In the Practice Room with Mrs. Bronwen Fox: Oberlin Public School Music Teacher

Mrs. Bronwen Fox has been with the Oberlin City School District for 17 years, teaching choir, general music, secondary music appreciation, and International Baccalaureate music classes to fifth through twelfth graders. She graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts in Music History and Theory in 2008 and a Master of Music Teaching degree in 2009, which the Conservatory no longer offers. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Can you tell me about the musical journey that brought you here? I’ve sung in choirs since I was in first grade, and I’ve had wonderful directors ever since. I’m almost 40 now, so that’s a lot of years of wonderful choirs and directors. I started with a really sweet woman who played soft folk songs on the guitar, and I had a fiery high school teacher who only took perfection. In terms of what drew me to choir, I just love people coming together. It doesn’t matter where you are in your life; you can come together and make music.

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