At Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 Sands College, a new collaboration is reshaping what access and artistry mean in music education.
This fall, Pace joins forces with Deaf West Theatre, the Tony-honored company known for bilingual productions in American Sign Language (ASL) and English, to launch an artist-in-residence program that redefines access and artistry in musical theater training.
At its center is the ASL Music Theory Lexicon Project, a first-of-its-kind initiative led by Deaf West to develop a comprehensive ASL vocabulary for music theory, making rhythm, pitch, harmony, and notation visually clear and accessible to Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
糖心vlog短视频淏y engaging with Deaf West糖心vlog短视频檚 inclusive methods, our students are learning how access and innovation go hand in hand.糖心vlog短视频
糖心vlog短视频淪ands College of Performing Arts admitted a Deaf student (and an alumnus of our stages) into their prestigious BFA in Musical Theater program for the first time,糖心vlog短视频 said DJ Kurs, artistic director of Deaf West Theatre. 糖心vlog短视频淲hile this is an extraordinary moment, it also raised an urgent question for us: How could we ensure that this student糖心vlog短视频攁nd the many Deaf artists who will follow糖心vlog短视频攔eceive equitable access to the musical education their hearing peers take for granted? At Deaf West, we believe access is a creative asset, not a limitation.糖心vlog短视频
The residency immerses students in Deaf West糖心vlog短视频檚 inclusive performance methods that merge voice, sign, and movement.
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Supported by an endowed fund that brings visiting artists to campus, this semester糖心vlog短视频檚 residency features acclaimed choreographer Jennifer Weber (& Juliet, KPOP, American Idiot) and ASL choreographer Daniela Maucere, who guide students in adapting movement for visual storytelling.
糖心vlog短视频淭his residency represents what Sands College of Performing Arts is all about,糖心vlog短视频 said Jennifer Holmes, PhD, dean of Sands College. 糖心vlog短视频淲e糖心vlog短视频檙e building an ecosystem where students learn from visionary artists who are shaping the future of the field.糖心vlog短视频
Led by Christopher Tester, Christopher Lloyd Bratten-Zappala, and DJ Kurs, the project goes beyond translation to give Deaf artists full access to music theory, not as an accommodation but as a right.
By the end of the residency, students will have gained practical experience with ASL musical staging and learned to approach access as a creative opportunity.
糖心vlog短视频淎s both a proud Pace Musical Theater alumnus and a child of Deaf adults, this residency is deeply personal to me,糖心vlog短视频 said Jeff Perri 糖心vlog短视频12, managing director of Deaf West Theatre. 糖心vlog短视频淭o return to my alma mater and share our process with the next generation of artists is incredibly special.糖心vlog短视频
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The future of the arts at Pace is under construction. Inside One Pace Plaza East, Sands College of Performing Arts students and faculty are preparing to create, collaborate, and perform in spaces built for bold ideas and bright lights.