The Professional Portfolio of Julianne Michalik
My name is Julianne Michalik, and I am a first year graduate student holding two undergraduate degrees in Piano and Music Education and currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. This website is a culmination of my accomplishments to date as a student at Westminster. Please explore my site by clicking on the above tabs. To learn more about me, click on the link below.
About Me
About Me
"I still hear people asking what have we artists to do with oil and economy? Survival and honor? The answer is everything!
Our truth, if it is heartfelt, and the beauty we produce out of it, may perhaps be the only real guidelines left; the only clear beacons; the only source for renewal of vitality in the various cultures of our world.
Where economists squabble--- we can be clear;
Where politicians play diplomatic games, we can move hearts and minds.
Where the greedy grab--- we can give.
Our pens, voices, paintbrushes, pas de deux, our words, our C-sharps and B-flats can shoot up far higher than any oil well and break down self-interest,
can reinforce us against moral deterioration.
Perhaps, after all, it is only the artist who can reconcile the mystic with the rational.
And who can reveal the presence of God in the minds of men."
-Leonard Bernstein, ‘Findings’
Our truth, if it is heartfelt, and the beauty we produce out of it, may perhaps be the only real guidelines left; the only clear beacons; the only source for renewal of vitality in the various cultures of our world.
Where economists squabble--- we can be clear;
Where politicians play diplomatic games, we can move hearts and minds.
Where the greedy grab--- we can give.
Our pens, voices, paintbrushes, pas de deux, our words, our C-sharps and B-flats can shoot up far higher than any oil well and break down self-interest,
can reinforce us against moral deterioration.
Perhaps, after all, it is only the artist who can reconcile the mystic with the rational.
And who can reveal the presence of God in the minds of men."
-Leonard Bernstein, ‘Findings’