This segment is meant to highlight MCMA's newest faculty member's personhood, as well as their pedagogical approach. Here's this month's interview with newest faculty member Evan Lattimore:
What brought you to Maine?
I retired from teaching middle school music and moved to Maine. My wife Jane's family lives in Maine and I have spent all my summers in Maine.
What -- and where -- are you playing these days?
I have been traveling to Massachusetts and Vermont to play tympani and percussion with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. I play guitar with Sea Strings in Belfast, baritone horn with the Midcoast Community Band in Thomaston, drum set with the Huddled Masses Orchestra, and bodhran every chance I can get to an Irish session.
How would you describe your approach to teaching?
Strong fundamentals and skills open the doors and make anything possible.
Finding what works with each individual student and playing different styles and groves interest them. Being creative and having fun.
In your opinion, what are the two most important things a student should bring to each lesson?
An open mind and desire to learn. The beauty of percussion is that there is a world of different instruments and styles to explore.
What's a beneficial piece of advice you've kept with you -- that regularly impacts your identity as a musician or an educator?
Make coincidence happen. Always be prepared and put your all into your playing, you never know who is in the audience.
If you were an instrument, what would you be and why?
A bass drum. The bass drum is a very spiritual instrument.
Evan is available to teach drum kit, hand drums (including conga, djembe, bodhran and more), band percussion (including mallets), and beginning woodwinds and brass.
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