CREATING A WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL SINGERS Dr

CREATING A WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL SINGERS Dr. Stephen Sieck, Lawrence University

WHAT IS OTHERING?

WHAT IS OTHERING?

WHAT IS OTHERING?

WHAT IS OTHERING?

WHAT IS OTHERING? • Short-Term Harms • Long-Term Harms

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • How do teachers choose texts?

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • What do those choices look like?

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • What do those choices look like?

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • Why is this a problem?

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • What do we mean by erasure?

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • What do we mean by erasure? • Dr. Nathaniel Dett, Hampton College, wrote concert spiritual arrangements, but Acting Director of Hampton College, George Phenix, wrote to Dr. Dett and requested that the choir sing spirituals “in the same manner that they would sing them if they had come together by chance in South Carolina or some other place, that the contrast between them and the other songs on the program would be striking. ” The administrators did not understand why he set the spirituals as a separate set from concert music, holding applause and maintaining a solemn atmosphere.

OTHERING AND CURRICULUM • Repertoire and appropriation: • Wrong purpose • Poor representation • Incomplete representation

HOW WE CAN FIX IT

HOW WE CAN FIX IT • Break the repertoire cycle

HOW WE CAN FIX IT

HOW WE CAN FIX IT • Break the repertoire cycle • Program against stereotype

HOW WE CAN FIX IT • Break the repertoire cycle • Program against stereotype • Do the legwork on meaning/history

HOW WE CAN FIX IT • Break the repertoire cycle • Program against stereotype • Do the legwork on meaning/history • Seek out experts

HOW WE CAN FIX IT • It’s not easy.

HOW WE CAN FIX IT

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Gender and Choir Prestige

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Gender Fluidity and Choir

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Gender and Choral Repertoire

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Gender and Choral Leadership

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Teaching Religion vs. Teaching of Religions

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Race, Stereotype, and Choir

TYPES OF OTHERING IN CHOIR • Sexuality and Choir

CHALLENGES AHEAD

CHALLENGES AHEAD • But I like this song

CHALLENGES AHEAD • Too many students

CHALLENGES AHEAD • Trying “not to offend anyone”

CHALLENGES AHEAD • Fragility