Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 394 - Kristie Ibrahim

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Montreal-based Freelance Percussionist and Educator Kristie Ibrahim stops by to talk about Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, teaching at McGill University, the city of Montreal and the expansion of the university (03:00), growing up in Saskatchewan (Canada), her piano background, the great teachers and colleagues involved in her percussion development, and her time doing highland dancing (25:30), her years in undergrad at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), discussions of practice habits, showing grace, and living in Eastern Canada (49:30), her two years with Strike Percussion Ensemble in New Zealand and performing choreographed percussion works (01:02:50), her masters degree time at McGill and living in Montreal (01:14:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with discussions of practice habits, her experiences in the percussion field as a woman, her love of baking, the A&E Pride and Prejudice series from the 1990s, historical fiction, and the importance of great audiobook narrators (01:24:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Challengers (01:56:50).

Kristie Ibrahim links:

Kristie Ibrahim’s McGill University page

Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble

Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Shawn Mativetsky in 2023

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Victoria Sparks in 2016