Students were inspired and invigorated by Dr. Schillinger's teaching and her example. Some students specifically appreciated her advice on developing communication skills within chamber music rehearsals, especially her exercises that developed listening skills without ever actually playing the music being rehearsed. Others mentioned that they were eager to try her suggestions about pushing each other in a positive way to achieve a higher outcome. My teaching assistant wrote, "It has always been eye-opening and inspiring to watch others teach, but I was especially motivated by Dr. Schillinger's enthusiasm and absolute devotion to the bassoon. Since entering the Doctoral program in the bassoon studio last semester, I have been tasked with teaching several students at the University in the Bassoon Methods course for music education majors, and I have also started teaching several middle and high school students in the Ann Arbor area. It is always very helpful for my to observe the way in which others teach their craft and the masterclass given by Dr. Schillinger is one that will stick with me as I further develop my own teaching techniques and philosophy. Immediately following her masterclass, I taught a lesson to one of my middle school students, and I was delighted to be able to bring aspects of Dr. Schillinger's class in the form of enthusiasm, encouragement, and intention into my own teaching. My student responded very well to the addition of these new teaching techniques, and I believe that my future students will benefit from them as well. I look forward to being able to continue exercising these newly acquired teaching strategies as my own education and eventual career develop. 

In terms of her work on gender issues, one student said, "It's so important to see a woman Doing the Thing and succeeding." On the other hand, one of the freshman women wrote, "I have never been one to ask, 'Since I'm a woman, what can or can't I do?' My principal teacher in high school was a woman but I looked up to her because she was a master musician, not because she was a woman musician." A sophomore male student said that the reason he found the discussions on gender enlightening was because until he came to Michigan, every one of his music teachers was a woman and he had never worked with a male bassoonist until now. This class made him more aware of the unique experience he had compared with other students in the studio.