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Songs of (re)Imagining: Margaret Bonds

April 27, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) was an American composer and arranger, notably setting many texts by Langston Hughes (a close friend) and arranging African-American spirituals. When she was growing up, she lived in a home that had visits from Florence Price and Will Marion Cook. She studied piano and composition with Florence Price and William Dawson during […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: Choral Music, Equity, Repertoire

Songs of (re)Imagining: Amy Gordon

April 13, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

Amy Gordon, an LA-based composer, has a catalog of almost 40 choral works, including pieces for treble choirs and online performance. In addition to her compositional activity, she teaches theory and has created a theory-themed Escape Room game (called Escape Tone), available in both Easy and Intermediate for purchase on her website.   This blog […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: composer, Equity

Choral Music is a Celebration of What We Have in Common

April 1, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

While using our differences to our advantage. I have become very interested over the last three years in learning from people that see the world through lenses that rarely get amplified on social media or by large institutions. They seem to me, rightly or wrongly, as interesting BECAUSE they are different. The defier of stereotypes […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: belonging, Diversity, Equity, humanism, inclusion, Individualism

Song of (re)Imagining: Modesta Bor

March 23, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

I was first introduced to Modesta Bor (1926–1998) by my friend, Dr. Nicholas Miguel. I was looking for public domain works that were written by women for treble or equal voices and that would fit the educational goals and skill level of the ensemble I was programming for.    Modesta Bor was born in Venezuela, […]

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

Songs of (re)Imagining: Paul John Rudoi

March 9, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

I’ve been writing since June 2021. This is the first blog post in which I’ve interviewed or highlighted a cishet white male. “But Shannon, if this is a blog centering equity, why are you sharing the voice of a cishet white male?” Good question. Equity work needs to involve everyone. In particular, cishet white men […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: composer, Equity

Songs of (Re)imagining: Mari Esabel Valverde and the Swedish Song

February 9, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

You may know composer Mari Isabel Valverde from her work “When Thunder Comes,” or “Patterns on the Snow,” which was an ACDA consortium from 2016. Many know Ms. Valverde from her music that connects to equity… or, perhaps because of one of her identities as Mexican-American or transgender. And yes, she is a leader in […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: Equity, Mari Esabel Valverde, Repertoire, Swedish

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