Arts Features

I see myself as an educator, and over time I have also seen myself more broadly as a part of the healing community, that music is a healing force. My participation in music and my representation of a living entity, bringing music to life and engaging with audiences, is a healing act. This is Professor Katherine Ciesinski . You might find her performing onstage in a grand opera house in Mexico; or maybe teaching in a studio at a conservatory; or maybe even taking notes in a science classroom. She is known among Eastman students as the professor who attends every performance and event, gives hours of voice lessons a week, and even pursues an additional degree outside of her teaching. Whether you spend a few minutes or almost an hour listening to her stories, you will find that this long time teacher still values the importance of being a life-long learner, as well as using music to heal people and tap into our deepest human emotions. Even as she moves forward, Professor Ciesinski never