WCU Band Director West Going Out The Way He Came In, Same Baton In Hand, After 35 Years - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR Arts & Performance
from 2020-03-11T10:15:38
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It's a Monday afternoon, and John West is rehearsing a wind and brass ensemble at Western Carolina University . West had already been teaching here about 15 years when most of these students were born. "Clarinet section, can you give me more on those 16th notes there?" he asks his students. "Just a little early on that last leg. Deee-dahh, da-da-deee-dahhh . Wait for that, alright?" On the eve of his retirement, after 35 years at the university, West said his job has evolved beyond teaching and
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