Class of 2020 Success Stories: BGSU experience is music to Gretchen Hill s ears
By Julie Carle
When Gretchen Hill chose to attend Bowling Green State University on a recommendation by her clarinet teacher, she couldn’t fathom the experiences she would encounter.
During her four and a half years at BGSU, she traveled abroad; attended a monthlong chamber music festival; connected with musicians, educators and alumni; commissioned a musical composition for her instrument-of-choice, clarinet; and developed lifelong friendships.
The December 2020
College of Musical Arts graduate from Swartz Creek, Michigan, came to campus to study music performance and music education. Why pick one when both performing and teaching are her passions, she said.