Malesha Taylor's guest appearances

Malesha Taylor

Parenting for Liberation

The Muse Salon: Conversations on Art and Transformation

James Baldwin

Jena Holliday

Tiara Moore

Ida McRae

Prof Tiffany Lanoix

Mikala Streeter

Mia Birdsong

Cindy Wang Brandt

Cecilia Caballero

Ignacio Rivera

Dani McClain

David Love

Jamia Wilson

Melissa Franklin

Trina Greene Brown

OwlTail

This bonus episode is a talk I gave to my students at Cal State San Marcos and Clark Atlanta University for our exchange program around the theme, "Songs of Protest, Resistance and Compassion."  Here I lift up a topic commonly discussed in vocal music history, are words more important than music or is the music more important than the words?  I direct our focus instead to exploring purpose and values which speaks to every aspect of our lives.

This bonus episode is a talk I gave to my students at Cal State San Marcos and Clark Atlanta University for our exchange program around the theme, "Songs of Protest, Resistance and Compassion."  Here I lift up a topic commonly discussed in vocal music history, are words more important than music or is the music more important than the words?  I direct our focus instead to exploring purpose and values which speaks to every aspect of our lives.

Values Go Beyond Words: A Talk by Malesha Taylor

We had the beautiful opportunity to speak with Malesha Taylor, a classically trained opera singer, and mother of three residing in San Diego, a suburban community in Southern California about how to build a community and instill cultural pride in her children. During our discussion, Malesha reflected on the trauma of her own childhood, growing up in California suburbs as "the only Black kid"  and she made a commitment to build community for her Black children. She shares types on how to manifest and build community in spaces that feel isolating, through the use of arts and culture. With a commitment to never "be the only" Malesha advocates for centering Black voices and other marginalized communities in the arts, through her organization, Muse Salon and  through her work as a vanguard Black opera singer. Links to Malesha's written and creative arts are available at How I Round, Arts in A Changing America, and Mater Mea.For more information, visit www.musesalon.org or contact her at malesha@musesalon.org.For videos of her breathktaking vocals, see below:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNIkhAvVKSM?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315][youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGBEYwKCnNw?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315][youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeI5IXs1TKk?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]

We had the beautiful opportunity to speak with Malesha Taylor, a classically trained opera singer, and mother of three residing in San Diego, a suburban community in Southern California about how to build a community and instill cultural pride in her children. During our discussion, Malesha reflected on the trauma of her own childhood, growing up in California suburbs as "the only Black kid"  and she made a commitment to build community for her Black children. She shares types on how to manifest and build community in spaces that feel isolating, through the use of arts and culture. With a commitment to never "be the only" Malesha advocates for centering Black voices and other marginalized communities in the arts, through her organization, Muse Salon and  through her work as a vanguard Black opera singer.  Links to Malesha's written and creative arts are available at How I Round, Arts in A Changing America, and Mater Mea. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.musesalon.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.musesalon.org</a> or contact her at malesha@musesalon.org. For videos of her breathktaking vocals, see below: [youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNIkhAvVKSM?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNIkhAvVKSM?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315</a>] [youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGBEYwKCnNw?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGBEYwKCnNw?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315</a>] [youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeI5IXs1TKk?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeI5IXs1TKk?rel=0&amp;w=560&amp;h=315</a>]

Episode 15: It Takes a Village: How to Build A Black Community with Malesha Taylor