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Songs of reImagining: Your Turn

May 25, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

At my previous institution, I taught a senior capstone class. The class could be about any topic in performance, theory, or history, which left it pretty wide open. I felt strongly that the students should have a class on what I called “silenced voices,” a class that went back and covered the same survey timeline […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, belonging, Choral Music, composers, Equity

Performing the Bach Passions as a Jew

March 30, 2022 by From Our Readers 5 Comments

By Ayana Haviv Tomorrow I begin rehearsals on Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, as I have done with countless Passions over the years, and as always I am steeling myself for the isolation and alienation I feel as a Jew singing this intrinsically and unquestionably anti-Semitic text of an equally unquestionable masterpiece. In the great classic […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, Choral History, Religious choral music

Songs of (Re)imagining: The Border CrosSing series

January 26, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

Dr. Ahmed Anzaldúa founded Border CrosSing in 2017, a Minnesota-based organization that “envisions fundamental change in classical music culture, so that every concert, every audience, and the artists on stage truly reflect the cultural reality in which we live.” For more about Dr. Anzaldúa and the beginnings of Border CrosSing, read this 2019 interview with […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, Choral, Repertoire

Stories of Healing and Reimagining with Derrick Fox

November 24, 2021 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

In March 2020, Dr. Derrick Fox was leading students toward a performance of “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” by Joel Thompson. This performance was a culmination of choral experiences over multiple years, where Dr. Fox and students had worked to build an awareness of the human experience. They sang octavos covering different topics, such […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, American Choral Directors Association, COVID-19, Equity

Stories of Healing and Reimagining with Dr. Ahmed Anzaldúa

September 22, 2021 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

This was a remarkably invigorating, inspiring, and humbling conversation with Dr. Ahmed Anzaldúa, Founder and Artistic Director of Border CrosSing, and Director of Music Ministries at Unity Church in St. Paul, a congregation with a robust music program including four adult choirs, children’s choir, and an annual musical.   In the initial months of COVID, […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, COVID-19, Equity, Music in Worship

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