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.