{"id":27,"date":"2014-12-12T21:09:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T03:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.4\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-11-16T10:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:11:33","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portrait2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-22\" src=\"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portrait2-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"portrait2\" width=\"316\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a>I grew up in south-eastern Manitoba and began my post-secondary education as a music student, first at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.providenceuc.ca\/\">Providence University College<\/a> and then at the University of Manitoba, specializing in vocal performance and choral conducting. While at the <a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/faculties\/arts\/departments\/philosophy\/\">University of Manitoba<\/a> I dabbled in philosophy and became hooked.\u00a0 I became a graduate student in philosophy, receiving an M.A. from the University of Manitoba in 2005 and then a Ph.D. from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/philosophy\/\">University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/a> in 2013. I currently work as the music director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintmargarets.ca\/\">St. Margaret&#8217;s Anglican Church<\/a> and read philosophy when I can find the time.\u00a0 I have taught at various Winnipeg and surrounding area colleges and universities, including, most recently, Menno Simons College, Booth University College, and Providence University College.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m not conducting choirs or reading philosophy, I can be found renovating my house, roasting coffee, doing tech-support for family and friends, or singing the occasional concert with <a href=\"https:\/\/polycoro.ca\/\">Polycoro<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in south-eastern Manitoba and began my post-secondary education as a music student, first at Providence University College and then at the University of Manitoba, specializing in vocal performance and choral conducting. While at the University of Manitoba I dabbled in philosophy and became hooked.\u00a0 I became a graduate student in philosophy, receiving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/?page_id=27\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowellfriesen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}