It is now 7 p.m. and I have just finished teaching my last Cadek student 
for the day. My spring break consists of not having to teach my two 
university classes in the mornings. I'm still here teaching this afternoon, 
as I have been all week.

I want to second Irina's letter. She summed up our situation well. I want 
to make one small correction. She mentioned that Cadek provides practice 
rooms for students. Not anymore. When the radio station moved in, they took 
over all of our practice rooms, as well as two classrooms. Our students 
have no where to go to warm up for their lessons, unless they want to walk 
over to FAC. (Not many of our parents like that idea.) But the UTC music 
department does have access to the rest of our building. Our two entities 
are closely tied together...and we want to stay that way. We don't mind 
sharing our faculty with the music department.  Some of us feel that 
certain "powers that be" are apparently unaware of how much we do for 
"academics". Hopefully they are getting the word. Not only do many of us 
teach for the music department, we also are an outlet for music students to 
be teaching interns.

It would be a crying shame to see Cadek once again being viewed almost as a 
"step-child", with our 100th year celebration coming up in 2004-2005. We 
should be getting MORE support, not less, even if it is just to give us the 
time we need to cut the cord, so to speak.

Nora Kile
Faculty Associate (for the last 17 years, Cadek faculty for the last 30!)

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> >>During the recent debate concerning the future of UTC's
> >>relationship with the Cadek Conservatory of Music, nothing at all
> >>has been mentioned about the origin of that relationship.  The
> >>following abbreviated history clearly shows that the university has
> >>benefited as much from Cadek's contribution as Cadek has from the
> >>university's support.
> >>1904 - Cadek is founded by Joseph Ottokar Cadek.  The conservatory
> >>provides music education and seeks to foster music awareness in the
> >>community.
> >>1935 - The conservatory becomes affiliated with the University of
> >>Chattanooga, forming the university music department and
> >>establishing the bachelor of music and Bachelor of Arts with a
> >>music major degrees.
> >>1945 - Harold J Cadek is appointed director of the CCofM and
> >>chairman of the University of Chattanooga Music Department.  These
> >>two positions are intertwined for several decades.
> >>1973 - Dr. Peter Gerschefski, head of the UTC Music Department
> >>assumes directorship of the conservatory upon the death of Harold
> >>Cadek.
> >>1973 - UTC and Cadek Conservatory merge.
> >>2004 - Cadek provides the most diverse pre-college music
> >>instruction in the region.  Areas of study include keyboard,
> >>strings, wind instruments, percussion, and voice.  Cadek's 46
> >>faculty members provide instruction to 764 students as an arm of
> >>UTC. Approximately 70 of these students receive achievement or
> >>need-based scholarships from Cadek's scholarship fund.   Many of
> >>these students go on to enroll in UTC each year.  21 of Cadek's
> >>instructors also teach in the UTC department of Music.  By
> >>utilizing Cadek, UTC is able to partially fund the salaries of
> >>these much-needed professors.  Cadek benefits from the association
> >>with the university as well as the prestige of offering college
> >>level instructors.
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> >>At the time of their merger, the two institutions agreed to the following.
> >>Cadek would release all properties and assets to UTC.  This
> >>included the conservatory building, which was owned free and clear
> >>by Cadek, all instruments, music equipment, and accounts
> >>receivable.  UTC has utilized the space it gained for classes,
> >>faculty offices, a home for the UTC radio station, and practice
> >>space for students.  Cadek has benefited from the oversight and
> >>support of the university.
> >>UTC agreed to continue to offer contractual employment to the
> >>faculty and staff of CCofM similar to the existing agreements
> >>between CCOM and its faculty.  UTC also agreed to "Šmaintain and
> >>operate a predominantly non-college level educational unit for
> >>non-professional musicians at UTCŠ"
> >>
> >>In light of recent budget cuts by the state of Tennessee, we, the
> >>faculty of Cadek Conservatory, understand the need to reduce
> >>non-educational expenditures.  However, it is important that all
> >>involved understand that Cadek has already agreed to a 5-year plan
> >>to become self-sufficient.  An abrupt end to support from the
> >>university does not allow time for the following necessary steps
> >>that have only begun to be planned under Cadek's current director.
> >>
> >>1. Establishment of a governing board for Cadek.  The previous
> >>board was dissolved when Cadek merged with UTC.
> >>2. The raising of funds with which to run the conservatory.  All of
> >>Cadek's income now goes directly to the University. Cadek will need
> >>time to plan and implement a long-term fund raising strategy.
> >> Several million dollars will need to be raised to ensure Cadek's
> >>solvency.
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> >>In addition to these concerns, we ask that you consider the
> >>difficult situation you have placed the conservatory's faculty in.
> >> With little notice, you are proposing that benefits and possibly
> >>entire positions be eliminated for some of those who have given
> >>years of service to the conservatory and the university.  We ask
> >>only that the university honor its previous agreement to give the
> >>conservatory the needed time to separate itself from the university
> >>without endangering the conservatory's future.
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