Trudy Faber plays into your heart
Neal Hayes
Issue date: 4/27/06 Section: Features
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If a private investigator wanted to construct a profile of Trudy Faber's personality, her third-floor office in the music building at Wittenberg would be as good a place as any to begin a search for clues. Faber's cluttered office mirrors her hectic life. Favored books, CDs and LPs are crammed into shelves; less fortunate media are strewn about the floor in precarious piles. Faber's submission to modern times, demonstrated by an IBM computer and a CD rack system, is just as obvious as her refusal to let go of the past, to which an ancient looking turntable unit and an unplugged Apple IIe testify.
Of course, no competent investigator would be content with judging people by their property and working space. In the case of Faber, the testimony of coworkers and family provides vivid information.
"She's really passionate," says Melanie Gillaugh, the Wittenberg Music Department Assistant.
Or, as Faber's husband Arthur states simply, "She's unbelievable."
Faber is a Professor of Music at Wittenberg, where she has taught since 1966. In addition to teaching, Faber frequently performs organ and harpsichord recitals in locations throughout Europe and the United States and participates actively in the lives of her closest family members - a husband, two sons, and two grandsons. Although Faber's schedule is jam-packed, those who know her best testify that she never seems to run short on energy.
Faber's husband describes his wife by saying, "whatever she does, she always delivers more than you expect." An interview with Faber certainly confirms this statement. Even the simplest question about her life, for instance, usually elicits a twenty-minute response.
This penchant for wordiness carries over into Faber's teaching. Brimming over with knowledge about Baroque and Renaissance music, she often delivers hour-long lectures to her Music History classes without pause, often becoming possessed by an almost frantic energy.
"She gets so excited that she can't catch her breath and she starts new sentences before she finishes the old ones," says junior student Jaime Langston. "Eccentric is definitely a good word to describe her."
Of course, no competent investigator would be content with judging people by their property and working space. In the case of Faber, the testimony of coworkers and family provides vivid information.
"She's really passionate," says Melanie Gillaugh, the Wittenberg Music Department Assistant.
Or, as Faber's husband Arthur states simply, "She's unbelievable."
Faber is a Professor of Music at Wittenberg, where she has taught since 1966. In addition to teaching, Faber frequently performs organ and harpsichord recitals in locations throughout Europe and the United States and participates actively in the lives of her closest family members - a husband, two sons, and two grandsons. Although Faber's schedule is jam-packed, those who know her best testify that she never seems to run short on energy.
Faber's husband describes his wife by saying, "whatever she does, she always delivers more than you expect." An interview with Faber certainly confirms this statement. Even the simplest question about her life, for instance, usually elicits a twenty-minute response.
This penchant for wordiness carries over into Faber's teaching. Brimming over with knowledge about Baroque and Renaissance music, she often delivers hour-long lectures to her Music History classes without pause, often becoming possessed by an almost frantic energy.
"She gets so excited that she can't catch her breath and she starts new sentences before she finishes the old ones," says junior student Jaime Langston. "Eccentric is definitely a good word to describe her."
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