Denise Gainey on Educating the Educator

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Today’s episode of the podcast is part three of a series guest hosted by Joel Jaffe, and his guest today is Dr. Denise Gainey, who is the President of the International Clarinet Association, and Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She discusses the importance of providing a solid education to young students by ensuring our educators themselves are well educated, how she inspires her own students to achieve their goals, what it was like studying with Kalmen Opperman, and much more.