Teaching in the Arts

Peter travels to Saratoga Springs, NY for an interview with retired horse race announcer Tom Durkin. In this last episode of the calendar year, (and Fall semester) Peter posts an interview he did for his upcoming documentary on horse racing announcers. They talk about words, the stress of the being a race announcer, hypnosis and much more. New episodes of Teaching in the Arts will resume in January.

The Old Town School of Folk Music is in turmoil. Teachers are unionizing, enrollment is dropping, and the administration is selling one of its buildings. Peter talks with John Mead, an OTS teacher and steering committee member, and Rich Gordon, a student organizer who started a change.org petition to Save Old Town School, which has more than 8,000 signatures.

Bill Baykan (Teaching in the Arts guest #1) sits in for Peter this week, Bill's guest is Michael Galbincea, Chair of the Animation and Digital Art Program at Flashpoint Chicago.

Dan Buckman sits across the table from Peter and they discuss the military veteran experience, Dan's novels, and the website Military Experience & the Arts. It's a great episode, consider it Veterans in the Arts.

Kate Chrisman, a 12-year veteran of Teaching in the Arts in the Chicago Public School system joins Peter to talk about the joys and struggles (mostly joys) of teaching in the arts in the Chicago Public School system. This episode original droppied in July 2018,

Veteran's Day update. Regular listeners will know that Teaching in the Arts takes long weekends off. This is Veteran's Day, and there is no regular podcast. Subscribers will get a special re-podcast as well. Back with a new episode on Monday November 19th.

Rene Roy sits across the table from Peter as they talk about Rene's journey as an actor and stage director and as a teacher in the arts. The Lesson of the Day- go vote! And listen for Rene's question for Peter.

It's a Teaching in the Arts Halloween special. Brad Gyori returns to talk about his live "Sat-Nav" production of Shelley's Heart, plus the Lesson of the Day- Ghost Stories!

A two-parter this week on Teaching in the Arts. First up, Jeff McCarter from Free Spirit Media returns to share some exciting news, and then author, band leader, and first time college teacher, James Warda talks about his professional experiences, and his first semester as a college teacher.

Tremaine Williams sits across the table from Peter as they discuss Tremaine's journey as an on-air reporter, a one-man band, and now a camera man for WGN-TV News. If you want to know how to get a job in this business, listen to Tremaine.