Category Archives: Higher Education

Figure it Out!

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Micah Everett

Today marks the end of the strangest semester in my 23 years in academia (four as a student, four as both student and teacher simultaneously, and fifteen as a tenure-track or tenured faculty member). Having been forced into distance education … Continue reading →

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Want to Succeed? Try Doing What the Teacher Says!

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Micah Everett

This fall I will begin my nineteenth year teaching applied low brass lessons at the university level. Having begun as a wide-eyed twenty-two-year-old graduate assistant, I was in those early years eager to embark on my teaching career, terrified of … Continue reading →

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Complete Performance Recordings: Doubling Recital at the University of South Carolina

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Micah Everett

This past Tuesday a long-planned collaboration with Dr. Michael Wilkinson, trombone professor at the University of South Carolina, finally came into existence—at least, outside of our imaginations. Dr. Wilkinson and I were assigned as roommates while attending the Alessi Seminar … Continue reading →

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On the Importance of “Faithful Plodding”

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Micah Everett

I am always moved by stories of pastors with long tenures in small congregations. In a time when “celebrity pastor” is a term that makes sense and so many build careers by moving to increasingly larger churches every 2-3 years, … Continue reading →

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Fall Concerts and Activities Preview

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Micah Everett

After taking the summer off from blogging, I am happy to again be writing weekly this fall. My plan is to write every week in September through November, then again in late January/early February through May, and perhaps take the … Continue reading →

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