind of just becomes habit and you know, easier.
But people obviously do have their things they're better at
and make more sense to them. It kind of just
starts becoming habits.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
My take on it is I've been a percussionist for
a long time. Eventually it all becomes second nature, like
you just your brain switched to something different. But at
this level, it's all about enhancing your technique on everything.
So I mean, all of us we can play everything.
We sort of came into college with the ability to
play anything that's put in front of us. But you know,
(04:22):
now we're here and we have to sort of sculpt
those abilities to do what we want to be able
to do with them. Doctor Mzeko helps us out with
that and it makes it just more rounded musicians.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I do have a question for you specifically. I know,
I know you're in the Marching vand, but is it
difficult going between the two different ensembles with their different styles.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
I think it'd be kind of difficult since we play
such specific instruments such as I play bass drum and
you know, some people might just be on marimba. But
in the end, all of these skills will like translate
to ensemble, so it'll help us awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Well, I do think that's all I have time for today.
Thank you so much for joining me in the studio today.
It's been wonderful.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Thank you for listening to Arrow on the air. I'm
your host, Ella Tinsley, and we will see you next time.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
M
Welcome to Arrow on the air. I'm your host, Ella Tinsley,
and today in the studio we have three percussion students
going to preview the percussion ensembles Trick or Tree concert
coming up. Why don't you all go ahead and introduce
yourselves if you don't mind.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
My name's Megan Klinder. I'm a junior music education What
do you play? I play percussion.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
I'm Jacob Kirchner, a senior music performance major, and I
also play percussion.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hi, I'm brock Day. I'm a freshman. I'm a Music
Education and theater major and i play percussion.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Welcome in all of you. So many faces here in
the studio today brings me joy. First off, I would
love to hear about what preparing this concert has been like.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
It's been a lot of fun. It's pretty well known
music for the holiday. It's nice that we get to
play it, and we're starting to evolve this concert from
just fun, spooky sound music to an actual Halloween themed event,
which should be a lot of fun for the years
going forward as well.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It started off really slow because there's a lot of
notes in these pieces, so we just had to take
things really slow at the beginning, but now it's like
starting to finally come together and it's sounding really cool
and it should be really really fun awesome.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
For me, it was like it was super hard at first,
but now that it's like all coming together, I think
everyone's really gonna enjoy it and like have a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
When is that concert and where can people find out
more about it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
October thirty in Bedell at seven pm.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Awesome, Thank you guys. Percussion is very vague, so like,
what what types of instruments? What types of sounds do
you think we'll be getting in this concert?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Most of the melodic lines are going to be coming
from marimba, vibraphone, bells, xylophone, I think, and then there's
a bunch of other supporting sounds like timpany and bass drum,
cymbal crashes, we have sleigh bells actually through Halloween.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Concert, Nightmare before Christmas. That is that is something that
will be part of the concert I've heard, Yes, yes, I.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Should be the whole movie. Actually, oh fun?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Doctor Misico is conducting the concert. Will he be playing
at all on this concert?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
No, he's not playing, but he does the important job
of keeping us all together. And making sure we end
up where we need to.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Be right right.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I always like to open up the floor to my guess,
is there anything you'd like to highlight about percussion, about
your major, about your experience so far, anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I think it's really cool because our percussion studio and
ensemble we've had non majors in it before. You know,
the more the merrier. It's a lot of fun, especially
if you did it in high school and you're sort
of wanting to get back into it, but you're intimidated,
feel like you're a little rusty reading music. You know
you won't get the hardest parts, but it'll still be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Percussion ensemble is like my favorite class out of all
of the gases I've ever taken, And it's really cool
that I get to do it every year. And like
Jacob was saying, it's really cool whenever non majors are
in there because it's just so fun, Like it's just
a fun class in general, and it's really nice to
see a lot of people in the class as well.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I think compared to like wind ensembles and other ensembles,
there's so much variety, like we can play like so
many different instruments and that to me, it's like just
really cool. Ah.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I love that insight. Is it difficult balancing so many
instruments because you've got like the more percussive like drums,
and you've got the more melodic instruments as well, like
marimba and things like that. Is it difficult to go
between the two or is it just part of the major.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I would say at first, it's difficult to find a
balance and you know, equal out your practice time and
you want to be a well rounded person and be
able to do all of it. But as you go on,
it kind of just becomes habit and you know, easier.
But people obviously do have their things they're better at
and make more sense to them. It kind of just
starts becoming habits.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
My take on it is I've been a percussionist for
a long time. Eventually it all becomes second nature, like
you just your brain switched to something different. But at
this level, it's all about enhancing your technique on everything.
So I mean, all of us we can play everything.
We sort of came into college with the ability to
play anything that's put in front of us. But you know,
(04:22):
now we're here and we have to sort of sculpt
those abilities to do what we want to be able
to do with them. Doctor Mzeko helps us out with
that and it makes it just more rounded musicians.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I do have a question for you specifically. I know,
I know you're in the Marching vand, but is it
difficult going between the two different ensembles with their different styles.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
I think it'd be kind of difficult since we play
such specific instruments such as I play bass drum and
you know, some people might just be on marimba. But
in the end, all of these skills will like translate
to ensemble, so it'll help us awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Well, I do think that's all I have time for today.
Thank you so much for joining me in the studio today.
It's been wonderful.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Thank you for listening to Arrow on the air. I'm
your host, Ella Tinsley, and we will see you next time.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
M
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