Dr. Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Location | Birmingham, AL, United States |
| Introduction | My name isn't as hard as it looks! Pronounce it like this: "Hurst" (that's the easy part) "Vice-Check." My students usually call me "Dr. Kris." At UAB, I teach voice, direct the opera program, and teach Wellness courses both for the Department of Music and the Honors College. |
| Interests | Opera, art song, gardening, kayaking, skiing |
| Favorite Movies | The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Frequency, Elizabeth, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Shakespeare in Love, Sabrina, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Princess Bride, Becoming Jane, The Shawshank Redemption |
| Favorite Music | Almost anything classical (the list is enormous), Eric Clapton, Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor, Queen, Santana, Miles Davis, Harry Connick, Tony Benett, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac |
| Favorite Books | Brain Rules, The Da Vinci Code, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Blink, Cold Mountain, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Long Fatal Love Chase, On Singers and Singing, Power Performance, poetry by Rilke, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Lord Byron's Don Juan |