On March 18, Joan made a blog post in response to the emotions she felt surrounding the choir community's various responses to having to "do choir" online amidst Covid-19. That post would quickly go viral and be shared time again by the choir community. Joan's words seemed to stir within our hearts what many of us could not find the words to express. After being so moved by her text and seeing others so moved by it, I felt like there was more to the story and wanted to know more about the woman behind the post. The following interview is a moving addendum. Joan shares her heart for music and how the days leading up to her post were filled with another powerful journey. This post was her first one, made on her newly created webpage to share about her work on a musical written in tribute to her students and inspired by the role education plays in our students lives today. In a unique twist Joan also shares how her composition has garned praise from Malcolm Gladwell. You will be moved and inspired no longer just from the powerful words Joan shared with the world, but by gaining a glimpse into the creative, engaging, and wise woman behind that text. To find out more about Joan, including her blog post and upcoming musical "Solve for X" please click here

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