音乐学院的 肯定
The 教师 and staff at the 音乐学院 at 博彩平台网址大全 stand in support of Black Americans as well as Indigenous and people of color across the country. We condemn the historic and continuing forms of racism that pervade our society and institutions.
作为一个学术单位, we acknowledge that we have not acted as if Black lives and Black music have mattered, 我们必须这样做来服务我们的学生, 教师, 员工及社区. 我们承诺:
- Educating ourselves about issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in arts education
- Changing our curriculum to reflect the experiences of historically marginalized groups
- Eliminating forms of systemic oppression within our governance structures, policies and procedures
这样做的时候, we renew our dedication to “integrity in all our actions and decisions, 问责和透明度”(节选), 音乐学院使命宣言.
太平洋合唱团音乐会庆祝黑人历史月
在2024年2月的音乐会上, Pacific Choirs directed by Professor Darita Seth performed a program titled "Blackbird, 飞!，以庆祝黑人历史月. 音乐选集包括J. Rosamond Johnson, Rollo Dilworth, John Lennon and Paul McCartney and others.
Kalena Bovell是太平洋交响乐团的客座指挥
2024年狮身人面像卓越奖章获得者, Kalena Bovell conducted Pacific's University Symphony Orchestra in works of three historically underrepresented composers—Mason, 莉娜·弗兰克和柯勒律治-泰勒. Bovell was Pacific's guest conductor-in-residence in February 2024.
The university's orchestra concert features Ellington's mile-stone work
Combined University Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Jazz Ensemble performed 艾灵顿公爵's mile-stone work "Three Black Kings" at their September 2023 concert. Ellington's final composition was intended as a eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Conservatory sponsored the first Summit on Black Music in the Orchestra and the Motown Christmas concert organized by 斯托克顿的灵魂 11月. 30-Dec. 2023年2月，在斯托克顿校区. Several conservatory alumni, students and 教师 participated in the events. 在他的主旨演讲中, Joshua Washington '12 shed light on how Black musical approaches can and should be incorporated into the orchestra.
The 2023 production of Sondheim's "Into the Woods" had a diverse and inclusive cast of students, often breaking stereotypical interpretations of the characters. 作为苗族背景的表演者, vocal performance major Jordan Yang '24 believes that she added a new dimension to her character's story. "I wanted to give audiences a different image of Cinderella instead of the stereotypical damsel in distress. I dug deep into her backstory for guidance and I realized that she is just as complex and human as everyone else,杨说。.
音乐作曲专业的玛丽·丹尼 ’24 was the only undergraduate student selected for the Emerging Composers Fellow program at the 2023 Women Composers Festival of Hartford. The program provides qualifying college students with mentorship, masterclasses and opportunities to work with a professional chamber ensemble.
"Chávez's and Parks' struggles for civil rights speaks to me as an educator. It's important to program works that honor these histories," music education major 瑞安Abdelmalek '23 performed in the Pacific Bands fall 2022 concert which paid homage to immigration and civil rights struggles.
25岁的音乐表演专业学生阿比盖尔·米勒(Abigail Miller)获得了6美元,250 grant from Pacific Summer 本科 研究 Fellowship for her project “Diversification of Pedagogy: Music for Clarinet by American Women Composers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries.Abigail的导师是Dr. 帕特里夏·尚兹，单簧管教授.
在2022年秋天, 音乐系学生许宗衡 '23 presented a capstone lecture recital featuring East Asian pop composers Yiruma, 久石乔和VK克. Hui demonstrated how those musicians create their unique sounds combining electronics with traditional elements from Western and Eastern music.
长笛和嘻哈讲座
Dr. 布列塔尼Trotter presented a flute and hip-hop workshop as part of the Black 历史 Event Series 2023.
太平洋风带s spotlight immigration and civil rights struggle
太平洋风带s' fall concert paid homage to civil rights leaders César Chávez and Rosa Parks, and engaged students with stories of immigration and civil rights struggle.
音乐大会邀请了开拓性的女性嘉宾
典型的男性主导的音乐行业, the recording arts were represented at Pacific Music Business Conference by trailblazers of the women in audio movement: Cookie Marenco (Blue Coast Records), 莱斯利·安·琼斯(《博彩平台网址大全》), 杰西卡·汤普森(杰西卡·汤普森音频).
Zeiter Piano Competition spotlights underrepresented composers
The best performance of an underrepresented composer's work is now rewarded with the Special Prize at Pacific's Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition. The inaugural winner in this category was Dylan Nguyen who performed music by Clara Schumann at the 2023 event.
