In addition the Chorale has performed throughout the United States, most recently with the Atlanta Ballet. Chorale has been like a family to me and in a sense he has been like a father. Upon retirement, Colson hopes to continue as director of Music at Northside Drive Baptist Church, conductor of the Choral Guild of Atlanta and freelance pianist. Seventeen students will travel to Paris on June 30 and return August 1, receiving 12 credit hours for the five-week course. The city becomes the classroom.
Students learn by living the history and culture of a place rather than being lectured to.
Field trips will expose students to a variety of design, ranging from Renault's auto design facility to the Parisian underground and sewer system. Students also will visit the studio of furniture designer, Jean-Michel Wilmotte in preparation for their class project, a chair design. After their return, students will conduct ergonomics testing and make prototypes of their designs. COA's Architecture Program has conducted its own study abroad program since 1975, but this marks a first for Industrial Design. Industrial design concerns itself with a different area of inquiry.