Programs paper the office door—records of concerts played and countries visited. Poland on Thanksgiving, Sydney in July. "I put my life on the door," Brent Wissick says. "Not to be arrogant, but to reveal to my students how I make life and performance and teaching all hook together." The hook? His love of discovery. His interest in exploring odd corners of the past and revitalizing what he finds. Wissick, cello and viol da gamba professor in the music department, loves to find the story in the score. He dusts off manuscripts long silent and brings the music back to life through his performance and storytelling. continue story |
