Music Therapy for Veterans: A Conversation with Nicole Pinnella and Emily Frantz

09/20/23 • 42 min

In this conversation, recorded earlier this summer, Etown music therapy student Nicole Pinnella discusses her summer research project on the benefits of providing music therapy for veterans. She is joined by her professor and faculty mentor, Emily Frantz, who serves as Etown College's director of the music therapy program. For those listeners unfamiliar with the profession of music therapy, you will learn more about what music therapy is and how it can impact people's lives. Plus, Nicole will also discuss her passion for music therapy, how she decided on this career, and how she developed an interest in working with veterans.

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Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Erica Dolson

This episode features a conversation with Erica Dolson, a professor in Elizabethtown College's English department who serves as the director of our creative writing program. Erica writes creative non-fiction (which she has also taught at the college) and she has published work in Full-Stop, Critical Read, and borrowed solace among other publications. She also regularly teaches first-year writing and professional writing.

Today we’ll be discussing the topic of creative non-fiction, her writing process, as well as some of the challenges and pleasures of writing on personal topics. She will read from and discuss a couple of her essays: “Chance of Showers,” published this past December in Bright Flash Literary Review, and “How I Renewed My Enthusiasm for Writing,” published in Hippocampus Magazine in late 2020.

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Directing Julia Cho’s play "The Language Archive": A Conversation with Bruce Walsh

In this episode of the podcast, Bruce Walsh, who teaches playwriting and acting at Elizabethtown College, talks about directing Julia Cho’s 2012 play, The Language Archive. The play focuses on the character of George, a linguist who studies and tries to preserve dying languages. Although language is his field of study, he struggles to communicate with other people, particularly with his wife, Mary, who leaves him at the start of the play.

We discuss some of the themes in the play, like the limitations of language and the struggle to communicate effectively with those we care about most, as well as Bruce’s history with the theater and his approach to directing student actors.

The Language Archive will be performed at Etown College’s Tempest Theatre on November 3, 4, 9, and 10 at 7:30pm and November 5 and 11 at 3:00pm at Etown College’s Tempest Theatre. Tickets can be purchased here.