Police: TCC teacher told girl, 17, stripping would aid vocal range (Tacoma Community College)

Tacoma News Tribune ^ | 12/29/11 | ADAM LYNN

[markomalley]

A former Tacoma Community College music instructor will be in court next month to answer charges that he convinced one of his voice students she could reach lower octaves if she took off her clothes or did sex acts while singing.

Kevin Gausepohl, 37, is charged in Tacoma Municipal Court with seven counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes and one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer. The charges are misdemeanors.

Gausepohl allegedly told a Gig Harbor High School student he was conducting a study on how sexual arousal affects vocal ranges. The girl, 17 at the time, was attending the college as part of the Running Start program.

She complied with some of his requests to strip naked or touch herself during private voice lessons at the college, court records show. Other students told investigators Gausepohl approached them about being part of the study, court records show. They declined.

Gausepohl resigned in October after college administrators launched an internal investigation into his conduct.

[albie]

“Running Start program”

...at least the school offers students a chance.

[proxy_user]

Was the girl 17, or born yesterday?

[sockmonkey]

The 17 year old never mentioned this to her parents?

[Rich21IE]

Since when is 17 a minor? That’s utterly ridiculous and in the godless, commie state of Washington? I’d have thought the guy would have gotten a medal and the gal would have gotten a high grade if she’d followed his advice on a public stage somewhere.

[Morgana]

"could reach lower octaves" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ How low can you go? as the song says.... http://youtu.be/9jkowBtwnHM

[saleman]

“Gausepohl allegedly told a Gig Harbor High School student he was conducting a study on how sexual arousal affects vocal ranges”

Dang. Never thought of that. You got to admit, that’s pretty original.

[Morgana]

http://youtu.be/9jkowBtwnHM

[grey_whiskers]

It worked in Young Frankenstein.

Cheers!

[Jaxter]

He probably told her to sing from her diaphragm.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

1. Boy, there's a sucker born every minute.
2. I wish I had thought of that one back when I was single.

[Vaduz]

You don’t have to convince the willing.

[Erik Latranyi]

I wish I had thought of that one back when I was single.

I don't think the girls I knew would ever fall for this!

Something smells fishy (pun intended!)

[narses]

How many of these tragedies could be avoided if we simply allowed community college teachers to marry?

[thesaleboat]

Narses, that makes no sense.

[MrB]

Could it be possible that he intentionally picked some practice pieces that had some low notes that she couldn’t reach...

nah...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Really, everybodoy needs to read the whole story at the link. This guy is a piece of work. (and he already has a wife, who is sick..he resigned, not because he's guilty but because he needs to help his sick wife.)

FTA: The investigation, conducted by a private agency, concluded Gausepohl “more likely than not” violated college policies on sexual harassment and discrimination.

Ya think?

[Doe Eyes]

Semen causes fingernails to go both stronger and longer.

[Louis Foxwell]

How many of these tragedies could be avoided if we simply allowed community college teachers to marry?

Took me a minute but...got it. Nice.

BTW there is scientific evidence that sex determines vocal range. Get it?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I gotta see some pix here to see if this guy wasted a master stroke of a strategy on someone who was worth the effort . . .