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    Faith

    Having students who move bravely out into the world is a wondrous thing– easily enough reason to not second-guess the effort invested in teaching. My parents went straight from their graduate degrees in flute and oboe to university teaching posts– so, the meter started running immediately, and the students who passed through…

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    Front edge

    Pandemic blogging. I’m going to decide that’s exempt from consequences– as opposed to pandemic pet adoption, for instance. Being at the front edge of something without knowing what the shape of the whole is is NOT a safe place for a classical singer. I emphasize to my students that we…