Reviews of professor Duane Karna

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It's choir thus it's an easy A. But the man does not prepare you well enough for concerts so you must practice on your own if you want the choir to sound good. He also sometimes makes sexists comments to us girls but you can tell he doesn't mean them to be mean. You mostly are just taught by student conductors so it can be fun when it's not him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
In one semester our choirs have gone down the drain, he talks a lot during rehearsal, often of heavy and inappropriate topics, causing massive disruption and not a lot of work to get done. He doesnt seem to know the music he is conducting. There is a large amount of students, music majors and non majors alike, are dropping the class at semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He implemented cross-departmental performances with the dance program, which was good for us. Sadly, his language, rehearsal process, conducting, and demeanor is difficult to bear. He doesnt take attendance and diverges on many harsh and heavy personal stories. I leave each rehearsal questioning his abilities as a choir director.