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Mona Kreitner

Mona Kreitner

Mona Kreitner is a part-time assistant professor of music at Rhodes College in Memphis.

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Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: College students are wrong to drop music class

Mona Kreitner by Mona Kreitner January 1, 2018April 8, 2021

Many students in my “Music and Healing” course played in school bands and orchestras, or sang in choral and musical-theater productions. But almost none of them still sing or play the piano or violin. They have become too busy with demanding academics, clubs or competitive sports. I try to reignite their interest because I believe […]

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