About the episode:
Moving forward towards an equitable music education requires that music educators at all levels engage in difficult conversations in order to confront and disrupt practices that keep music education from being accessible to all learners.
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Highlights from the episode:
- In order to make an impact, educators must have a mindset shift AND implement practices that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Creating accountability measures to ensure forward motion and support
- Examining and removing sight-reading requirements from All-state requirements
- Gendered ensemble names
- Examining the actual purpose of our music concerts
- Music literacy in the broader context of musical understanding
- Expanding past the “big three” of band, orchestra, and choir
About Dr. Marshaun Hymon:
Dr. Marshaun R. Hymon is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Change Alliance (TCA), a Change Management consulting firm with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. He coaches leaders to cultivate maximum employee impact. He consults for non-profit, education, and corporate institutions, and has worked in a variety of industries such as environmental justice, tech., entertainment, construction, interior design, etc. He is currently on contract with Disney Advertising in an effort to drive their Go-to-Market strategy for multicultural audiences.
Dr. Hymon is excited about the recent release of the Book, “The Business of Choir,” where he served as a contributing author. In this book, he wrote the DEI chapter entitled, “Diversity in your Organization’s DNA.” He is an avid podcaster and sponsors the “DARE Diversity in Music” series for the Savannah, GA-based, Music (ed) Matters Podcast.
Dr. Hymon earned a Bachelor of Choral Music Education from Florida State University and a Master of Educational Leadership from the University of West Florida. He earned his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from UCLA and researches race in America and Black identity development.
Dr. Hymon began his career as a public school music educator and is an advocate of arts education in schools.
Learn more about Dr. Harmon at www.marshaunrhymon.com.
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