From my accreditation visit, two views of Monday: With my colleague Patricia Foy after we got a hard-hat tour of portions of the new Artis Center. This building is a game-changer for this school. With Meredith Bowen, Director of Choral Studies. Meredith was a doctoral classmate of my colleague Stuart Chapman Hill, and has beenContinue reading “Two views”
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Odds and ends
I’m in Virginia this morning, at a hotel in the Blue Ridge Mountains, next door to a mid-sized public university. But for now, random odds and ends . . . . I simply do not understand the need of people in Saint Louis to use those little plastic divider thingies at the check-out lane. IfContinue reading “Odds and ends”
FULL week
This has been a full week-plus. Holy Week and the Triduum and extra church services and singing at several in choir. A return to regular lessons this week with all of my students present and healthy except for one, and missing one lesson because I was feeling puny. NATS and NASM volunteer service activity. AContinue reading “FULL week”
More Wisconsin
The college I’ve been visiting this week is on Lake Michigan. From campus Tuesday: The post-visit celebratory dinner of terrific (!) shrimp quesadillas and a beer: And my “I’m an accreditation visitor” attire for the two on-campus days:
Away: Bismarck
I was away a portion of this week, doing the work of the academy as I represented the National Association of Schools of Music at a university in Bismarck, North Dakota. Sunday morning started much earlier than usual, with a 4.10 AM alarm. I was out the door 30 minutes later, and barely had timeContinue reading “Away: Bismarck”
Away again
This time it’s a visit for the National Association of Schools of Music. I’m leading a visit to a university in North Dakota. With this trip I whittle my list of not-visited states to four.
Conference
1.50 PM Friday. I’m at the registration table for the Central Region conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Most of the adjudication packets are now in the hands of the members, and I’m mostly fielding questions about when finals information will be posted. And I’m exhausted, with more than 24 hours yetContinue reading “Conference”
Travel 2
The weeks from September 26 through Thanksgiving are filled with travel. I’m going to be spending a fortune on care for Mistress Maisie. Last week: a NASM visit to Nashville. Home for nine nights, then Springfield, Missouri for a NATS local chapter event. Home for nearly two weeks, then a dash to NYC for Spencer’sContinue reading “Travel 2”
Service
(This photo is click-bait. Since I had no photo of me doing service to the profession, I chose a bird from the San Diego Zoo this past summer.) A requirement of professorship in a tenure-line position: service to the university and to the wider community. Over the last few years, I’ve upped my service activity,Continue reading “Service”
Sabbatical
With Commencement ceremonies concluded today, my sabbatical has begun. I return to teaching at Webster University in January. But first I have exams to grade, and grades to post for my music theory class. And a briefing to lead on Monday. And an end-of-year virtual breakfast to attend on Tuesday. And ten more days ofContinue reading “Sabbatical”
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