Page 38 - Classical Singer magazine Spring Issue 2020

The Music Major Minute
Faculty Meeting Follies
BY CHRISTI AMONSON
Read a humorous perspective on what university music instructors might think about some bad student habits.
Dear readers, we are extending an invitation for you to participate in the next faculty meeting at Glorious Voices State University (GVSU). Your opportune moment to investigate the goings-on of a university faculty meeting takes
Christi Amonson place now, right here in this column. Go ahead and pour a cup
of tea, take a seat, and read on. It is our hope at GVSU that you will take a mental note to put our agenda into action. You, dear students, are our hope for the future.
Agenda:
• University Mandated Communication
• Addressing Professors Appropriately
• Extracurricular Lobby Activities
• Concert Attendance
Wise Boss: Welcome faculty and guest readers. We are so glad you could make time to assemble today. Did you all get a copy of the agenda? Superior. Let’s begin with “University Mandated Communication.”
It has been brought to my attention that many of the faculty are experiencing difficulties getting in touch with students via email. Have the students read the handbook? No? Well, neither have I in its entirety, but surely the students know they are expected to check their email daily for university-related business.
Choir Director: I have sent out 700 emails in the last three days and the only response I have received was an email from Ms. L’absent detailing excuses for missing five rehearsals, which is amusing because she actually missed seven.
Piano Teacher: Students don’t email me. One kid told me they left a sticky note on my door, but I never saw it. It probably lost its will to stick, heaved itself to the floor, and caught a ride out of the building on someone’s shoe.
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