This Week at APSU: Stories of Confronting Racism, Navigating the Pandemic, Finding Home
August 10, 2020
Clarksville, TN – “If Austin Peay Could Talk” is a new, special series about listening. Paying tribute to James Baldwin’s novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the essays in this series are meant to magnify the experiences of the University’s Black faculty and staff.
Austin Peay State University Campus. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University professor John Ray writes two YouTube mini-musicals during pandemic
August 8, 2020
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University (APSU) musical theatre voice professor wrote two “mini-musicals” during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Both musicals are available on YouTube.
Dr. John Ray – who recently joined APSU as assistant professor in musical theatre voice after serving as visiting professor last year – said he wrote the mini-musicals “as the pandemic worsened and performance opportunities dwindled.”
Screen capture of “La Quarantena.” (APSU)
