George
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would be her assistant.
“He was an outstanding student,”
Harbach said. “He performed j ust flaw
lessly.”
But something happened on the
way to the chapel.
“Things were going great until
about six months into it,” he said, “and
we got emotionally involved.
“My lessons went down the tube.”
Less than a year after they met, the
two church organists heard wedding
bells of their own.
Twenty-five years later, Harbach
is a music professor at Washington
State University, and George is a jazz
recorder, conductor and performer.
The two co-own a publishing com
pany called Vivace Press, which has
compact discs in more than 200 record
stores and has releases played on more
than 67 U.S. radio stations.
The recent tocus or both musicians
work has been to bring
underrepresented, minority compos
ers into the mainstream.
George released a compact disc in
August called “Close Your Eyes:
Women Jazz Composers.” It focuses
on women jazz composers from the
well-known to the not-so-well known.
At WSU, Harbach teaches music
for non-music majors and, with the
help of multimedia and live perfor
mances, educates students who have
little knowledge of music.
She works with composers from
other countries, including a composer
from Russia’s Ukraine. She also re
cently released a compact disc of child
prodigies, including Mozart and an 8
year-old pianist from London.
If George is offered the position at
UNL, Harbach said she would like to
work with the music faculty.
Harbach and George occasionally
merge their talents, but both said it
was difficult finding time to rehearse.
“It takes a lot, but we enjoy it,”
Harbach said, laughing. “It keeps us
off the streets.”
George said their busy lives haven’t
allowed time for children, but they do
have four cats. The cats are like sou
venirs from their previous homes be
“He’s just consumed by
his work, and he works
all the time. He’s the
kind of individual who
would call you at 11:30
at night and follow up
on a message. ”
GUS KHAVAS
Vice provost for student affairs at
Washington State University
cause they took one from each city
they’ve lived in, Harbach said.
“We have one big 16-pounder from
Rochester (N.Y.),” Harbach said.
“She’s a walking pillow.”
Harbach said it might be time for a
Lincoln cat.
“I’ve lived in the East Coast, lived
on the West Coast,” she said, “now
it’s time for the middle.”
Gus Kravas, vice provost for stu
dent affairs at W SU, said many people
would miss George and Harbach if
they left.
“So, I understand you guys are the
ones trying to steal our provost,” he
said, laughing.
Kravas said George’s list of
strengths “goes on and on” and that he
is a person who “sinks his teeth into
trying to do something.”
George has tremendous energy,
Kravas said, and involves himself in
every aspect of the university from
student functions to retirement parties
for faculty members.
“He’s just consumed by his work,
and he works all the time,” Kravas
said. “He’s the kind of individual who
would call you at 11:30 at night and
follow up bn a message.”
If Gebrge came to UNL, Kravas
said, he would push the university into
the future and stay ahead of the com
petition.
“It’s one of those discriminating
points that separates institutions of
the future from those looking in the
rearview mirror,” he said.
Tanna Kinnaman/DN
James Moeser, one of three finalists for the UNL chancellor position, talks with English
professor George Wolf Monday afternoon at a reception at the Sheldon Memorial Art
Gallery.
Reception
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he seemed knowledgeable, alert and
attentive, but some said they
couldn’t make a decision based on
a handshake.
John Beacon, director of the
Office of Scholarships and Finan
cial Aid, asked Moeser how he felt
about direct lending.
“He said he was for it and that it
was just scandalous what was hap
pening to it,” Beacon said. “It was
good to hear that.”
Laura Casari, associate profes
sor of agriculture leadership, edu;
cation and communication, said she
admired Moeser’s quick answers
to her questions on tenure and aca
demic freedom.
“He knows what he’s doing,”
she said.
Moeser’s visit to UNL was not
his first. He was the keynote speaker
at an organ conference at the School
of Music last fall.
For a group of music students,
that visit made Moeser the best
candidate.
“He’s the guy,” said Jeremy
Bankson, a junior organ major.
Bankson said he became a fan of
Moeser’s after reading his column
in the American Guild of Organists
newsletter.
Both Moeser and his wife are
organists, and Moeser taught organ
performance at the University of
Kansas for 17 years.
But if offered the chancellor seat,
he said, he probably wouldn’t pull
up an organ bench.
“Playing the organ is like being
a brain surgeon,” he said. “You
don’t do it unless you’re always
practicing.”
He said his wife, Susan
Dickerson Moeser, might be inter
ested, though. She did not arrive in
time for the reception, he said, but
was coming to Lincoln Monday
night.
“It’s been a fascinating day,”
Moeser said. “I’ve been going non
stop since 7:30 a.m.”
Moeser said he had an excellent
meeting with NU President Dennis
Smith. He has met with administra
tors, Academic Senate members and
regents.
He will meet with representa
tives from the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska,
deans, directors and community
leaders today, and will attend a press
conference at 1:15 p.m. in Varner
Hall.
The third chancellor candidate,
Thomas George, provost and aca
demic vice president at Washing
ton State University, also arrives
today.
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