Wspencer11

Wspencer11 is busy and is going to be on Wikipedia in off-and-on doses, and may not respond swiftly to queries.


	Welcome aboard!
I am a musician with a DMA in conducting (Peabody Conservatory, as a student of Frederik Prausnitz; dissertation on the history of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra), a Mus.M in music history (thesis on the Fourth Shostakovich symphony), and a Mus.B in bassoon (both from Boston University). I live in Maryland and am currently employed in the information technology sector but will always be a musician first and foremost. I have done edits in various music pages among many others. Mostly I just dip my toe in the water of whatever page I see that I think needs a little nudge, but I do not generally spend much time with major contributions. I've fooled with userboxes a bit and have created a couple that don't seem to exist elsewhere. Very simple ones, yes, but still, I take some small pleasure in actually figuring this out (with help!).

Some things to consider

Musical things

This user enjoys classical music.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Classical music.

This user enjoys jazz music.

This user enjoys folk music.

'	This user is a conductor.

This user is a music composer.

This user enjoys singing.

This user used to play the bassoon and can easily understand how someone could get excited about playing it.

This user believes that Shostakovich at his best is a great composer.

Linguistic & educational

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

JHU

This user attends or attended
Johns Hopkins University

This user has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

M

This user is a member of Mensa.

its

This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

This user reserves the right to completely screw up their own edits.

Other things

This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign.

This user thinks different.

This user runs macOS.

This user listens to NPR.

XD

This user is interested in comedy, and may enjoy writing or performing it.

This user thinks that Buster Keaton is the greatest silent comedian of them all.

This user enjoys cooking.

This user is a member of the Episcopal Church.

This user is a liberal adherent of Anglican Christianity.

This user is a High Church adherent of Anglican Christianity.

This user is an Anglophile.

This user is of English ancestry.

Alba
This user is of Scottish ancestry.

This user owns a kilt and even wears it sometimes.

This user enjoys
sailing and boating.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

This user enjoys reading mysteries.

This user loves the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

BOS

This user is a Boston Red Sox fan.

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