As a @nyuniversity alum, I am extremely disheartened to share that the @nyumusiced program has put all admissions to the program on immediate pause. Having attended NYU for my undergraduate and graduate studies, I am incredibly indebted to the care from my professors and the education I engaged in when I attended. As all music education programs everywhere must continue to refine themselves, with the input of students, faculty, and educational stakeholders, education cannot simply STOP for the sake of repair or refinement.
We are a little more than two months into the school year, yet we are less than two months away from Lunar New Year 2023?! No matter what part of the year we are in, we can always reflect on what we have individually been learning, and what our students have been learning in our spaces. In centering student identity through the power of a welcome song, and/or providing students lenses into personal and different cultural identities, check out my @fflatbooks audio year in review that includes:
The passing of Jarritt Sheel has been heartbreaking. Jarritt Sheel was a true light and leader in hip hop music education — the reason why hip hop and music education can even exist in sequence as such a term in our field today. I have deeply looked up to him and his work, but in the current moment, I most closely hold when we met up in Boston back in 2018 and I shared my hopes and dreams in music education, and my own experiences of hip hop and its power in my own life as a lifelong Brooklyn, New Yorker. His continued support for me, my work, and my whole self inclusive of my love for hip hop as a classically trained pianist by label and training is something I have held close to me through my career thus far. He encouraged us to remember that in incorporating hip hop in ethical and valuable ways, “hip hop is something you see and come to” — something I resonate with to this day. You have always led with a pedagogy of love, and we have so much to continue learning from in your work, your legacy, and your life. You shared your life story with me, and your deep love for your family. May you rest in loving power, as your light shines endlessly in our lives. @jsheel @hiphopmusiced @hiphoped #hiphoped #hiphopeducation
ALICE TSUI 