Eastman Showcase 2008
TEACHING TALENT HONORED
Eastman not only produces the world’s best musicians, it also produces some of the world’s best music teachers. Every year, several outstanding teachers-in-training are chosen for the Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence in Teaching. The 2007-2008 winners have just been announced! They are:
Academic Class and Ensemble Instruction – Naomi Gregory, music history
Small Group Skills Instruction – Sarah Marlowe, theory aural skills; Steven Marx, music education trumpet class; Angela Occhionero, music education clarinet class; Douglas O’Connor, saxophone chamber coaching
Private Applied instruction – Michael Unger, applied organ
The photo shows (left to right) Naomi, Angela, and Doug in the top row, and Sarah, Steven, and Michael in the bottom row.
13 teaching assistants were nominated by their departments for the TA Prize. Members of the TA Prize Committee visited these 13 TAs several times during the spring, then submitted written evaluations of their observations. These six students appeared consistently on the top of the evaluations.
Donna Brink Fox, Eastman’s Associate dean of Academic and Student Affairs, said, “On behalf of the entire Eastman community … please join me in congratulating the prize recipients and in expressing our collective appreciation to all of our teaching and department assistants for their vital contribution to the musical and intellectual environment of the Eastman School of Music.”