The Interview
I am here in Texas for the music professor position at
Galveston College.
My interview began at 9a with a tour of Galveston Island followed by a tour of the Galveston College campus. I then went with the search committee to
The Sunflower Cafe for lunch. I got along with the committee really well. Then back to the college for my teaching demonstration. My presentation was an introduction to minimalism introducing the composers of
Le Monte Young,
Terry Riley,
Steve Reich,
Philip Glass and
John Adams. After my presentation I asked the committee some questions and that was the end of the interview. I called DD to come pick me up since he had the car. He had used the car to cruise around the island while I was in the interview. I hung out in their bookstore until DD called to say he was there. I walked out to the car I heard a voice call my name. I turned around and it was the chair of the search committee. She had seen me walk to the car and caught me before I got in. She then told me I was their 1st choice and offered me the position.
Well I guess I am going to live in Galveston, Texas.
We drove to the east part of the island to East Beach at Apffel Park. A nice green area with lots of birds.
We then took the ferry to the Bolivar Peninsula and took highway 58 to Louisiana.
A view of Galveston Island from the ferry.
A view of the Mainland from the ferry.
We at Pelican Palace on old Highway 90 in Vinton, Louisiana. Good food with accent included. Then drove back to the ferry to go back to Galveston. It was midnight when we arrived at the ferry and the temperature was 82 degrees plus being humid. We stood on the front of the ship, when we were sailing across, in shorts and a tee shirt. There is no way we could have done that back in Long Beach, CA at midnight during the summer. Then went back to the hotel. What a day.
Posted by Eric at July 22, 2004 11:46 PM
