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Excluded in the Name of Inclusion with Michal Dawson Connor

June 18, 2024 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

“I cannot believe I’ve been muzzled by my own people.” All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA cancelled a concert that was set for June 2nd, 2024 citing the “pain and anguish felt by 18 Black members of the church.” The response was that Michal and the choir, and the music they were set to […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, culture, Diversity, heritage, inclusion, race

It’s Time for Anti-Racism with Love, with Chloé Valdary

February 16, 2024 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Activist, author Chloé Valdary is a diversity and anti-racism trainer with a refreshingly loving approach. This week, on Valentine’s Day, I am encouraging us to approach our ensembles, our classes, our colleagues and our neighbors with Agape. In music education, we have a very popular, and important euphemism: “I want my students to see themselves […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, choralosophy, culture, DEI, Diversity, inclusion, racism

Should We Stop Assessing Sight Reading at All State Choir? With Drs. Marshaun Hymon and Chantae Pittman

February 2, 2024 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

This podcast has become the place to go for Music Literacy pedagogical training tools for teachers over the last five years. As a result, I have never received as much correspondence about content NOT created by me, than Dr. Marshaun Hymon’s February 2024 Choral Journal Article called “A Skills First Approach to the All-State Choir […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, auditions, choir, Choral Journal, Choral Music, Diversity, Equity, inclusion, literacy

Education’s Relationship with Masculinity with Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski

March 17, 2023 by Chris Munce 2 Comments

Did you know that boys have fallen behind girls in almost every measurable academic category? Boys are 3-6 times more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis, 3-5 times more likely to be expelled, 2-3 times more likely to die from suicide, and are reporting higher levels of loneliness on average. There are a lot of […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, Diversity, gender, inclusion, masculinity

Digging into National ACDA

March 3, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Last week, I attended the first national gathering of the American Choral Directors since 2019. I had some incredible experiences, saw incredible choirs, heard wonderful and challenging thoughts presented in PD sessions. In this episode, I will recap my highlights, as well as presenting the highlights of some conference attendees that I interviewed during my […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Diverstiy, inclusion, National Convention

Literacy is Equity Live from CMEA

February 17, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

This presentation is the second part, or “why” sequel to Episode 135. In that episode, I lay out processes and procedures to build independent literacy skills in a beginning choir. In this presentation, I expanded into the moral and scientific case for centering literacy in our curricula, as well as support for my contention that there […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: Equity, inclusion, music education, music literacy, neuroscience, science of reading

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