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/
