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.
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May 22-27 Practice
Hey everyone! Great work today all around, seeing some awesome improvements. Here’s what I would like you to work on this week.
Ella- Bring the Girlfriend in a Coma beat up to speed, don’t worry about the offbeat accents. Do what we did with the metronome, start at a comfortable tempo (start around 80 this week) then cut it in half (40) then again (20) to practice staying in time with less help from the metronome. Also, learn where Fill #1 comes in and practice playing that and going back to the beat. Last is to learn the Fill #2 section of the tune as well. Next week we will focus on getting the offbeat accents on the hi-hat.
Emily- Practice beats 4-6 at a comfortable tempo, see if we can get these up to 100 too. Next try to get both In Bloom beats in tempo. Do what we did with the metronome, start at a comfortable tempo then cut it in half then again to practice staying in time with less help from the metronome. Start about 20 clicks under song tempo and see if you can work it up to speed.
Eric- Work on getting Immigrant Song up to tempo. Song tempo is 110 so try to get to 96 by next week. Do what we did with the metronome, start at a comfortable tempo (80 for this week) then cut it in half (40) then again (20) to practice staying in time with less help from the metronome. Your smart phone metronome should be able to go down to 20 if your digital one doesn’t.
That’s it for now, have fun with all of this!! See you next week.
May 15-20
Hey everyone! Hears a reminder of what we talked about today.
Ella- Work on Girlfriend in a Coma beat nice and slow and try to move it forward throughout the week. The feel of it is getting really good!! Keep that up and it’ll be killer pretty soon. Also, take a look at the fills I wrote out and see if you could play those along wirth the track. See if you could get around 30 minutes of practice every day going over this stuff and it will be ready for next week!
Eric- Try to get Immigrant Song up to tempo (110). Start at 86 like we did today and keep moving up from there a bit at a time. Make sure that you’re feet stay relaxed, and if you tense up just slow back down and work it up again. Try to listen to some of the fills too and work on those a bit. We’ll be ready to finish the whole song this week!
Sylvie- Work on the independence exercises, bossa nova, and 12/8 exercises with the ride cymbal variations. Try to build up all the tempos over the next two weeks, but don’t worry if you can’t get all of it going, there’s a lot of stuff! Have fun in Quebec!!
Emily- Try to get the three written beats and the In Bloom beat up to tempo this week. Do like we did in the lesson, start really slow and break it down into pieces.
See you all next week, everyone did great today!!!
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.
