{"id":3547,"date":"2021-11-09T20:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:34:05","slug":"the-music-manager-joseph-euculano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/the-music-manager-joseph-euculano\/","title":{"rendered":"The Music Manager: Joseph Euculano"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e\"]{display:block;padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);text-align:center;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<span class=\"kt-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e wu-subheading wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-kb-palette-14-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3547_0de1a3-8e\">Joseph Euculano | College of Business since 1985<\/span>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3547_ab5adb-23 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>How did a music teacher end up explaining economics to generations of first-year students? In a word: entrepreneurship. As the owner of Instrumental Music Programs, among other small businesses, Joe Euculano provided educational and instructional services to parochial elementary schools throughout Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania from 1974 to 2008. Wilmington College recruited him to teach music appreciation, then he began attending marketing and finance courses to boost his company. \u201cThose courses let me step away from music, from the nitty-gritty of running a business, and expand my spectrum of abilities,\u201d he says. \u201cBefore long, I was filling out the requirements for an MBA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Experience and the educator.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI thought I could make a difference. I know that\u2019s pretty clich\u00e9. But the MBA gave me the impetus to share what I\u2019d learned as an entrepreneur. There\u2019s not a class where I don\u2019t mention something related to the lesson at hand. It\u2019s about making things relevant to students. When you\u2019re teaching and students ask, \u2018Why is it this way?\u2019, if you can\u2019t relate how it affects them in the real world, you might as well just read them the textbook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The call of the classroom.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI actually enjoy teaching now more than I did 36 years ago, because then I didn\u2019t know anything. How do you develop a five-hour lesson plan and keep students interested? I had to learn all that on my own. It wasn\u2019t long, though, before it was something I really looked forward to doing. Technology has changed just about everything in the classroom, but what hasn\u2019t changed on my end is that every time the block starts, I get a rush from connecting with students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Preparation for the world.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI try to teach not just economics, but real life. 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