Kim Roth, associate professor of mathematics “Music is a nice change of pace from what I do professionally. I chose my undergraduate institution, Oberlin, partially because of its strong music program despite that I had no intention of majoring in music. I think anything that expands the students’ notion of a faculty member from someone in a classroom to someone with a life and outside interests makes them more approachable.”
Loren Rhodes, Dale Chair in Information Technology “Music, starting with piano lessons at age 6, has always been a part of my growing up and church life. I knew early on that music wouldn’t be a vocation but an avocation. Computers have been my passion since high school, of course, and in a way, now that nearly all recorded music is digital, the two have merged back together.”
Above: Perhaps channeling a Mariachi band, or at the very least a wandering troupe of troubadors, guitarists Grace Fala, Andy Murray, Henry ThurstonGriswold and Larry Mutti entertain a group of students at Baker Refectory. Fala and Thurston-Griswold often bring their guitars into the classroom as an educational aid. Left: Math professors Ben Sunderland and John Bukowski work out the geometry of playing side by side. Sunderland often plays piano at College events and Bukowski recently performed a solo recital on piano.
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Right: Loren Rhodes, Dale Chair in Information Technology, and Kim Roth, associate professor of mathematics, seek to find the right key for mixing piano and pedagogy.