Dr. Henry Meredith accepts Teaching Award

Of nearly 50 nominees out of a faculty of well over 1000 teachers on campus, Dr. Henry Meredith, Professor of Brass Pedagogy, Instrumental Music Education, and Music History at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, was selected, through an arduous process, as one of only four recipients of the University Students Council Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for the academic year 2010-2011. On this video clip, student representatives describe the award, and introduce "Dr. Hank" as the last of the professors to be presented with a plaque and special recognition. Professor Meredith then makes his acceptance remarks in his typically "off-the-wall" and humorous style, congratulating his fellow recipients, and summarizing what it means to be a good teacher. He rhymes a Top Ten list of "Things he has learned about teaching from his dog, Nema" which emphasize the importance of the interaction, in so many ways, between teacher and student, and he ends by saying "Thank You" in over thirty languages, ending with "Baie Dankie" (South African). This ties in with his opening impromptu fanfare on the vuvuzela, demonstrating that the cheap, plastic, lip-vibrated aerophone can produce more than one note, can play softly, and is more effective when silence ("rests") are inserted now and then. Soccer fans take note(s). The awards ceremony was held in London Hall on the UWO campus, Friday afternoon, March 25, 2011.

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