Hail and farewell

Folks:

Let me just reiterate one last time how very pleased and impressed I was by the work that many people did this semester. As I said, this is possibly the first seminar at TTU I've been able to teach at the level of intellectual discourse and scholarly analysis which it was my good fortune to experience as demonstrated by my teachers (no braggadocio there: I couldn't do it myself, but I knew it when I saw it). I truly believe that this kind of scholarly, investigative, and interpersonal research makes us better people: more open, less judgmental, more sophisticated, less conservative, more musical, less prejudiced.

I was very moved by the efforts and insights that many teams provided for seminar colleagues. In my opinion, this is the best justification for the academic study of music: because of the insights, enrichment, and expanded horizons we can give to one another.

Let me encourage you all to consider continuing to work in these areas (either formally or informally); virtually everyone supplied crucial and wonderful contributions. You all made the seminar what it was. Well done!

(see you Thursday noon at Cricket's)

all the best,

cjs