A pianist and flutist retires at Spokane Falls Community College. Their final notes will echo through the building. Their tune of influence will resonate, when their presence has left campus.
When the pep band played at athletic events, a jail cell was a recording booth, and there was no two story music building; these professors have been here to see it all.
Two technical masters of music will retire this spring.
Taking their final collegiate bow in the spring, two professors are leaving campus but they will always be sasquatch. Pianist Rosi Guerro and flutist Gerald Krumbholz of SFCC’s music program are retiring.
While Guerro may have built building 15, Krumbholz created an exclusive curriculum that his music students have found to be unique. Krumbholz talks about the processes that help students learn.
“There is a piano in every professor’s office in the building,” Krumbholz said. Having pianos around makes concepts easy to understand.”
Both Guerro and Krumbholz are called Dr. G and Dr. K by faculty and students. Dr. K is known in the building for critiquing based on his experience in music.
“Music produced is exemplary,” he said.
Dr. K moved from the South with his military brother and his sister-in-law and found himself in Spokane.
“They left, and I stayed,” he said. “I enjoy the Northwest outdoors attribution
Building 15, the music building, is known on campus as a landmark. Music can be overheard through the doors when finding a classroom. If passion for a building had a scale Dr. G would be in a new category.
“I had hoped to get us out of the basement,” she said. “I didn’t expect the six figure grant. I had to turn the opportunity into a legacy on campus for setting the standard of architectural excellence.”
Music student Joshua Bob talked about his familiarity with the building.
“The sequence for every floor makes it easy to understand,” said Buob. “The building is inspiring and comfortable.”
Dr. G wrote the grant for the new building, hoping for a better space for students and everyone in the program.
After college, Dr. G moved to Spokane and has now been here for 30 years.
“I came and had kids, now I’ve established a life here,” she said.
The hiring process went through Dr. G and she chose other professors based on the excellence they would add to the program.
Both professors say they plan to continue music.
“We still want to play music, but it’s time for a change,” Dr. G said.
