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Music While You Read
By Samantha VanSchoick
On February 2, 2012
Students fill the first floor of the library studying, typing, and reading as Jean Charles, an adjunct professor here at Lyndon State, begins to strum his Spanish guitar.
Every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Charles fills the room with the sound of classical acoustic guitar.
"Students are busy, so to come and listen they really have to have music in their hearts," Charles said when asked how he would encourage students to come listen.
Charles teaches a guitar course at LSC. He has been playing music since he was a young boy in Haiti, starting with instruments like the clarinet. He began playing guitar around the age of 19.
"I have always been drawn to music," said Charles.
Another passion of Charles' is politics, which may stem from his service in the United States Military. Just when he was old enough to be drafted, he entered the service and served during Vietnam, though he never had to go there.
"It was good because I don't have the scars in here," Charles explained as he pointed to his head. Charles serves as the town chair of the Lyndon Republican Town Committee.
Lyndon's library is not Charles's only venue, he also plays at weddings.
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