If an English literature teacher assigns the writings of Hunter S. Thompson or Ernest Hemmingway, is she advocating drug or alcohol use? Are choral directors who program a work with a sacred text proselytizing? Is the science teacher explaining human biology being lewd or provocative? The answer to all three questions is a resounding, […]
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Stick Time: Intent Matters
“My Most Meaningful Mentor,” by Jack Senzig
MY MOST MEANINGFUL MENTOR, by Jack Senzig I met John W. Downey when I was a student at UWMilwaukee. One day in class I was sitting in the front row next to the grand piano. Dr. Downey played Debussy’s First Arabesque. It was the most beautiful piece of music I had ever heard. […]
My Most Meaningful Mentors – Bruce Browne, André Thomas, and Steve Zielke
Picking one mentor in my life is difficult. There have been so many folks that have influenced me. I’m focusing on three right here, but there are countless more. Basically everyone at Florida State had some sort of impact on me. Likewise, colleagues at every place I’ve worked. I did not start this life as […]
Name That Choir Tune (No. 15)
My Most Meaningful Mentor
I am fortunate to have had many meaningful mentors, but it was Dr. Dee Romines who set me on my career path. Currently on faculty at Hardin-Simmons University, I knew him as Mr. Romines, director of the Academy choirs at Punahou School in Honolulu, HI. Choir was my Thing, and it happened at 7:30 […]