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Musicast Episode 4: Kirsten C. Kunkle – Passionate Pioneering

Soprano Kirsten C. Kunkle has been hailed as an outstanding singing actress with a voice that has been described as beautiful, ethereal, powerful, fiery, and bewitching. he attended Bowling Green State University and the University of Salzburg for her undergraduate studies, majoring in voice performance with minors in Italian and German. Her graduate degrees are in voice performance from the University of Michigan. A voting member of the Muscogee Nation, Dr. Kunkle commissioned and premiered sixteen original compositions, including one of her own, based upon the poetry of her ancestor and highly-acclaimed poet of the Native American Muscogee Nation, Alex Posey. [...]

By music cast|2020-10-21T04:27:29-05:00October 21st, 2020|musicast podcast|0 Comments

How to practice during a pandemic: Just keep swimming

The current pandemic has thrust the global population into a period of uncertainty unrivaled in recent history. Music students at universities around the world are being forced to abandon the structure that has helped to frame their success and are now required to adapt their habits to fit [...]

By Adam Gumble|2020-03-27T18:05:06-05:00March 27th, 2020|Band, Choir, Higher Education, Inspiration, Instumental, Musicians, Students, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|0 Comments

#musicservicelearning

As I watch the education world move to an all online learning, I’m struck positively by several things. First, I love how people are embracing this opportunity to explore new learning platforms! I find it amazing that so many companies have made materials free for teachers during this [...]

By Marci Major|2020-03-29T16:31:48-05:00March 14th, 2020|Higher Education, Inspiration, Music Service Learning, Students, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|2 Comments

I wrote a song a day for a month. Here’s what I learned.

Are you a songwriter? Do you want to be a songwriter? I've thought a lot about songwriting this past year. Last spring, I taught a course at Temple University for undergraduate music education majors called collaboration and creativity. One of the assignments was to write a song. For [...]

By Sarah Gulish|2022-07-22T16:37:02-05:00February 20th, 2020|Guitar, Inspiration, Musicians, Songwriting, Stories, Writing|3 Comments

Allow me to introduce myself

There was a subtle but noticeable change when I received my PhD. I was not treated the same. I noticed parent emails were slightly more forgiving, and my opinion seemed to be more valuable than before those three letters followed my name. I noticed a similar change with [...]

By Sarah Gulish|2019-11-24T18:29:33-05:00November 24th, 2019|Higher Education, Inspiration, Musicians, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|0 Comments

Dear First Year Music Education Student

Welcome to your first year as a music education major, which I promise will be a whirlwind of learning and performing that is both exciting and stressful. In this blog post, I offer four big tips for not only surviving but THRIVING in your first year. Understand [...]

By Martina Vasil|2019-08-30T15:09:06-05:00August 30th, 2019|Back-to-School 2019, Higher Education, Series, Students|0 Comments