Category: Community Stories
Uton Onyejekwe, Director of DEI
Back in 2022, important questions were already being raised by the BKCM community about our repertoire: Why do we teach what we teach? Who and what are we missing? When Uton Onyejekwe stepped into the role of DEI Director that same year, he sought to realize this initiative through a much larger database project, one…
Ian Davis, CMS Theory & Composition Teacher
“What originally drew me to composition was writing my own songs,” says Ian Davis, frontman of Ian Davis: Rock Band, one half of the experimental folk group Relatives, and BKCM’s resident theory maestro since 2019. In his music theory classes, he familiarizes students of all ages with staffs, notation and time signatures. He also directs…
Miranda Knutson, Senior Events and Community Partnerships Manager
There are few people more ingrained in BKCM’s operations and lifeblood than Miranda Knutson, especially when you consider that she’s been a student here since she was eight years old (back when the entire lobby had a shag carpet). It was in the lot nearby — now BKCM’s garden — where she would do homework…