Jan 24, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog
Big Red Ball (Kimberly Barber, taken December 2024, Vancouver, BC) This week I had the pleasure of coming full circle. I had a “debriefing” with one of my former students, Dr. Elizabeth Lepock, with whom I co-taught the new course “Pedagogy and...Nov 15, 2024 | Singing and Self Blog
Butterfly among the rocks (Kimberly Barber, Kathleen Lake, Yukon, July 2024) I’ve talked about Hard Things in this space before, and this is the time of year (about 3/4 of the way through the term) when such themes frequently re-surface. Students are preparing...Nov 8, 2024 | Singing and Self Blog
Communication matters (sourced on Snappa.com, November 2024) As it turns out, communication matters. A lot. When you work in collaborative settings, toggling between duties, negotiating with other leaders, what you say must be clearly communicated, and often. Our...Nov 1, 2024 | Singing and Self Blog
Lion King Rehearsal with Vox and Opera Laurier students (K. Barber, October 2024) We’ve always had students at Laurier who loved music theatre first. This love was, once upon a time, tolerated (barely), but never nurtured. The times, as they say, are...