Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 510 - Payton MacDonald

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito · Sep 3, 2026

Episode 510 - Payton MacDonald Pete's Percussion Podcast

William Paterson University (NJ) Percussion Director and Music Department Chairperson Payton MacDonald stops by to talk about his college job, the challenges of getting jobs in higher education, and the facilities at the school (03:15), how he handles and maintains his physical and mental health with involvement in so many creative activities, his years as a founding member of Alarm Will Sound, and his move towards improvisation as the basis of his creative performances now (26:40), growing up in Idaho Falls (ID), his early percussion…