Topics: Music, Culture, Community-building
Title: Music, Culture and Community in the Time of COVID
Participants: Eduardo Valencia, Musician and Music Educator
Publish Date: 02 /04/2021
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Discussion Topics:
What is the role of music in community?
How is music central to understanding people?
How have musicians been affected by COVID-19?
For many musicians there may not be a return to normal after COVID.
Should musicians be considered essential workers?
Why do most people assume music is a hobby?
Is music a form of language?
How do we support musicians during this COVID-19 shut down?
How does music express community membership?
How does music serve as an anchor to define community?
Can music cross assumptions of cultural divides?
Is music a type of language?
Can music communicate across generational time?
How does language serve as an archive of information?
How did Richie Valens learn the song “La Bamba?”
What does it mean to grid the music?
What is the future of music?
