Ethnographer Michael B. Silvers confronts choral Christianity and exclusion in American school music through discussion of Jewish musicality and "meaningful musical experiences."
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Vijay M. Rajan offers a Bill of Responsibilities, an easy-to-use checklist that helps readers discover whether their affiliated institutions are behaving in manners worthy of respect.
Orchestral trombonist and music educator Jett Walker surveys the DEI work of leading institutions in the US classical music scene.
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Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena questions the non-presence of Southeast Asian death sounds in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.
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Ethnographer Michael B. Silvers confronts choral Christianity and exclusion in American school music through discussion of Jewish musicality and "meaningful musical experiences."
