Events & Calendars Singing Community Conversation: "What does it mean to center racial and ethnic identities in vocal ensembles?"

In the first workshop of the Vocal Action series, Jxhn Martin, Director of the QRC, and Eun Lee, RCT Dialogue and Training Coordinator, will hold space for participants to pick up the conversation from our first series program with Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble. We will work together to further explore/think/ruminate on the prompt, "What does it mean to center racial and ethnic identities in vocal ensembles?," and encourage all to think about how this applies to their ensemble work here at Amherst.
This workshop is possible due to the support of the Arts at Amherst Initiative.

More on the Vocal Action series: The Queer Resource Center and the Choral Society are pleased to present a series of roundtable discussions and workshops addressing and exploring how to lead, facilitate, direct, and participate in vocal ensembles that not only center marginalized folks, but actively create and sustain a more affirming and less harmful interpersonal dynamic and ensemble culture. This multimodal, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary series stems from on-going community conversations addressing how to actualize our collective aspirations to practice racial and gender justice in music-making, study, and the communities we are a part of. Particular attention will be given to the role of ensemble leadership in setting and maintaining affirming practice and culture, and considerations for repertoire, arrangements, and performance. Facilitators from the Resource Centers Team will hold workshop space correlating to the discussions in each roundtable program for the larger singing community at Amherst. In each workshop, participants will map how these themes and practices covered in the discussions can inform their own practices as members and/or leaders in vocal ensemble work at Amherst and beyond.