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Sharing the Mic: Youth Leadership and Power-Sharing in Choral Education

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Join ComMUSICation, a St. Paul-based choral youth development organization, to learn how adults share power with youth to create impactful youth-led and youth-centered choral programs. ComMUSICation’s Music & Program Director and 2-3 youth leaders will share their experience partnering to share power in rehearsals and performances, and while making organizational decisions. ComMUSICation leadership will share how youth involvement has impacted their ability to connect with youth to build stronger and more effective choral programs, as well as some of the challenges that have come up as they test different approaches. Session participants will assess their choral programs’ current level of youth engagement and identify opportunities to include youth voice and choice in their own regular programming and organizational decision-making.

Speakers

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Carey Shunkis smiling at camera
Carey Shunskis is the Music and Program Director of ComMUSICation, a nonprofit based in St Paul, MN dedicated to amplifying young voices and cultivating skills for success through equitable access to...
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William Williams looking down at camera
William has done youth work and development since he was 8 years old. He started off working with Vision In Living Life youth count program at Aurora St.Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation...
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Mahogany Robinson smiling at camera
Mahogany Robinson (she/her/hers) is a current undergraduate student at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, studying Business and Marketing Education. So far, her work has consisted of youth...