Eric Whitacre does many wonderful things with his success and fame, but I think the best thing he’s done is to initiate his Teacher of the Week. He honors a teacher – any level, anywhere in the world – based on nominations submitted to his site.
It’s exactly right to shine a mirror at the wonderful teachers, particularly the ones he’s impacted with his compositions. And making a small corner of the internet devoted to letting people honor their teachers is beautiful and needed.
This week’s deserving recipient of the honor is my brilliant and amazing wife. To read the 20+ tributes she received on the site is to bask in the glow of a master educator’s life, and to have hundreds of other tributes to other wonderful teachers is magical.
