Kathy Meizel, American Idol expert at BGSU. 1/29/10 (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
Images of America interest professor
BGSU prof studies 'Idol' phenomenon
Updated: Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 9:26 AM EST
Published : Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 9:26 AM EST
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Katherine Meizel came late to popular music.
Growing up in a family of musicians, scientists and teachers in California, she loved classical music, and followed her muse into a career as an opera singer.
Then, after earning a degree in performance from Oberlin College, she headed back West to do graduate work.
Teaching voice students, she felt she needed to learn something about the popular music they were interested in and was intrigued by an article in the New York Times criticizing the style of singing on the hit show. She watched a few episodes of the first season of "American Idol."
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