Sing for Change: Equity and Diversity Summit 2021

Join our expert panelists to explore equity and social justice in the music classroom, as well as collaboration, community, and context. Sessions will include:

• Composers/educators, Arianne Abela (Kaleidoscope Ensemble) and Abbie Bettinis (Justice Choir) will lead a community sing and discuss “The Transformative Power of Group Singing” as well as their work with the Justice Choir Songbook.​

• Dr. Maredia Warren will present on the historical and creative impact of the African American Spiritual in “Creativity and the African American Spiritual Network”

• Participants will engage in interactive, grade-specific discussions in “Sing for Change in your School Communities: Reflection and Discussion.”

• We will close with a special choral reading session, conversation, and Q&A led by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City director, Francisco Núñez!  J.W. Pepper will provide a digital reading session booklet that will be available to attendees for 30 days following the session.

​Sessions will be recorded and…