Diversify the Stand

Episode 7 features Estela Aragon, trumpet player, educator, and music entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas. We talk with Estela about how her experience as an ESL student affected how she chose her instrument and her journey in building multiple successful music entrepreneurship platforms. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Estela and the organizations she is a part of, check out the links below!

Websites: trumpetheadquarters.com - musicfitacademy.com

Youtube: YouTube.com/trumpetheadquarters

Instagram: instagram.com/trumpetheadquarters

Facebook: Facebook.com/trumpetheadquarters

Twitter: twitter.com/TrumpetHQ

Brass Chix: https://www.stthomas.edu/brasschix/

Black Female Players in the Brass World:  https://www.trumpetheadquarters.com/black-female-players-in-the-brass-world/

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Episode 6 features Zoe Cutler, composer, creator, and performer based in Detroit, Michigan. We talk with Zoe about her journey as a musician, her experience in both the classical and jazz fields, and how she can become an entire brass quintet while playing on one instrument! Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Zoe, check out the links below!

Zoe’s website: https://www.zoecutler.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40QeUsU0VZcYuXz7F5Kj5g

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Episode 5 features Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan, choral conductor, educator, advocate, and researcher based in Hawai’i. We talk with Jace about his upbringing in music, gender identities and gender expressions, the Nā Wai Chamber Choir, and how to have conversations with students and ensembles to talk about the controversial past of ensembles while moving to be culturally responsible. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Jace and the resources and organizations he recommended, check out the links below!

Jace’s website - https://www.jacesaplan.com/

The Choral Commons with Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros - https://www.thechoralcommons.com/

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/decolonizing-methodologies-linda-tuhiwai-smith/1116966901?ean=9781848139534

Black Women’s Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing Within and Beyond the Academy by Olivia N. Perlow, Durene I. Wheeler, Sharon L. Bethea, BarBara M. Scott -  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-womens-liberatory-pedagogies-olivia-n-perlow/1127000530?ean=9783319657899

Nā Wai Chamber Choir - https://www.nawaichamberchoir.com/

Mana Maoli - https://www.manamaoli.org/

Lili’uokalani Trust - https://onipaa.org/

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Episode 4 features Dr. Lauren Bernofsky, an international composer, violinist, clinician, and extraordinary person. We talk with Lauren about her upbringing into composing, her experience of new music settings vs. academic music settings, and the stories behind her upcoming projects. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Lauren and the resources she recommended, check out the links below!

Lauren’s website: http://www.laurenbernofsky.com/index.php

Violin music by Diverse Composers (compiled by Lauren and musicians on Facebook): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w3z6zI0B6nPLpP8LldRp5HW2JQ5zzApY/view?usp=sharing

Violin Music by Women: https://www.violinmusicbywomen.com/

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Episode 3 features Marcus Grant, a composer, arranger, educator, and director of the Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition. We talk with Marcus about his transition into teaching, TMTC, and advice he is for expanding our repertoire. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Marcus and all of the resources and groups he recommended, check out the links below!

Marcus’s Website: http://msgrantmusic.com

YouTube: http://youtube.com/msgrantmusic

Instagram: http://instagram.com/msgrantmusic

TMTC Website: http://trumpetmtc.org

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Episode 2 features Mary Elizabeth Bowden, an international soloist, founding member of Seraph Brass, Chrysalis Chamber Players, half of the Dash Duo, Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner, trumpet professor at Shenandoah University. We talk with Mary about her recent trumpet concerto commission, how she balances so many ensembles and projects, and advice she has to musicians wanting to create opportunities for themselves. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are available for free on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/diversify_the_stand

To learn more about Mary and the groups she is a part of, check out the links below!

Mary’s website: http://www.marybowden.com/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/marybowdentrumpet/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/marytrpt/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/marytrpt

Seraph Brass: http://www.seraphbrass.com/

Dash Duo: http://www.dashduo.com/

Chrysalis Chamber Players: http://www.chrysalischamberplayers.com/

Apex Trumpet Symposium: https://apextrumpet.com/

Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!

Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/

Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/

Our first ever episode features Cassie Ruiz, a Puerto Rican violinist and music educator originally from Chicago, the current elementary orchestra director for grades 4 and 5 in West Chicago, IL, and winner of the Illinois American String Teachers Association Emerging Educator Award! We talk with Cassie about her teaching during a pandemic and how she builds culturally responsive lessons that teach her students to become anti-racist while celebrating their own heritages.

To learn more about Cassie and the resources she recommended, check out the links below:

More on Cassie: https://ilmea.org/music-ed-blog/2021/1/6/this-is-music-education-west-chicago-school-district-33?fbclid=IwAR0MrZSkMUaYQ04ZMA0s6o5FZPwob0VNQxMFWbHlXYyNGEYZ4dSfsVLdX8g

Music by Black Composers Violin books: https://www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/sheet-music/violin-volumes/

Decolonizing the Music Room: https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/

White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun: https://www.dismantlingracism.org/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/okun_-_white_sup_culture.pdf