Mari Esabel Valverde joins Jocelyn to talk language, unlearning shame, gender, and pathways to excellence for the under-resourced. 

Companion playlists: YouTube, Spotify

Episode Transcript 

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Before Spring

To digte af Tove Ditlevsen | Performed by Matthew Valverde, tenor

Darest, O Soul | Performed by Cantus

Earth, Mother | Performed by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club

Moonlight Quartet | Performed by Her Ensemble 

Border Lines | Text by Yesenia Montilla | Composed for and Performed by Adams State University Chamber Choir

St. Olaf College

European American Music Alliance 

Amir Rabiyah, poet 

International Orange Chorale of San Francisco

Influences and inspiration: 

Claude Debussy

King David, Part III: “The Death of David” by Arthur Honegger

Les Six

Wilhelm Stenhammar

Jean Sibelius

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Edvard Grieg

Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, V. Nana by Manuel de Falla

Resources on Gender Identity:

Video by Chase Ross: “Trans 101: Ep 1 - What is Transgender?” 

Graphic by the Trans Student Education Resource: The Gender Unicorn 

Graphic by Sam Killerman: The Genderbread Person