Music Spirituality and Wellbeing Conference: Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Global Crisis A virtual conference hosted by Boston University, Boston Massachusetts, USA Tawnya D. Smith and Karin S. Hendricks, co-conveners Download Tentative schedule here
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Culturally Responsive Mentoring for Music Educators – A Presentation Preview for the Upcoming MSWI Conference
For music educators, establishing positive, dependable relationships with colleagues in the community is an important element of the mentoring process. Culturally responsive care, when applied to mentoring, fosters an environment where individuals are fully seen in all aspects of their identity through a holistic and anti-oppressive approach to mentorship. For music teacher educators, READ MORE
Christians, Muslims, and Jews welcome the winter season performing together on Zoom from Israel and the UK
The 2020 pandemic unleashed two contradictory forces of global affinity and lonely isolation. As many countries enacted lockdown policies individuals and communities had to deal with unprecedented enforced isolation. At the same time, at least for a few moments, people all over the world felt a strong sense of affinity and empathy, as no matter READ MORE
Transient Communities: The Case of a Refugee Choir in the Catholic Church of Lesvos – A Presentation Preview for the Upcoming MSWI Conference
During a typical summer evening rehearsal in 2018, a talented young Congolese refugee raises his hands expectantly, his eyes resting momentarily on each person in front of him. As he lowers his hands for the downbeat, voices raise together as one, echoing off the walls of the tiny Catholic Church. Just outside the cool refuge READ MORE
MSW Conference Announcement: Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Global Crisis
Hello everyone, Conference co-convener, Karin Hendricks, and I would like to invite you to consider submitting a proposal to present at the upcoming Music Spirituality and Wellbeing Conference, Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Global Crisis. Given the uncertainty of travel due to the pandemic, this conference will be a virtual conference hosted by Boston University, Boston READ MORE