Maxine Fawcett-Yeske

They call me

associate professor of music

My classes

Music 012: American Music
Music 013: Music Appreciation
Music 150: Introduction to Music
Music 215: Music Since 1800
Music 298: Senior Capstone Seminar

Favorite music

This is a hard one for a music professor to answer. I like Beethoven, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Orff and Wright. I also like B.B. King and the blues. Coming from rural Nebraska, I can't help but like country music—especially Garth Brooks. I also like Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa. I could go on and on…

Favorite movies

Okay, I admit it. I've fallen for the pirate…Johnny Depp, that is.

Favorite class

My "favorite" class isn't determined by the subject so much as by the students. I love the classes where students get involved and I see their creativity take off. Classes where they draw connections between what we're doing and their lives beyond the classroom.

	Here I am receiving the 2006 Nebraska Professor of the Year Award, presented by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation at a ceremony in Washington DC.
Each year, my class on Music of Women Composers presents a lecture-recital showcasing music by women. Here I am pictured with NWU student Emily Davenport who composed a piece that was premiered at this annual event.
	This is me and my music history class during a visit to the National Museum of Music in Vermillion, South Dakota.
This one is of me and my husband Bob visiting with students Nicole Francavilla and Emily Davenport on the Luftansa flight to Munich on the NWU 2006 Choir Tour.
	NWU student Kevin Scheele invited faculty and students to his family farm near Utica, Nebraska, to participate in a Scheele holiday tradition decorating gingerbread houses.