Juliet Hess's guest appearances

Juliet Hess

The So Strangely Podcast

Music & Peacebuilding

Music Ed Forward Podcast

Mister Rogers

Chris White

Brian McFee

Jeff Long

David Baker

Elena Aguilar

Andrew Demetriou

Oliver Mtukudzi

Jordan Smith

Kate Webster

Douglas Bomberger

Bryn Hughes

Josh Ryan

Karen Howard

Dan Shanahan

OwlTail

Dr. Juliet Hess offers both theory and practical suggestions about how music classrooms are uniquely poised to inspire and support social change at the intersections of activism, critical pedagogy, and music education.  Highlighting the framework and specific examples from her book Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education, Dr. Hess shares her research, stories, and ideas for what teaching for social change could look like and sound within music education classrooms.

<p>Dr. Juliet Hess offers both theory and practical suggestions about how <b>music classrooms are uniquely poised to inspire and support social change at the intersections of activism, critical pedagogy, and music education.  </b>Highlighting the framework and specific examples from her book <em>Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education</em>, Dr. Hess shares her research, stories, and ideas for what teaching for social change could look like and sound within music education classrooms.</p>

Music Education for Social Change - interview with Dr. Juliet Hess

Drawing upon the input of 20 activist musicians, Dr. Juliet Hess wrote a book about building curricula that support noticing, naming, and coming to voice. Building from Paulo Freire’s understandings from the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Hess offers a curriculum that asks students to construct songs, discuss soundscapes, and notice and name the structures that surround our expressions of music. Exploring the lessons of James Hwang, Lisa Vaugeouis, and Theresa Vu and Taiyo Na of the Magnetic North Band, we enter profound lessons that seek to hold space for student voices in music education curricula.The Music &amp; Peacebuilding Podcast is hosted by Kevin Shorner-Johnson at Elizabethtown College. Join our professional development network at www.musicpeacebuilding.com - thinking deeply we reclaim space for connection and care. 

<p>Drawing upon the input of 20 activist musicians, Dr. Juliet Hess wrote a book about building curricula that support noticing, naming, and coming to voice. Building from Paulo Freire’s understandings from the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Hess offers a curriculum that asks students to construct songs, discuss soundscapes, and notice and name the structures that surround our expressions of music. Exploring the lessons of James Hwang, Lisa Vaugeouis, and Theresa Vu and Taiyo Na of the Magnetic North Band, we enter profound lessons that seek to hold space for student voices in music education curricula.</p><p>The Music &amp; Peacebuilding Podcast is hosted by Kevin Shorner-Johnson at Elizabethtown College. Join our professional development network at <a href="http://www.musicpeacebuilding.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.musicpeacebuilding.com</a> - thinking deeply we reclaim space for connection and care. </p>

Constructing an Activist Music Education with Juliet Hess

Ethan Hein

Music Education doctoral candidate Ethan Hein recommends “Equity and Music Education: Euphemisms, Terminal Naivety, and Whiteness” by Juliet Hess, published in Action, Criticism &amp; Theory for Music Education, 2017. Ethan and Finn interview Dr. Juliet Hess about this study and whiteness in music education, and addressing systemic racism from within our areas of academia. Time Stamps  [0:00:10] Intro with Ethan Hein [0:08:29] Interview: Dr. Juliet Hess, Background and Case Studies [0:18:50] Interview: Multiculturalism and Music [0:29:31] Interview: Whiteness in the Conservatory [0:36:19] Interview: Context and Implications [0:44:06] Interview: Future work [0:51:50] Closing with Ethan Hein  Show notes  Recommended article: Hess, J. (2017). Equity and Music Education: Euphemisms, Terminal Naivety, and Whiteness. Action, Criticism &amp; Theory for Music Education, 16(3). (HTML, PDF)   Interviewee: Dr. Juliet Hess, Assistant Professor of Music Education at Michigan State University  Co-host: Ethan Hein, Doctoral Candidate in Music Education at New York University (website, twitter) Sources cited in the discussion: Kendrick Lamar’s Alright (youtube) Chris Thile’s performance on Prairie Home companion is no longer available Emma Stevens – Blackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq (youtube) Correction: this performance is from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, not Newfoundland where there has been controversy around seal hunting. Both provinces are within the ancestral territory of Mi’kmaq People.   Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2006. Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States. 2nd edition. Toronto, ON: Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (Publisher page) Juliet Hess (2018) Interrupting the symphony: unpacking the importance placed on classical concert experiences, Music Education Research, 20:1, 11-21, DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2016.1202224 (HTML) Juliet Hess’ new book:  Hess, Juliet. (2019) Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education,  Routledge (Publisher page)      Credits The So Strangely Podcast is produced by Finn Upham, 2019. The closing music includes a sample of Diana Deutsch’s Speech-Song Illusion sound demo 1.

<p>Music Education doctoral candidate Ethan Hein recommends “<a href="http://act.maydaygroup.org/volume-16-issue-3/act-16-3-15-47/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Equity and Music Education: Euphemisms, Terminal Naivety, and Whiteness</a>” by Juliet Hess, published in Action, Criticism &amp; Theory for Music Education, 2017. Ethan and Finn interview Dr. Juliet Hess about this study and whiteness in music education, and addressing systemic racism from within our areas of academia.</p> <h4><b>Time Stamps</b></h4> <ul> <li>[0:00:10] Intro with Ethan Hein</li> <li>[0:08:29] Interview: Dr. Juliet Hess, Background and Case Studies</li> <li>[0:18:50] Interview: Multiculturalism and Music</li> <li>[0:29:31] Interview: Whiteness in the Conservatory</li> <li>[0:36:19] Interview: Context and Implications</li> <li>[0:44:06] Interview: Future work</li> <li>[0:51:50] Closing with Ethan Hein</li> </ul> <h4><b>Show notes</b></h4> <ul> <li>Recommended article:<br><ul> <li>Hess, J. (2017). Equity and Music Education: Euphemisms, Terminal Naivety, and Whiteness. Action, Criticism &amp; Theory for Music Education, 16(3). (<a href="http://act.maydaygroup.org/volume-16-issue-3/act-16-3-15-47/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTML</a>, <a href="http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Hess16_3.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Interviewee: <a href="https://www.music.msu.edu/faculty/profile/juliet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Juliet Hess</a>, Assistant Professor of Music Education at Michigan State University </li> <li>Co-host: Ethan Hein, Doctoral Candidate in Music Education at New York University (<a href="http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ethanhein" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a>)</li> <li>Sources cited in the discussion:<br><ul> <li>Kendrick Lamar’s Alright (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube</a>)</li> <li>Chris Thile’s performance on Prairie Home companion is no longer available</li> <li>Emma Stevens – Blackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99-LoEkAA3w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube</a>)<br><ul> <li>Correction: this performance is from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, not Newfoundland where there has been controversy around seal hunting. Both provinces are within the ancestral territory of Mi’kmaq People.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2006. Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States. 2nd edition. Toronto, ON: Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (<a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442276239/Racism-without-Racists-Color-Blind-Racism-and-the-Persistence-of-Racial-Inequality-in-America-Fifth-Edition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Publisher page</a>)</li> <li>Juliet Hess (2018) Interrupting the symphony: unpacking the importance placed on classical concert experiences, Music Education Research, 20:1, 11-21, DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2016.1202224 (<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14613808.2016.1202224" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTML</a>)</li> <li>Juliet Hess’ new book: <br><ul> <li>Hess, Juliet. (2019) <em>Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education</em>,  Routledge (<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Music-Education-for-Social-Change-Constructing-an-Activist-Music-Education/Hess/p/book/9781138322530" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Publisher page</a>)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4><b>Credits</b></h4> <p>The So Strangely Podcast is produced by Finn Upham, 2019. The closing music includes a sample of Diana Deutsch’s Speech-Song Illusion sound demo 1.</p>

Systemic Racism and Whiteness in Music Education, with Dr. Juliet Hess and co-host Ethan Hein