Year: 2019

Ideas for Professional Development

The Job Search: Cover Letters

This entry is part 1 of 0 in the series The Job Search

About a decade ago, I became concerned that my college students were not being intentionally trained in how to prepare cover letters and resumes so that they would be ready to apply for their first post-collegiate jobs. Because I was teaching classes many music majors took, I began to incorporate basic professional writing assignments into […]

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Ideas for Professional Development

The University of Kentucky’s School of Music Honored by the Commonwealth’s House of Representatives

It’s not often that the University of Kentucky School of Music, its faculty, and programs make their way into the business of the Commonwealth’s General Assembly. Yet that happened on March 28, 2019, when the House of Representatives adopted House Resolution No. 214, which had been introduced to the assembly by Representatives Ruth Palumbo, David […]

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