More conference pics

Thanks to Elisabeth Pluth for these photos of me doing some of the fun things that a Governor gets to do at a regional conference:

Conference wrap

Scenes from the Central Region conference 2023 of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. . . . . But first, comments from region members, sent to me in my role as Governor: [N.B. — these comments were gratefully received after the grueling three days of unexpected developments in software and in spreadsheet errors.] “Just

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 yet

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,

Lifetime Achievement Award

So much activity is taking place right now, surrounding the annual conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Central Region. This week we announced our Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Dr. Ollie Watts Davis of the University of Illinois. Read more.

Quad Cities

I spent most of the last two days en route to/from/in Quad Cities, specifically Rock Island and Moline, Ill. Mariele took me on five different freeways each way. Deborah Gover (Luther College), our NATS Central Region conference chair, and I met for a long working dinner, and then a Friday morning site visit to Augustana

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 of

This semester

My days and evenings are full this semester!

2022 in photos

My life in photos, from 2022. How my world has changed!

Annual Letter 2022

Dear friends and family around the world — I write this year from New York City on a brief holiday, and on the cusp of the turning of this hemisphere from darkness to light at the Winter Solstice. But still this planet is plunged into darkness of our own creation: the clamor and evil of