MusEco Media and Education Project

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Our Staff

MusEco staff have many years of experience in teaching, production, speaking and writing for publication. Each have Masters of Education degrees and a variety of skills and experience that support the mission and goals of MusEco as well as provide the organization with administrative expertise in the areas of marketing, development and finance.

Our Executive Director

Kristen Prinzing, M.Ed.
Executive Director and Coordinator of Environment and Visual Arts Programs

Kris earned a bachelors degree with a triple major in Art History, Anthropology and American Indian Studies. After graduating, she gained professional experience in development and fundraising. Later, she received her Masters of Education degree with a concentration in Environmental Philosophy and Informal Education and has worked in the fields of journalism and sustainability education since that time.

Kris has extensive experience producing content for a variety of media formats, including radio, television, print and online. Her primary specialty area is environment (particularly sustainability, religion, humanities, land conservation, business and general interest). She also specializes in visual arts and the issues and culture of indigenous peoples of north America. She also has a strong interest in ethnomusicology but has not yet published in that field.

Currently, Kris is focusing most of her efforts on producing the television series Green Smarts with the Green Man (R) and writing the EcoSense column for Magic City Magazine in Billings Montana. She also hosts the program "Green Trends West" on Community 7 Television in Billings.

Kris has taught as adjunct faculty in the Environmental Studies department at MSU-Billings and serves on the board of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation.

Our Education Director

Scott Prinzing, M.Ed.
Director of Education and Coordinator of Music and Native American Programs

Scott earned a bachelors degree in American Indian studies. Before and after graduation, Scott worked in education, legal services and the building trade. After several years, he returned to school to acquire a Masters of Education degree with elementary teaching certification. He has worked in formal and informal education since he completed his Masters degree, while continuing his career as a music journalist.

Scott's interest in broadcasting began in childhood but was realized in the '80s when he worked as a regular DJ on his college's radio station. Over the years he has continued to pursue this interest.

Scott is a music journalist whose work included writing the local music column for over 8 years for the weekly paper "The Billings Outpost." As a writer, Scott has long maintained a special professional interest in Montana music. For several years he wrote regularly about Montana's music and musicians in a variety of regional glossy magazines. He produced the popular weekly radio program "Montana Muse" on Yellowstone Public Radio for three years and the interview program "In Tune" for two years prior to that.

In 2007 Scott was retained by Montana's Office of Public Instruction to write a curriculum guide on Native American music with a special emphasis on Montana's Native American musicians. Since that time he has done numerous in-school presentations and teacher trainings on the topic. Scott is currently working on a book about contemporary Native American rock music.

Scott's other main occupation is being The Green Man in Green Smarts with the Green Man (R).

Our Board

Board | Staff

MusEco has a small but excellent board that offers guidance and wisdom to staff. Our chair is a founding member of the MusEco Board of Directors, and our Vice Chair has been with MusEco since 2004. Our board members have exceptional academic and professsional backgrounds and a variety of skills, including extensive board experience, to offer MusEco.

Walt Gulick

Dr. Walt Gulick: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, MSU-Billings. Walt Gulick travels and teaches widely and has a deep personal and academic interest in environment related matters. Walt is also very active in the arts. Walt is one of MusEco’s founding board members.

Joni Seeley

Joni Seeley: Land and property appraiser, Billings. Joni works in the appraising profession and has a lifelong interest in music. She organized and promoted a widely acclaimed concert series of folk artists for a few years in Billings, and worked for many years in Texas engaging and promoting folk artists in a nationally known venue.

Mark Sanderson

Mark Sanderson: Mark is co-owner of the Toucan Art Gallery in Billings, Montana. Mark has many years of experience in theater, video producation and scriptwriting, and gives courses in these areas regularly.

Ken Oravsky

Ken Oravsky: Ken has a background in forestry. He has worked for the Park Service and has run and co-owned a computer business. Ken also has a photography background and is an avid runner. Ken continues to work in the computer networking field.

Kris Prinzing

Kristen Prinzing: Kris is the Executive Director of MusEco Media and Education Project.

Frank Kuehn

Frank Kuehn : Accounting professional, Billings. Frank has worked in the accounting profession for many years and also currently serves as the treasurer of Northern Plains Resource Council and of the Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council.

Dr. Sarah Keller

Dr. Sarah Keller: Dr. Keller is an Assistant Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication & Theatre at MSU-Billings. Teaching experience includes courses in principles of public relations, case studies of public relations, research methods, applied communication research, and health communication.

Ian Elliot

Ian Elliot: Ian has years of experience in the arts and promoting the arts, and is known throughout the Billings community as a tireless promoter with the most positive and constructive attitude around. We are so pleased to have Ian and his talents and his enthusiasm as part of MusEco!

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MusEco thanks it's partners and supporters!!

Partners include KTVQ Television, the Good Earth Market and Toucan Art Gallery (Billings) and the Office of Public Instruction (Helena). Sponsors for our broadcast projects include Montana State University-Billings, Billings Insulation Service and the Good Earth Market.

THANK YOU!

Check back regularly as this newly updated site develops over the next couple months. (We will add our sponsor's logos to this spot, for instance! Don't miss it!)

Website created and maintained by Kris Prinzing - email her about any website issues you encounter, please!

Last site update: July 24, 2011 ...

News

New GREEN MAN on the air!

MusEco given ECOSTAR AWARD!

Read the MusEco SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES statement!

View our CALENDAR for info!

Visit the Earthshine site! (Earthshine's music raises funds for MusEco!)

This Just Out:

July 24, 2011
Watch the latest Green Man episodes on our YouTube channel!!