How can we all make responsible choices about repertoire, how it's taught, and how it's performed while making it accessible and palatable to all singers?
Using examples of AAPI Choral music and drawing on their experiences as American-born children of immigrants, Penelope Cruz and Alexander Nguyen will discuss issues of culturally appropriate and relevant practices and repertoire choices, whether one is OF the culture, of an ‘adjacent’ culture, or has no little experience in and with an AAPI culture.
Penelope Cruz is a Filipino-American born in Wisconsin who is currently the choir director at White Plains (NY) High School and is President-Elect of the Eastern Region of the American Choral Directors Association. And a proud groupie of EVA and Elevation and BBNB! Alexander Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American born in California who is an arts administrator, choral conductor, and singer based in Philadelphia. He currently serves as the Assistant Conductor of Elevation and as the Associate Conductor of the Singing City Choir of Philadelphia.
Free Registration
Monday, May 4th
7:00 PM ET
Please note that no recording of this webinar will be made public in order to protect the intellectual property of our presenters. Those wishing to join us must attend synchronously.
Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts (DBA: Elevate Vocal Arts) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.
