Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 505 - Luke Helker

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito · Jul 30, 2026

Episode 505 - Luke Helker Pete's Percussion Podcast

Fort Hays State (KS) Director of Percussion Studies Luke Helker stops by to talk about the FHSU job and about recruiting to a small regional college (02:45), his recent presentation at the Canadian Percussion Network’s annual conference and its beginnings (17:05), growing up in Pennsylvania, his vast array of musical influences and experiences, getting to travel with family, and his years of undergrad at Millersville University (PA) studying percussion and audio production (25:50), his grad school years at the University of Kansas, his time…