Dr. Lawrence Goldman 
Professor of Music Department of Fine Arts
What inspired you to teach?
I have always desired to pass on whatever knowledge and wisdom I have acquired to the next generation of musicians/scholars. Hopefully, it means that a small part of me will live on through what I have imparted to others.
What do you love about teaching at MVSU?
I enjoy the easy familiarity one can have at a smaller institution with faculty, staff, and students across the entire campus. There is an atmosphere of nurturing and caring that one does not always find at big mega-universities.
Beyond your subject-area or discipline, what do you hope students gain from being in your classroom?
I try to model the traits one hopes to find in a person who gives of himself to others and who wants to make our students' time at the university as enjoyable and beneficial as possible.
Tell us a fun or interesting fact about yourself!
I used to play the clarinet and was a band geek all the way through high school. I was even a drum major back then, thankfully only for one year.
If you could have dinner with one person, alive or not, who would it be and why?
I would give anything to be able to spend one more evening with my mom or dad, whichever of the two I was allowed to.
What is your favorite book and why?
If I can stretch that term to include books of music, I would choose the thirty-two piano sonatas of Beethoven, one of the miracles of human creativity.
