LeAnn House, St. Scholastica music professor and arts advocate, dies at 67 June 28, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
When music professor and accomplished pianist LeAnn House addressed new students during a fall convocation at Duluth s College of St. Scholastica in 2014, she didn t just speak to them. She asked them to stand and perform breathing exercises, then sing a verse she wrote for the occasion: Be genuine, gentle and generous, working for justice and living with joy.
House believed music and its power mattered to everyone, offering relief from stress and new ways of thinking, said her daughter, Rebecca Gruskin. Music grounds you, Gruskin said, and to House, it was part of what made life worth living.