Student Carmen Mancuso interviews professor David Kosmyna
By Paula Scott
“You never know where your journeys are going to take you”--David Kosmyna
Ada High School graduate and ONU political science and public relations major Carmen Mancuso interviews Dr. David Kosmyna, ONU Professor of Music and Program Lead of Music at Ohio Northern University in a new video available on YouTube.
Between Two Bookshelves Season 2 Episode 7 is a studio interview and casual Q&A session between the student and professor.
Kosmyna talks about his music background, including quitting piano lessons and an unfulfilled desire to play the accordion. Practical considerations–the fact that his uncle had a trumpet sitting unused in a closet–led to his learning to play the trumpet.
Mancuso inquires about the path that led him to secondary education and to Ada, Ohio. A native of Toledo who is now restoring a home in the historic Old West End, Kosmyna always expected to become a teacher, but had many different interests including art as well as music.
The professor’s story involves a number of unexpected opportunities seized and the influence of Star Wars, libraries and old New Orleans Jazz on his personal and professional pursuits.
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