Ep. 88 - Prioritizing Representation in Choral Music - Matthew Chi Lee
“I haven’t moved exclusively to doing multicultural music in our classroom, but I have done a lot of music that has a positive message that they can relate to. If this song has nothing to do with them, no matter how much I love it, no matter how epic or famous this is, the students will have a hard time connecting to it. I’m not saying that everything needs to be in English or be immediately accessible or understandable, but I do think there needs to be something in there that connects to their lives.”
Matthew Chi Lee is in his 9th year as director of choirs at John P. Stevens (JPS) High…
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