Everything Band Podcast

Works by composer Randall Standridge are consistently among the highest selling and most widely performed music each year. In this episode, he offers insight into his music and career as a composer. Topics: A brief overview of Randall’s career from college student at Arkansas State through the success of his works Afterburn and Adrenaline Engines. Randall’s family influences and high school teachers who fostered his creativity, his first (and only) teaching job, and the story of his transition to becoming a full time composer. Thoughts about composition and Grand Mesa Marching. The story of how Percy Grainger and a guiro led to the creation of the huge Grade 1 consortium for his work Frogs. Links: Randall Standridge Grand Mesa Music Marching Band Barnes: Fantasy Variations of a Theme of Nicholo Paganini Standridge: Frogs Standridge: The Nine Biography: Randall Standridge (b.1976) received his Bachelor's of Music Education from Arkansas State University.  During this time, he studied composition with Dr. T