FACET Choir
FACET Choir
In May 1997, James Mumford, emeritus director of the Indiana University African American Choral Ensemble, took on the task of turning the untrained voices of 24 IU faculty members into a gospel choir during a three-day Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) retreat. In this excerpt from the resulting video "What's a Teacher for?" see the professors' transformations under Mumford's direction.