Who: Harry Chalmiers, president of McNally Smith College
Main Responsibilities: I am leading an inclusive planning process called 20/20 VISION. We are creating a new vision for the college (what will it be like in the year 2020).
Previous Lives:
1998-2006, VP for academic affairs/provost at Berklee College of Music
1994-1998, executive director of MacPhail Center for Music
1985-1994, executive director of Indian Hill Music Center
1978-1994, instructor, College of Music, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The most exciting thing about working in the education field is…the opportunity to shape the process and content of education to become as meaningful as possible to young people.
The one profession I would like to try is…professional golf.
Currently in my CD changer: Béla Bartok, Broken Social Scene, BT, Imogen Heap, Radiohead and some working drafts of new songs I’m writing.
When I’m not at work, you can find me…working on my novel. It’s a suspense story set in two locations: a music college in Boston and South Louisiana after a major hurricane.
