Thank you

As the new school year begins tomorrow, and I enter a classroom for a 9 a.m. class, I am bouyed by these words from my erstwhile student Phil Solhiem, interviewed in May at Webster’s commencement ceremonies . . . . This year marks my 24th year of full-time tertiary teaching. If we trace from my

Senior recital

What a wondrous afternoon we had for a senior recital with my private voice students last weekend!

Commencement 2022

Commencement 2022 is now history. Three of my voice students graduated, as did three of my advisees in the Music Direction for Musical Theatre program. Honors Convocation was Thursday afternoon. One of my colleagues pointed out that some of my legacy as Chair is the people I hired. I could not agree more! Photos with

Juries

We are at the end of the semester. Ten of my Webster voice students sang juries this week. I got pics with nine of them, but I’ll include the tenth from the recording session last week. Three departing seniors are here. COVID-19 has made their college years a mess. I’m so glad we were able

Bye

Tuesday evening, while I was grieving for Nelson, I attended the Muny Teens show that marked the end of their time in this group for my two college-bound recent high school graduates. Kaley and Ronan each independently decided to go to Point Park University in Pittsburgh. By Saturday, they will be settled in their dorms.