B.Mus (Oberlin)
M.Mus (U of T)
Louis “Pino” Pino is from Dix Hills, NY and is a recent graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, having studied percussion with Michael Rosen and computer music with Aurie Hsu and Joo Won Park, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in percussion performance at the University of Toronto with Aiyun Huang. Pino began his musical career playing drum set and hand drums with several local ensembles, and moved on to study at the Juilliard Pre-College, where he received the Commencement Award upon graduation. When arriving at Oberlin, Pino had the opportunity to collaborate with many students at the conservatory and has come to premiere over 50 new chamber and solo works written by himself and his peers.
In addition to performing, Pino teaches a small studio of students and is an active composer of electroacoustic music. He often writes music for instruments and interactive electronics, and collaborates in creating interdisciplinary works with dancers and film artists. Outside of music, Pino likes to spend time cooking, hammocking outdoors, and competing in food challenges.
Get to know Pino…Beyond the Bio!
Hobbies: Cooking, Hammocking
Musical influences: Chet Baker, Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen, The Strokes
Favourite food: Sushi
Least favourite food: Peanut butter
Favourite music: Hip-Hop, Contemporary Classical
Favourite song: Alvin Row – Animal Collective
Favourite movie: Taxi Driver
Favouirite movie music: Taxi Driver OST
Favourite musical theatre/opera: Saint François d’Assise – Messiaen
Best quote from your teacher: “Play pretty.”
Favourite quote: “ Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Master Yoda
Favourite book: The Stand – Stephen King
Best thing about teaching at ABC: Watching young minds grow a bit more every week.
Latest Homework from Pino
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June 5-10 Practice
Hi everyone! Great work this week as always, here is what I would like you to continue on with.
Ella- Continue on with Girlfriend in a Coma and decide on a new song, I think we’re just about ready to move on! To put on the finishing touches, listen to the song a bunch of times to learn where all the fills are and start playing along with them. The beat is great, so keep that up. Try to be able to play along to the whole song by the next lesson.
Emily- Work on those snare exercises and try to get the 16th note high hat beat up to tempo evenly. Then try to get the In Bloom beats going.
Eric- Good job finishing up Immigrant Song! Now onto USSR, start to play along with the song so you can get a feel for the tempo of it. Work on the low tom introdution (starts on the and of 2) and the fill that comes in throughout the song.
Sylvie- This week, work on adding the hi hat to the beats that we did last week. Over the week, try to go from 40 to 70 bpm to the dotted quarter note.
As always, please let ABC know if you have any questions and I will get back to you right away. Have fun with all of this!!
Pino
May 29 – June 3 Practice
Hi everyone! great job today, I was thrilled to see you all put in a lot of work and improved greatly. Here is what I would like you to do in order to continue this progress.
Ella- Work up the beat in full with the right feel like we worked on today. Start at 60 bpm and see if you can work all the way up to 106 by next week. It was getting really nice today so I’m sure you’ll have no problem nailing it for next time. Take look at the fills too, practice them alone as written then along with the track. Make a note of where they come in during the song so we can pick them out during the lesson. The way its going, we’ll soon be done with this one, so start thinking about what song you want to tackle next and start listening to it a bunch.
Eric- Work on playing perfectly in time! Please do what we talked about with the metronome. Our tempo for the week is 90, so start at 16th notes (360) then eighths (180) then to 90, 45, and 22.5 (22 or 23). If you can line up with the metronome when it is only clicking every 4 or 8 beats, you’ll be golden! And start listening to USSR and try to get a grip on the form of the song for when we start it next week.
Sylive- Work on variation 2 of our 12/8 exercises which I wrote out today. See if you can get the metronome up to 68 beats for the dotted quarter note (one click for every three 8th notes). Your coordination is getting to be so good, this will only make it even better!
Emily- Try to get all written beats up to 100 bpm, especially focus on the In Bloom beats and see if you can get them to 112 (the actual tempo of the song). They way you’ve been approaching it has been great and very effective so keep it up!
I look forward to seeing you all next week, keep up the great playing and have fun!!!
Pino
Preferred Books for Pino’s Students
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STICK CONTROL
George Lawrence Stone’s Stick Control is the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 books of all-time. In the words of the author, it is the ideal book for improving: control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution and muscular coordination, with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand.
4-Way Coordination
Rockin' Bass Drum, Bk 1
Written in two volumes, these books include 2- and 4- bar rock and jazz-rock beats designed for the modern drummer. Both books are designed to develop the drummer’s skill in coordinating their hands and feet. The books also offer the drummer a repertoire of exciting rhythmic patterns.
