Hello BCMS Students, Parents/Guardians and Friends!

Welcome to another wonderful year at Battle Creek Middle School!

I am grateful to be here and working with the 'polite, punctual and prepared' Panthers!

It is here that I am suppose to tell you a little bit about me.

My name is Deidre Druk. I am excited to be at Battle Creek Middle School this year! I will be teaching Choir, Percussion and Piano classes for 6/7/8 students. I am a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul where I earned a B.A. in Music and Education Certification.  My main instrument is voice.  I play piano and guitar.  I have a Masters Degree from the Liberal Arts Department at Hamline University where I wrote a synthesis focused on 'Individual & Society' in creative writing: music, lyrics and prose.

In college I studied classical voice, but have performed many styles of music. I have performed with Top 40 Rock Bands and traveled around the country. I sing classical and religious music with the choir at my church and sing and play guitar with other acoustic musicians for worship services. I have studied acting here in the Twin Cities and in Chicago and have performed Shakespeare (Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream; and in As You Like it), contemporary and liturgical dramas. When I have time, I continue to study guitar and write music that I sing and play.

We have GREAT students at BCMS who are building skills for a successful future!  Here is to an inspiring and fun year of learning!

Respectfully,

Ms. Druk

BCMS Music 1501