User:Larry Retzack

The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.

I have a BA/MM in music education from Wis. State College-Eau Claire/Northern Illinois Univ. respectively as well as an MA in library science from the latter. I achieved Ph.D. candidacy @ Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL in 1972. My first love is reading serious chamber music. After that, I'm a freelance writer who lived/taught/worked in Japan for 32 years including stints as a broadcast journalist on TV-Asahi, NTV, & NHK-TV. My current position as bass trombonist may be seen @ http://www.inlandvalleysymphony.org/symphony/orchestra.shtml. My ideas about group think may be seen @ http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/files_people/Retzack_Larry.htm. I have other paid work online, the links to which seem to be inoperative. My magnum opus is an autobiography written for the American Overseas Schools Historical Society with the working title of: "Soothe the Savage Breast: the Memoirs of a Mad Musician" currently in MS form, which I hope to complete soon. I have a MySpace site with blog dealing with fine arts, politics, social issues, Japan, etc.