Meek, Richard 2022-08-23
This interview features Professor Charles Richard Meek of the School of Music at Texas Tech University. Meek talks about his family background and their musical legacy, artistic training, and involvement in music education. He also talks extensively about the music program at Texas Tech, mentoring students, involvement in various music groups and symphonies, teaching differences in music education between the U.S. and Europe, pivoting to online teaching during the COVID pandemic, serving on Faculty Senate, and the dissolution of the local Texas Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the transition to an official Texas Tech chapter of AAUP.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name:Richard Meek
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: August 23, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Lynn Whitfield
Length: 01:54:29 (1 hour 54 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction; how Meek met his wife and his family; His family’s musical talents and careers; How musicians travel to study music; bassoon manufacturers; Auditioning for the Texas Tech School of Music; Community symphonies; Transitioning teaching during the COVID-19 shutdown; Mentoring students to play professionally; Faculty senate and AAUP; Issues he worked towards resolving while he was on the faculty senate; Professors of Practice; National chapter of AAUP
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374094 >
Related Interview: Meek, Richard 2022-08-23
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