Media
Videos
Professional Development for the Choral Community:
The new five-part video series by André de Quadros
Free and available to the public, offered through CHORALSPACE Academy
Peacebuilding and Choral Music
Choral Music and Refugees
Music and Prisons
Music of Islam
Resisting Habits: 21st Century Practice
Freedom Dreaming: The Arts for Hope and Activism
Drawing on decades of work in prisons, war zones, refugee shelters, and the concert stage, Dr. André de Quadros makes a case for dreaming big and connecting the arts in the struggle for a better world.
Presented at Montgomery College, May 2022
George Floyd, Two Years Later: André de Quadros
Boston University College of Fine Arts interviews André de Quadros, about the desire for change, reaction, and activism that he witnessed globally in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
Broken Dreams, Better Worlds: The Arts for Hope
Human rights activist and arts educator, André de Quadros, tells powerful stories of the ways in which the arts provoke imaginary worlds.
Presented at TEDxBU, Boston University, November 2021
Peace, Activism, and the Arts: Contested Terrain, Possible Pathways
Webinar presented with the Massachusetts Peace Action Network, and VOICES 21C.
April 2021:
Chorus America announces André de Quadros as the recipient of the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award
“Children of War” - [Boston University]
“Children of War” portrays the violence and disruption to the life of African American children when their parents are imprisoned. Visit the Boston University Race Prison Justice Website for artistic responses on the American prison system
Performance: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel by William Dawson
[VOICES 21C & Halim Flowers, 2020]
This performance at the 2020 ACDA Eastern Conference in New York is a re-imagining of how choral institutions perform African-American spirituals. The text presented at the start of the video is from this article by Equal Justice Initiative.
Documentary Trailer, Music and Community Transformation (2014)
“I’ve come more and more to the realization about music, as an essential human right. And now I feel more and more convinced that the participation in music, not just the consumption of it, is an essential human right.” - André de Quadros
“Count Me In!” (2014)
The arts largely serve middle class interests in Western society and increasingly in the rest of the world. Recently, however, more attention has been paid to the potential contribution of the arts to a range of social change projects, particularly in public health, incarceration and conflict resolution.
The seminar focuses on the entitlement of the arts in a variety of settings in prisons, in conflict areas, and in urban poverty and will be illustrated through narratives, poetry, song, and visual art.
FEATURE: 2019 Performance in Inner Mongolia
with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries’ Youth Choir
Muslim Choral Ensemble of Sri Lanka: Performance at Yale University
VOICES 21C
The Power of Music in :60 Seconds
“de Quadros’ work leading multicultural and prison choirs around the world, from Thailand to the Palestinian territories…”
Common Ground Voices / La Frontera (Mexico & United States)
Interview with
Solveig Lindroos: “Music is part of what it means to be a human being”
An interview from Student Journalism in Stockholm, centered around a music festival in Sweden called “Musik och Medmänsklighet.”
Manado State University Choir of Indonesia
Interview at Yale International Choral Festival 2012:
André de Quadros discusses some of his philosophy of music making at the International Choral Festival, Yale University.
Aswatuna - Documentary (2008)
In August 2008, in the middle of the Iraq war, Shireen Abu-Khader and André de Quadros brought together, for the first time ever, choirs from the five Arab countries of the Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria) as a single community.
In a remarkably peaceful happening that transformed the hearts and minds of all who were there, Arab identity and community was created across political borders. This was the birth of Aswatuna: Arab Choral Initiative.
The Difference Between “Being Good” and “Sounding Good”
On the topic of addressing injustice beyond our singing, André de Quadros explains the difference in choral music between being good, and sounding good at the 2020 ACDA Eastern Division Conference
Podcasts
(The Choral Commons), Click here to listen
2021
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Cultural Democracy / Arlene Goldbard
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Taking Up Space for Peace / Monica Curca
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Collective Imagination for Healing / Michael Rohd
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Cultural Strategy and the Choral Imaginary / Sage Crump
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. The Choir as Dreamspace / Aisha Shillingford
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing Freedom Futures / OnRaé LaTeal
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Making, Keeping, Knowing / Rukhsana Nezam
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. We Sing the Great Turning / Kyle Lemle
2020
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Refugees, Forced Migration, and the Choir / Jeremy Haneman
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Disability Justice, Radical Inclusion, and the Choir / Andrew Clark and Kristina Gillis
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Choir / Halim Flowers
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Empowering Song, Incarceration, and the Choir / Emily Howe and Bobby Iacoviello
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Reimagining the Choir: Chorus America Virtual Conference 2020
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Girl Power, Creative Youth Development, and the Choir / Alysia Lee
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Indigeneity and Decolonial Choral Practice / Jace Kaholokula Saplan
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Racial Justice, Activism, and the Choir / Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Multiculturalism, Authenticity, and the Choir / Patty Cuyler and Mollie Stone
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Borders, Bridges, and the Choir / Ahmed Anzaldúa
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Intercultural Understanding and the Choir / Micah Hendler
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Liberation Theology, Poverty, and the Choir / Yara Allen and Charon Hribar
Webinars
2021
"Building the Beloved Community." Roundtable with Alexander Lloyd Blake, Arreon Harley-Emerson, Alysia Lee, Zanaida Robles, and Tesfa Wondemagenehu. The Choral Commons, January 20.
"Envision 2021." Roundtable with Mackie Spradley (NAfME), Andre Thomas (ACDA), Catherine Dehoney (Chorus America), Maria Guinand (IFCM), and Elizabeth Swanson (NCCO), January 27.
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing in Prisons Part 1 / Catherine Roma and Michael Powell
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing in Prisons Part 2 / Mary Cohen, Simone Frierson, and Karletta White
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing in Prisons Part 3 / Amanda Weber, Natalie Pollard
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing in Prisons Part 4 / Jody Kerchner and Jerome Thompson
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing in Prisons Roundtable / Mary Cohen, Jody Kerchner, Cathy Roma, Amanda Weber, and Walyand Coleman
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing on the Street Part 1 / Javier Rodríguez, Sophie Wingland, and Ron Yokely
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing on the Street Part 2 / Leeav Sofer and Marilyn Irizarry
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing on the Street Part 3 / Jonathan Palant and London Alexander
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Singing on the Street Roundtable / Marilyn Irizarry, Jonathan Palant, and Leeav Sofer
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Here, There, and Everywhere Part 1 / Eise Witt, Khatera Barati, and Meh Sod Paw
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Here, There, and Everywhere Part 2 / Con Fullam and Fatimah Lamloom
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Here, There, and Everywhere Part 3 / Dzaya Castillo and John Tekou
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Here, There, and Everywhere Part 4 / Erin Guinup, Maurice Lekea, and Thierry Ruboneka
Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros. Forced Migration Roundtable / Dzaya Castillo, Con Fullam, Erin Guinup, Maurice Lekea, Thierry Ruboneka, and Elise Witt
2020
“Refugees, Forced Migration, and the Choir,” with Jeremy Haneman, Michael Genese, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, June 25
“Disability Justice, Radical Inclusion, and the Choir,” with Andrew Clark, Krystal Morin, Brad Dumont, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, July 1
“Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Choir” with Halim Flowers and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, July 15
“Empowering Song, Mass Incarceration, and the Choir” with Emily Howe, Bobby Iacoviello, Eugenia Conte, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, July 15
“Girl Power, Creative Youth Development, and the Choir,” with Alysia Lee, Carey Shunskis, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, August 1
“Indigeneity and Decolonial Choral Practice,” with Jace Saplan and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, August 7
“Racial Justice, Activism, and the Choir,” with Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Chris Clark, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, August 13
“Multiculturalism, Authenticity, and the Choir,” with Patty Cuyler, Mollie Stone, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, August 19
“Borders, Bridges, and the Choir,” with Ahmed Anzaldua and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, August 26
“Intercultural Understanding, and the Choir,” with Micah Hendler, Magdalena Tang, and Emilie Amrein, The Choral Commons, September 2
Performances
2023
A cappella program. VOICES 21C, Onyx White, Truth, cond. A. de Quadros, University of Rhode Island, March 26.
A cappella program. VOICES 21C, Onyx White, Truth, cond. A. de Quadros, Assumption University, April 1.
A cappella program of Arab, Jewish, and world music. Common Ground Voices, cond. A. de Quadros, Salma Hall, Shefa-'Amr, Israel, July 4.
Program of Islamic music and secular music, “An Nur.” Muslim Choral Ensemble, Manado State University Choir, VOICES 21C, Akbar Auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 24.
Program of Islamic music and faith-based repertoire, “Voices for Peace.” Buddhist Ensemble, Hindu Ensemble, Muslim Choral Ensemble, St. Joseph’s Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Shangri-La, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 25.
Program of choral music from Islamic culture including Qawwali, Indonesia, and America, “Celebrating Sama.” Manado State University Choir, VOICES 21C, World Muslim Choral Ensemble, Dinanjana Madhusanka (bansuri flute, fujara) Nabeel Khan (sarangi), Shammika Mohotti (tabla), Aflal Anver (daf), cond. A. de Quadros, Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo, cond. A. de Quadros, Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 30.
“How it would feel to be free.” Program of choral music in collaboration with formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated men, Eric Anderson, Wayland X. Coleman, Sean “Truth” Evelyn, Onyx White, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, JMAC, Worcester, November 11.
2022
Program of Islamic music and faith-based repertoire, “Voices for Peace.” Buddhist Ensemble, Hindu Ensemble, Muslim Choral Ensemble, St. Joseph’s Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Shangri-La, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 27.
Islamic devotional music, including Qawwali, World Muslim Choral Ensemble, Priyantha (bansuri flute) Adnan Mansoor (rubab), Nabeel Khan (sarangi), Ratnathurai, (tabla), Aflal Anver (daf), Navid Eskandari (santur), cond. A. de Quadros, Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 24.
“Put Their Names In The Air,” performance with Eric Anderson, University Chorus, Chamber Singers, cond. A. de Quadros, University of Massachusetts at Boston, April 13.
2021
Virtual collaboration, VOICES 21C and Lehigh University: "Earth Passion;" and "The Hill We Climb," co-dir. A. de Quadros, Spring. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zWnwQr-fYRQFAkt6i4bMaDS0LcmoGhFX/view?usp=sharing
Virtual collaboration, VOICES 21C and Lauren Fields, "Unity As Fragile As A Spark," a multimedia composition and collaboration inspired by the work of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, dir. A. de Quadros, Spring.
Virtual performance, Manado State University Choir, "Wanting Memories," a multimedia composition based on Ysaÿe Barnwell’s text, A. de Quadros. In process.
Virtual performance, Muslim Choral Ensemble, "Adinu," a multimedia creative work based on the composition by S. Abu-Khader & A. de Quadros, dir. A. de Quadros. In process.
Virtual performance, The Listening, composed by Cheryl Engelhardt, cond. Christopher Clark, artistic direction, A. de Quadros, put forward in Round One for Grammy nomination in the Classical field, Best Choral Performance category. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c720HLrn7eAL7s7jS9QtieG0KwPRDrRP/view?usp=sharing
“Unity as Fragile as a Spark.” Performance and workshop collaboration between VOICES 21C and Transformational Prison Project for Massachusetts Peace Action Network, dir. A. de Quadros, November 21.
2020
A cappella program, VOICES 21C: "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest," music on topics of forced migration, racial discrimination, mass-incarceration, and feminine identity. Ensemble in residence at the ACDA Eastern Division Conference, Rochester NY, March 2020.
Virtual collaboration, Westminster College Chapel Choir and Halim Flowers, "No Justice, No Peace," a multimedia composition, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Spring 2021.
2019
A cappella program, In Concierto de clausura, Festival Coralifornia, Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico
A cappella program, Where do we go from here? Chaos or Community. In Closing Concert, Zimriya Festival, Akko, Israel
A cappella program, Beaucoup de traditions, des mondes différents, un seul coeur. In Festival Choralies, 23rd Edition, Vaison-la-Romaine, France, August 8.
A cappella program, VOICES 21C: Half the Sky: Voices, Struggles, Resilience, and Power of the Feminine Spirit. In Festival Choralies, 23rd Edition, Vaison-la-Romaine, France, August 4.
A performance of Muslim music and repertoires. In Choralies Festival, 23rd Edition, Vaison la Romaine, France, August 8.
Performance of Muslim devotional music, Sufi repertoire, traditional hymns, cond. A. de Quadros. In London International Music Festival
Two concert programs of intercultural choral music and instrumental ensemble of Central, South, and East Asian instruments, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
A cappella performance Suenos, Visiones: Another possible world. In Continuums of Service / Campus Compact. University of San Diego.
2018
A cappella program, VOICES 21C: Bridges, Not Walls, MMEA Boston Conference, Seaport District, March 2.
Program of Muslim music, traditional songs, works by Abu-Khader/de Quadros, Sperry, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Vilna Shul Boston Center for Jewish Culture, March 3.
A cappella collaboration with Ismael Garcia-Vega “Q” and VOICES 21C, The 6th International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Boston University, March 26.
“Breaking the Silence.” Commissioned work, cond. A. de Quadros, Yale International Choral Festival, June.
A cappella program, VOICES 21C: "Somehow this Madness must Cease" in collaboration with Mexican choirs, Teatro Ocampo, Cuernavaca, Mexico, August 9.
A cappella program, VOICES 21C: "Somehow this Madness must Cease" National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, August 11.
A cappella performance, Muslim Choral Ensemble, Zikr (Muslim choral work arr. A. R. Rahman).
Performance of Muslim Choral Music with the Muslim Choral Ensemble, Sri Lanka at Yale University’s Yale International Choral Festival.
A cappella program, Common Ground Voices, Jerusalem: Damage and Hope - Arab, Israeli, and international choral music.
2017
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Jakarta, January 15.
Program of composed and improvised music, Common Ground Voices, Jonathan Hadas (clarinet), Wassim Odeh (oudh), Mattias Yilbar Norgren (percussion), cond. A. de Quadros, YMCA Jerusalem, Israel, March 18.
A cappella program, UCSI Chamber Choir, UCSI Concert Choir, cond. A. de Quadros and Ian Lim, UCSI University, Malaysia, March 31.
Program of Muslim music, traditional songs, works by Abu-Khader/de Quadros, Yohan, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Vilna Shul Boston Center for Jewish Culture, April 9.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, IYCF Showcase Concert - A Celebration of World Voices, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, April 15.
Performance as part of church service, Manado State University Choir, St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London, UK, April 16.
Pop-up performance, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Mandela Walk, Southbank, London, UK, April 17.
Performance at Indonesian Embassy, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, London, UK, April 19.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, Queens' College Chapel, University of Cambridge, UK, April 20.
“Here I Am,” a cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, The Space, Boston, May 11.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 9.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros in collaboration with Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, Basilica of Jesus the Adolescent, Nazareth, Israel, August 10.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros in collaboration with Kol & Soul, Yavne, Israel, August 12.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros in collaboration with Jerusalem Academy of Music Chamber Choir, Jerusalem, August 13.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Church of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, August 14.
A cappella program, works by Gibbons, Bach, Engelhardt, Netzer, Barnwell et al., VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros in collaboration with YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus, Jerusalem, August 15.
Program of Muslim music for choir and instruments, Muslim Choral Ensemble cond. A. de Quadros, Russian Cultural Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 19.
Program of Muslim music for choir and instruments, Muslim Choral Ensemble cond. A. de Quadros, Sooriya Village, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 20.
“Israel, Palestine: Song and Struggle.” Performance and Forum, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Arlington St Church, Boston, September 23.
Program of a cappella and accompanied music, Stockholms Musikgymnasium, Latvian Voices, cond. A. de Quadros, Eric Ericson Hall, Music & Humanity Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, September 29.
Program of a cappella and accompanied music, Lilla Akademien choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Eric Ericson Hall, Music & Humanity Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, September 30.
2016
Israeli, Palestinian, Swedish composed and improvised program, Common Ground Voices, Magnus Lindgren (clarinet, flute, saxophone), Mousa Elias (oud), Tiago Loei (percussion), cond. A. de Quadros, concert in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, Eric Ericson Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, February 9.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros in collaboration with Harvard University Radcliffe Choral Society, Gereja Perak Sorong, Manado, Indonesia, June 7.
MOZART: Coronation Mass, Linda Hartono (soprano), Rangga Kulas (alto), Paul Phoenix (tenor), Ferry Chandra (bass), PSM UNIMA, Jinggaswara ITENAS Choir, Eastern Chamber Singers Philippines, Studio Cantorum Choir and orchestra, cond. A. de Quadros, UKM, Bandung, Indonesia, June 11.
“Pain and Promise.” A cappella program, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, église St Etienne, CHORALP Rencontres Chorales Internationales, Vallouise, France, July 18.
“Le Combat et la Fuite.” A cappella program, Concert de clôture des rencontres chorales, église Sainte Catherine, CHORALP Rencontres Chorales Internationales, Briançon, France, July 22.
A cappella program, MoB Choir, PSM UNIMA, Bali Cantat, 5th Bali International Choir Festival, Sanur, July 28.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson Hall, August 21.
“Pain and Promise.” A cappella program, VOICES 21C, cond. A. de Quadros, Boston University Concert Hall, October 9.
Works by Ledbetter and Salim Bali, Five School Choral Festival, middle school choirs of Gordon, Lincoln, Moses Brown, Providence Country Day, and Wheeler schools, Providence, Rhode Island, November 1.
A cappella program, seminar workshop group, Hallel, Yad Hashmona, December 5.
2015
One Sky, Many Destinies.” University Classical Choral Ensembles, cond. A. de Quadros and Rebecca Seeman, University of San Francisco, May 14.
Opening concert, a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 19.
"North and South," a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 20.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Bullkyrkan, Stockholm, August 22.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Shunde Senior College, China, November 5.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, South China Normal University, November 6.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Gala Concert 1, International Choir Festival Shunde-Foshan, November 6.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Gala Concert 2, International Choir Festival Shunde-Foshan, November 7.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China, November 8.
A cappella performance of traditional Indonesian music at the Opening Ceremony, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Macau Forum, IFCM World Choral Expo, November 12.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Dom Pedro V Theatre, November 12.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, City Church, November 13.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Macau University Hall, November 14.
Cultural Exchange Concert, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Shunde.
2014
POULENC Gloria, Hallel, Israel, June 5.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Shichahai Lotus Market, 12th China International Chorus Festival, Beijing, August 1.
"Shouts, Tears, Screams, and Dreams," a cappella program including world premiere of PAOLA PRESTINI Al musika hiya lugatu, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Bali Minzu Theater, 12th China International Chorus Festival, Beijing, August 2.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, IFCM 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, National Theater, Seoul, Korea, August 12.
"Dreaming, Healing," a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Dal Hall, National Theatre, Seoul, Korea, August 12.
"Shouts, Tears, Screams, and Dreams," a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Hae Hall, National Theatre, Seoul, Korea, August 12.
"From Indonesia to a World of Hope," a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, National Theatre, Nowon Arts Center, Korea, August 13.
Opening concert, a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 15.
"North and South," a cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 16.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, presented by the Indonesian Embassy, Konserthuset, Stockholm, August 20.
STEVEN, KEN Mutu Manikam Indonesia, Christopher Abimanyu (tenor), PSM UNIMA, Balikpapan City Choir, Eliata Choir Surabaya, Deo Cantate Ensemble Choir Manado, Rafflesia Chamber Singers Bengkulu, Bivok Smanda Lampung, Ecclesia Teenage Balikpapan Choir, Narapidana Bermazmur Choir Sorong, Cahya Arts, cond. A. de Quadros, 3rd Bali International Choir Festival, GBI Rock Lembah Pujian, Indonesia, August 28.
Mexican choral music, fusion performance of HANDEL "Lascia ch'io pianga," conducting participants, Heiko Dijker (tabla), Natalia Morelos Gonzalez (oboe d'amore), Mexico City, September.
BARNWELL We are, SOMMERRO/PEDERSEN Bruremarsj fra Valsoyfjord/Aure, ABU-KHADER & DE QUADROS Adinu, VAN DER MERWE Vela, Convivium Musicum, Coro de Cámara de la UDLAP, Niños y Jovenes Cantores ENM UNAM, Voce in Tempore, Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, November 7.
SOMMERRO/PEDERSEN Bruremarsj fra Valsoyfjord/Aure, BUDI SUSANTO YOHANES Janger, BARNWELL We are, ABU-KHADER & DE QUADROS Adinu, Lee Concert Hall, Washington University in St. Louis, November 23.
2013
Choeur de la Maitrise du Conseil Générale de la Loire and Lutnia (Poland), St Etienne, April 9, 10.
MENDELSSOHN Lobgesang, Hwang Kwa Sook, Laura Linn Halinn (sopranos) Balikpapan City Choir, Eliata Choir, PSM UNIMA, Studio Cantorum, and orchestra, June 24, Bali International Choir Festival.
Co-directed intercultural fusion performance between PSM UNIMA and Cahya Arts, Bali, June 26.
Concert with Manado State University Choir (MSUC), Theatre Antique (audience of 5,500), August 4.
Concert with MSUC, Gymnase, Vaison la Romain, France, August 4.
Du Nord au Sud, atelier concert, Theatre de Nymphée, Vaison la Romain, August 9.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir, Jerusalem Youth Chorus, cond. Ofer Dal Lal, cond. Micah Hendler, cond. A. de Quadros, YMCA, Jerusalem, August 11.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Crusaders Knights Hall, Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs, August 13.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, cond. A. de Quadros, cond. Rahib Haddad, Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs, August 14.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir as part of Opening Concert for the Music and Humanity Festival, cond. A. de Quadros, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 16.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, Music and Humanity Festival, cond. A. de Quadros, cond. Rahib Haddad, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 17.
WHITACRE Sleep, WHITACRE A Boy and A Girl, Trinity Wall Street Choir, 21C Liederabend, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC, November 22, 23.
2012
A cappella program, Université Jean Monnet Choir of St Etienne and Omnia choir of Zilina University of Slovakia, in St Etienne, France, February 8.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Sprague Hall, Yale International Choral Festival, Yale University, June 20.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, River to River Festival, New York City, June 24.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Bronx Jail, New York, June 26.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Brooklyn Jail, New York, June 26.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Indonesian Consulate-General, New York, June 26.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with Young People's Chorus of New York City, cond. Francisco Nunez, cond. A. de Quadros, Church of the Holy Trinity, New York, June 29.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with Boston Choral Ensemble, cond. Andrew Shenton, cond. Miguel Felipe, cond. A. de Quadros, Concert Hall, Boston University, Boston, June 30.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Boston Medical Center, Boston, July 2.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with MUSE, UMOJA, cond. Cathy Roma, cond. A. de Quadros, Warren Prison, Ohio, July 5.
A Balinese imagining of Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem, Balikpapan City Choir, Eliata Choir, Nine's Voices, PSM UNIMA, Studio Cantorum Bali, Studio Cantorum Bandung, and Orchestra, Stella Zhou (soprano), Ferry Chandra (baritone), Bali, August 6.
Works by Papoulis, Jackson/Richie/Emerson, choirs from Methodist College, St. Benedicts College. Trinity College. Hillwood, Ladies College, St. Peters College, Holy Family Convent, Colombo Music Festival, Sri Lanka, August.
Arabic works, Coral Al Hajara Al Tabe Lil Ma'had Al Ali Lil Musika (Syria), Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan), Ishrini Choir (UK), Nassim Al Saba (UAE), Aswatuna: Arab Choral Festival, Amman, Jordan, October 28.
2011
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Manado, North Sulawesi, January.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan (Borneo), January.
A cappella program, Balikpapan City Choir and Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Balikpapan, Kalimantan (Borneo), January.
Concerts, workshops, and keynote presentation in Balikpapan as part of the Balikpapan Choral Workshop, East Kalimantan (Borneo), January.
Aging Magician (music theatre piece) by Paola Prestini and Jonathan Safran Foer, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, The Kitchen, NYC, April 7.
Oceanic Verses (music theatre piece) by Paola Prestini, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, The Kitchen, NYC, April 8.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (music theatre piece) by Daniel Felsenfeld, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, The Kitchen, NYC, April 9.
A cappella program consisting of works by Augustinas, Delarmente, Abu Khader, Hamardomen, Norway, July 30. A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, Kandy Music Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, November 27.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, International Choral Gala, Manado State University Choir with the De Lanerolle Brothers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 30.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, with the De Lanerolle Brothers, Water's Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 1.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir with the De Lanerolle Brothers, Dutch Reformed Church, Galle, Sri Lanka, December 2.
A cappella program, Shanghai Conservatory Choir, March 25.
HAYDN: Missa in Angustiis, Balikpapan City Choir, Studio Cantorum, soloists, Yogyakarta Orchestra, Bandung, Indonesia, July.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, Bandung, July.
2010
HANDEL Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice, HAYDN Missa in Angustiis, Studio Cantorum Choir and Orchestra, Surabaya, East Java, 18 January.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, Manado, North Sulawesi, 22 January.
Works by Aslund, Leek, Papoulis, Efroni, Sawa, Yasmeen choirs, Franciscan Monastery, East Jerusalem, 20 February.
Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Amman, Jordan,19 May.
Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Musica Sacra International, Marktoberdorf, Germany, 21 May.
"Ex Oriente Lux", Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Musica Sacra International, St Maria, Isny, Germany, 22 May.
"Gottes ist der Orient! Gottes ist der Okzident!", Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Musica Sacra International, Hallenbad, Lechbruck, Germany, 23 May.
"Gloria Patri", Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Musica Sacra International, Basilika St Michael, Altenstadt, Germany, 24 May.
Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Chimay Musica Sacra, Eglise St Jean-Baptiste a Macon (Momignies), Belgium, 29 May.
Concert de cloture, Muslim and Christian sacred music in Arabic, Aswatuna Global Voices/Dozan wa Awtar, co-dir. A. de Quadros, Chimay Musica Sacra, Collegiale St Pierre & Paul de Chimay, Belgium, 29.
"Sing when the Spirit says Sing", A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, Manado, North Sulawesi, 1 July.
Workshops and concert with the Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) choir and two other university choirs, Yogyakarta, 4 July.
"Musique chorale d'Asie: epices, mystere, et magie", a cappella program, Cathedrale, XX Choralies, Vaison la Romaine, France, 7 August.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Symposium on Choral Music, Tomhon, Indonesia, 14, 16 August.
HANDEL Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice, HAYDN Missa in Angustiis, Studio Cantorum Choir and Orchestra, Tomohon, Indonesia, 18 August.
"You have given me a Country", PARANOSIC Little Wounds, PRESTINI Labyrinth, multimedia performance for book launch, Vision into Art, New York City, 9 October.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond A. de Quadros, Eglise de la Terrasse, St Etienne, France, 8 November.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond A. de Quadros, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, 10 November.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond A. de Quadros, Eric Ericson International Hall, Stockholm, 10 November.
A cappella program, Manado State University Choir, cond A. de Quadros, Sodra Latins Concert Hall, Stockholm, 11 November.
A cappella works for Opening concert of the 6th International Warsaw Choir Festival, Manado State University Choir, cond. A. de Quadros, Poland, 13 November.
A cappella program, 6th International Warsaw Choir Festival, Manado State University Choir, Chopin Music University, Poland, 13 November.
A cappella program, 6th International Warsaw Choir Festival, Manado State University Choir, Chopin Music University, Poland, 14 November.
A cappella program, 6th International Warsaw Choir Festival, Manado State University Choir, Chopin Music University, Poland, 14 November.
Recordings (Audio / Video)
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (1997). Berlioz: Te Deum. [CD]. VIVA VOCE, New Monash Orchestra. Move Records: MCD 098.
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (1998). Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op. 96, Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37. [CD]. Viva Voce, New Monash Orchestra, Yuri Rozum (piano). Eaglemont, Vic.: Move: MCD 118.
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (1998). Worlds Apart. [CD]. Robert Chamberlain (piano), Darryl Coote (piano), New Monash Orchestra. Carlton South, Vic.: Move. Includes Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, op. 88a (Bruch) and several un-conducted works by Francis Poulenc, Miriam Hyde, Claude Debussy, Margaret Sutherland, Percy Grainger, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Brenton Broadstock. (Recorded in 1997).
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (1999). Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, op. 92. [CD]. Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Rozum (piano). Move: MCD 130. Purchase: Physical CD / Purchase: MP3
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (1999). Orff: Carmina Burana. [CD]. Gerald English, Merlyn Quaife, Ian Cousins, Monash University, Viva Voce, New Monash Orchestra, Monash Women's Choir, Victoria Chorale, Voice Box, Wesley Adult Choir, Victorian Boys' Choir. Eaglemont, Vic.: Move: MCD 133. (Recorded in 1998).
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (2001). Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Shostakovich: Song of the forests, op. 81. [CD]. VIVA VOCE, New Monash Orchestra. Melbourne: Move.
de Quadros, A. (Conductor). (2011). Sing when the Spirit Says Sing. [Album recorded by Manado State University Choir]. ArtSound, Jakarta.
Video Recordings:
de Quadros, A. (Ed.). (2009). Aswatuna Our Voices [DVD]. In Marcel de Quadros (Producer), London, Melbourne: Blue Ion Studios.
de Quadros, A. (2010). Workshop for Choir Conductors [DVD]. Jerusalem: Magnificat Institute.
Invited Presentations, Keynotes
(*indicates also listed in Conference Presentations)
2024
“Causing Good Trouble: Struggling for Choral Beauty in a Brutal World.” Yale University, February 26.
“Freedom Dreaming, Storytelling, and Reconciliation: The Arts in a New World.” Miegunyah Public Lecture, The University of Melbourne, April 11.
*“Finding Hope in Dark Times: Music Educators as Smugglers of Humanity.” Keynote presentation, 36th World Conference, International Society for Music Education, Helsinki, July 28.
2023
“The Chorus: Traditions, Evolutions, Perspectives.” Indiana University, February 7.
“The Forgotten World: What can you do?” Case Western Reserve University, February 16.
“Freedom Dreaming, Dismantling Walls: Music and Social Justice.” Case Western Reserve University, February 17.
“The Forgotten World: What can you do?” The University of Texas at Austin, April 3.
“A Nomad in the Shadow of Diasporic History: An Autoethnographic Account.” The University of Texas at Austin, April 5.
“Critical Connections: Freedom Dreaming in the Academy.” The University of Texas at Austin, April 6.
““Borders and Walls, Resistance, Forgiveness, and Transgressing the Dominant Pedagogy.” In Antiracist Pedagogy Inside and Outside the University Music Classroom. Yale University, April 22.
“Rebuilding the Choral Art for Justice and Equity.” Choral Conversations Context and Culture, April 27.
*“A Nomad in the Shadow of Diasporic History: An Autoethnographic Account.” Borchard Colloquium, Missilac, France, July 11.
“Choral Music, Islam, Diversity,” panel presentation, Sama International Choral Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 28.
“This Beautiful yet Brutal World: Dreaming Non-violence through Musicking.” Kenneth H. Peacock Lecture, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, November 16.
2022
Presentation [untitled] for the 2021 National Association for Music Education All-National Honor Ensembles, January 23.
“Music, Justice, and Shared Humanity,” CHORALSPACE ACADEMY, January 25.
“Borders, Walls, Safety, and Wholeness.” Learning Community, Initiative on Cities, Boston University, March 31.
“The Caged Bird Sings: Welcoming Identities through Music-making.” LGBTQIA+ Scholars Series, Boston University, April 8.
“Put Their Names In The Air: Exploring the Intersection of Race, Incarceration, and the Arts.” University of Massachusetts at Boston, April 13.
“Learning to be Relevant, Responsive, Sustaining.” Woodland Joint Unified School District, May 13.
*“Building the Beloved Community,” Keynote co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, National Collegiate Choral Organization, NCCO9, June 25.
“Borders and Walls, Resistance and Forgiveness: Exploring a Pedagogy of Hope.” National Collegiate Choral Organization Board, August 12.
“Building a Vision: Exploring Hope through Compassionate Creativity.” University of Miami, August 17.
“Resistance and Forgiveness: Exploring Dreams and Action.” Keynote presentation, Syracuse University, August 22.
“Building Community through Prison Walls.” AR 766 Arts & the Community, Boston University, October 13.
“Cultural Appreciation v. Appropriation.” Panel presentation, Massachusetts Department of Revenue, October 25.
“Choral Conducting vs Choral Leadership.” Panel presentation, International Choral Conductors Federation, November 26.
“Empowering Voices.” Presentation, York University, Canada, December 2.
2021
"Fractures and Bridges: Choral Music and Hope.” Zamir Chorale, January 12.
*“Choral Music, Justice, Race: Approaches, Processes, Pedagogy.” Wisconsin Choral Directors Association State Conference, January 16.
https://www.wischoral.org/state-conference?fbclid=IwAR3nI3YmSQbGaKdPStvC4dHpUI2rzsmV0Z1SWstPIzhekq45TgdLKsTY0HU
“Choral Music and the Ummah - Building Understanding.” Yale University, February 10.
“Choral Music and Justice: What, Where, How?” University of Michigan, February 11.
“Rethinking Music Education for Justice and Equity.” Case Western Reserve University, February 22.
“Justice, Race, and the Infinite Possibility of Choir.” University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, February 26.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dAhAAZOqObkFnVjxSTYYljdq_5NBRtn0/view?usp=sharing
*“Dreaming and Transgressing: The Choral Commons as Radical Possibility.” Co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, Association of British Choral Directors, March 6.
https://www.abcd.org.uk/events/423/Spring+Webinars
“Why do you weep? Choral Music and the Whole Person.” Chorus Niagara, Toronto, March 15.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19gSsfZ0fPwtUoX5X2yp-ZVz5_RDb2IUp/view?usp=sharing
“Sharing the Wounds of Us: Choral Music for Justice.” Orpheus Choir of Toronto, March 16.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zspyWH3LrSBGPxK2CZBYWLHpWeWpgIIR/view?usp=sharing
*Panelist, Foundation Roundtable, Global Leaders Program, March 25.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JXRlGrP9kZkNZLEafbPM4tIXst2Uv9eL/view?usp=sharing
“Music-making for a New Citizenship.” Longy Conservatory, March 29.
“A Time Like No Other: Choral Music for Justice.” National Youth Choir of Great Britain Training Choir, April 6.
“Healing Fractures, Building Bridges: Choral Music, Justice, and Hope.” Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, April 7.
“Migracion forzada y formando comunidades a través de fronteras/Forced migration and building community across borders.” Center for Latin American Studies, Boston University, April 15.
“Children of War.” Co-presentation with Jahallah Shabazz and Ras-Jahallah Shabazz, African American Studies, Boston University, April 15.
https://youtu.be/LNWAvkhQVdk
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNn7ZJYjR92/?utm_medium=share_sheet
“Holding Ourselves Accountable: Choral Music for Justice.” Belle Voci, May 5.
“Music is part of what it means to be a human being.” Aarhus Vocal Festival, May 22.
https://aavf.dk/eaavf/eaavfsaturdaynightshow/
*“Finding Hope in the Face of Trauma.” Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine, June 19.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eU4_H0rdtE9vYizQcSqUukL__iH6aPOa/view?usp=sharing
*“Race, Prison, Justice: Illuminating Stories Through the Arts.” Co-presentation with Judy Braha, Education for Equity & Democracy, Wheelock College, Boston University, June 22.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c9cjQO-aJBnWoexLNuLGCvGkGhCckMqb/view?usp=sharing
“Bringing the Fringes to the Forefront: Broadening the Community of Your Artistic Practice.” 2021 Innovation Artists & Speakers Music Academy of the West, June 30.
https://www.musicacademy.org/about-us/2021-innovation-speakers/
*“Building Bridges, Replacing Coloniality: Choral Music, Hope, and Justice.” Choral Connect, New Zealand Choral Federation, July 14.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mG8r-H7BhljbjXghyE8rPs-a3TUZYNF/view?usp=sharing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbn3h8vUGsw&list=PL5MqFYmIwDHfuWUNtdsXky8JZeiAwHS3s&index=2
*“One World in Song,” (ICMPS-ESCOM) International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition-European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, July 29 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LgiQlmcW8pRKOXoT9XyHTE7_pWidXS-4/view?usp=sharing
https://icmpc2021.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
*“Rethinking Power for Change: Music Education and Justice.” Pan America/ISME (International Society for Music Education) Regional Conference, August 6.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OLJIp2cVGWDekB3Pzuy19b-kWB9DG_F3/view?usp=sharing
“Liberando tu potencial creativo [freeing your creative potential].” Reimaginando paradigmas corales [Reimagining Choral Paradigms], Voce in Tempore, Mexico, August 12.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVpM1dtpyiaP57713uibzwGO2Wj_iV_A/view?usp=sharing
“Derrocamiento de la monarquia [toppling the monarchy].” Reimaginando paradigmas corales [Reimagining Choral Paradigms], Voce in Tempore, Mexico, August 19.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVpM1dtpyiaP57713uibzwGO2Wj_iV_A/view?usp=sharing
“Los coralistas son más que una voz [singers are more than voices].” Reimaginando paradigmas corales [Reimagining Choral Paradigms], Voce in Tempore, Mexico, August 26.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVpM1dtpyiaP57713uibzwGO2Wj_iV_A/view?usp=sharing
“The Role of Artists in the Future of Community Safety.” Panelist, a FORWARD series conversation, presented by Forecast Public Art, September 16.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nRy1kjzG4qOf8BxlVtLLmqvqNMB32wtU/view?usp=sharing
*“Moving from epistemic violence to epistemic inclusion” 1Simpósio Inernacional de Educaçâo Musical [1st Symposium on Music Education], “The Diversity of Epistemological Roots in Music Education,” Londrina, Brazil, October 1.
“Choral Music: Interrogating Paradigms, Building Humanity.” University of Washington, October 7.
*“Working creatively with students K-6.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
https://nlmea.ca/pages/events
*“Relating lesson plans to culturally relevant pedagogies 7-12.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
https://nlmea.ca/pages/events
*“Empowering song pedagogy: use of narrative, the body, and the space in music education.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
https://nlmea.ca/pages/events
“Justice, Peace, and the Arts as Activism” [provisional title], Massachusetts Peace Action Network, October 26.
Presentation in the Education and Justice Speaker Series, MCI-Framingham [women’s prison], the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, November 8.
*“Displaced Human Bodies: Music Education and Storytelling.” A formação intercultural na formação de professores/as de música na contemporaneidade – XXV Congresso Nacional da Associaçâo Brasileira de Educaçâo Musical, November 22.
*“Music-Making in South Asia in the Shadow of Colonialism.” International Society for Music Education South Asia Regional Conference 2021, November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
“Building Hopeful Pedagogy: Bringing Lessons Learned from Prison to Campus.” Lightning Talk, “Teaching within a Social Justice Framework.” Boston University Center for Teaching and Learning, December 3.
2020
*"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest" on topics of the feminine spirit, forced migration, and mass incarceration, VOICES 21C, ACDA Eastern Division Conference, March 5.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3871681589564982
http://www.voices21c.org/uploads/1/0/1/1/101180762/111277_voice21c.pdf
*“Breaking the Silence: Empowering Voices Seldom Heard.” Interest session, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Convention, Rochester, NY, March 7.
“Music in Prison as an Exercise of Justice.” Co-presentation, Handel & Haydn Youth Choir, May 5.
"Bridges over troubled waters: Exploring media and messages in pandemic times," circle of advisors virtual roundtable, The Singing Network, June 4
“Adventures in Faith: Becoming a Musical Activist” United Parish Brookline, July 16
“Using Justice to Reimagine the Choir.” Westminster Choir College of Rider University, July 21.
“Building the Creative Choir,” Saint Angela Choir Bandung, Indonesia, July 31
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LDk9UNOOTdEC0zrEgqrrrzOKzbr7a5M8/view?usp=sharing
“Anti-Racism in Choral Music.” Panelist, Choral Consortium of San Diego, August 20.
*“Reflection, Imagining, Transgressing: The Choral Commons as Dream Space,” co-presented with Emilie Amrein, ACDA of Minnesota, September 24
“Choral Practice, Justice, and the Distance in-Between,” University of Albany, State University of New York, September 28
“No Justice, No Peace,” eight-session multimedia residency on Black Lives Matter, Westminster Choir College, October
https://www.rider.edu/about/news/westminster-chapel-choir-project-focuses-social-justice
“Reaching In, Making a Difference: Justice through Music,” Singing as Civic Engagement class, Purdue University, October 5
Socially engaged and equity-centered music practice panel, Proarts Consortium, October 7
https://drive.google.com/file/d/162qNW95ZVOi6fTEPtkOBkaOzxQWinUS8/view?usp=sharing
Common Ground Voices Jerusalem virtual residency, October 8-9
*Keynote Speaker, Music Special Interest Council, Newfoundland and Labrador Music Educators' Association - NLMEA, October 30
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fka-Lv2egP_xPuiJG9rp_ZylgYHsNaAT/view?usp=sharing
"My Body Was Left on the Street: Music Education & Displacement," presentation with Kinh T. Vu, Sarah Mandie, Rhoda Bernard, and Tou SaiKo Lee, about refugees and internally displaced persons, forced migration, and indigenous communities, Boston University Music Education, October 30
"Forging Connections, Building Bridges, Working for Justice" presentation for Brent Talbot's Teaching and Conducting Choral Ensembles, Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Gettysburg College, November 5
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ocDabsQJmKZADVgriNk0ZkjydEHVGZuE/view?usp=sharing
“Borders and Brutality: Music, Story, Power.” Global Migrant Festival 2020, Common Ground Voices / La Frontera, November 11
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nnv42tNvmS26yH58nGegsAqB-cGZvFrz/view?usp=sharing
"Borders, Walls, Race Brutality, The Arts for Listening and Storytelling," Faculty + Staff of Color & LGBTQIA+, Boston University Community Networks, November 13
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uipgoINk2Y72IyTOi3CSKR0Vyt4xL0yT/view?usp=sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EN6BmQwylU
The Empowering Song Approach, Shannon Rose McAuliffe's Musical Communities of Boston Class, Northeastern University, November 17
*The Choral Commons, co-presented with with Emilie Amrein, Dzaya Castillo, and Tomás Acosta, Festival Coralifornia, November 18
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=704938146894131&ref=watch_permalink
The Together Twilight Sessions, presentation on The Choral Commons with Emilie Amrein, December 10
https://www.abcd.org.uk/news/2020/10/Together_Twilight_Sessions_from_Together_Productions
2019
*“Race, Poverty, Prisons: How can music empower?” College Music Society Summit on 21st Century Music School Design, Carolina/CMS Summit 2.0, January 18.
“Migration, Culture, and Identity.” Victoria University, Melbourne, January 9.
*“Muslim music and repertoires.” Choralies, Vaison la Romaine, France, August.
*“Singing for Justice and Human Rights: Issues and Strategies.” In-Depth Seminar. Chorus America, Philadelphia, June 26.
“Choral Music in pursuit of the common good.” Seminar, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, November 21.
“Arts, Activism, Education.” Seminar, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, November 25.
“Justice, Song, and Search” presentation in seminar, “What is Music (Good) For?” Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, November 25.
2018
*"Building Compositional Bridges: Cultural Borrowing: Affinity or Appropriation?” Panelist, American Choral Directors Association, Eastern Division Convention, Pittsburgh, March 8.
“Arts Based Alternatives to Incarceration.” Panelist, Harvard School of Law, March 23.
*“Kirtan Roundtable: American Adaptations of Kirtan and the Question of Race.” Discussant, Symposium on Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices in the US, Boston University, April 6.
Presenter on music in prisons, Oxford University, UK, April 9.
*“There's Got To Be More To Peace Than Music!” Music, Business, and Peace Summit, Indiana University, May 11
*“Mysteries & Meditation.” Atelier co-leader, Europa Cantat XX, European Choral Association, Tallinn, Estonia, July 27-31.
“Respect, Courage, and Global Understanding: Working with Cross-cultural Repertoire and Settings.” American Choral Directors Association, Rhode Island Chapter, October 20.
“On the Edge: Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Sharing?” Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, October 25.
“Music and Social Change – how can it make a difference?” Stonehill College, November 5.
“Dreams Within.” Panelist, Freedom Through Art Collective, University of Massachusetts Boston, November 13.
2017
“Fireside Chat.” Music & Drama Education Expo, London Olympia, February 10.
“The case for music as an essential human right.” UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 30.
*“Choral Music: Mission Possible, Potential Power.” Keynote, International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
*“Choral Music Changing the World.” Co-presentation with Rahib Haddad, International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
*“Music of the Muslim World: Challenges and Opportunities.” International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
*“Building Musical Pieces: Voices and Instruments.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
*“The Song, the Body, the Person.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
*“The Orff Approach in the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and Opportunities.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
"Music, Peace, and Justice: Projects and Challenges." Lawrence University, Wisconsin, May 8.
*"The Awkward and Troubled Business of Music and Peace." Music, Business, Peace Conference, Indiana University, May 12.
*“Identity, Belonging, And Struggle: Building Community Through Music.” The 1st International Music Education Conference of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Music Education in the Community – Traditions, Challenges, and Innovations, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 15.
*“Choral Singing from East and West.” The 1st International Music Education Conference of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem, May 17.
“Societal Role of Music.” North University of China, Taiyuan, China, June 6.
*“Empowering Song: An Artistic Blueprint for Social Change, Parts I, II, III.” United Church of Christ Musicians Association (UCCMA) Conference: Empowering Musicians, Transforming Communities, Boston, July 10, 11, 12.
*“The Role and the Power of Music in the World Today.” International Congress of Voice Teachers, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, August 3.
*“Choral singing and its many variations.” Panelist, International Congress of Voice Teachers, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, August 4.
“Empowering Song: Why, For Whom, What, How?” Lecture, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre (EIC), Stockholm, Sweden, September 29.
Seminar-workshop, American Choral Directors Association New Hampshire Chapter Collegiate Conference, Plymouth, New Hampshire, October 14.
*“Music in two Massachusetts Prisons: Overview, Rewards, Challenges.” Arts Behind Bars Mini-Symposium, Oberlin College, November 4.
2016
*"Can We Make a Difference, and How?” S.MA.R.T. Presentation, American Choral Directors Association, Western Division, Pasadena, California, February, 27.
“Pain, Promise, Potential in Music: Global Perspective on Music & Social Change.” Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz, California, February 29.
“Global Perspective on Music & Social Change.” Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California, March 1.
"Saving the World through Music - Really?” Roosevelt University, Chicago, April 4.
“Unending Pain, Broken Promises, and the Mobilizing Power of Music.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 7.
"Empowering Song: Connecting Choral Music and Human Values.” Workshop/seminar, Sveriges Körförbund, in collaboration with the Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, May 27.
2015
“Why am I excluded: Choral Music for Change or Status Quo.” University of San Francisco, May 12.
*"Choral music without orders: transformation in Boston prisons.” Yale International Choral Festival - Symposium: Choirs Transforming Lives, June 16.
*"Music and the Forgotten World." Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21.
*"Music and the Forgotten World - An Empowerment Model in the Violence of American Prisons.” Social Impact of Making Music, SIMM-POSIUM, Ghent University, Belgium, October 5.
"Empowering Song: A pathway for music education to build a better world.” South China Normal University, China, November 6.
"Empowering Song: A pathway for music education to build a better world.” Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China, November 8.
2014
*"Choral Music: Healing People, Saving Lives." IFCM 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, Seoul, Korea, August.
*"Music of the Muslim World is Our Music: Repertoire and Strategy." IFCM 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, Seoul, Korea, August 7, 8.
Lecture: From Prisons to Slums to the West Bank: Mobilizing the Arts for Social Change Washington University in St Louis, September 30.
Lecture: Musical Excellence and Participatory Music: Uncovering Tensions, Interrogating Paradigms Washington University in St Louis, October 3.
*"COUNT ME IN! The Arts, like Food and Water: From American Prisons to the Palestinian West Bank," seminar presentation, Swedish Human Rights Forum, MR-Dagarna, Umeå, Sweden, November 13.
"Voice in the Body, Song in the Heart," presentation at the opening ceremony, Swedish Human Rights Forum, MR-Dagarna, Umeå, Sweden, November 13.
Seminar: Rescuing the arts from the realm of the elite, The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia Seminar: Arts Education – Challenges and Vision, presentation to Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aRts (STAR), The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia.
2013
*"Minority and Exclusion: A personal narrative and genre sketch from a Bombay Goan," Goa: a postcolonial society between cultures Conference, Yale University, April 5.
*"Music, the arts, and global health – in search of sangam, its theory, and paradigms," Society for Ethnomusicology's 2013 Preconference – Music and Global Health: Toward Collective Paradigms, November 13.
2012
*“International perspectives in arts and public health: community mobilising and communication,” Arts and Wellbeing: Recent Developments, Future Challenges conference, Royal Society for Public Health, London, February 9.
*“Using the arts to advance health literacy," co-presentation with Andrew Pleasant, Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Irvine CA, May 10.
*"Conductors without Borders: mission and possible vision," Choirs Transforming Our World Symposium, Yale International Choral Festival, New Haven, June 22. "Building Bridges – the Community Heartsong Project," World Choral Summit, Beijing July 16.
2011
*Invited panel member, Middle East Harmonies Symposium, Northeastern University, Fenway Center, April 11.
2010
"The future of arts education in an Indonesian context", Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta, 3 July.
Conference Presentations
(italics indicates also listed in Invited Presentations)
2024
“Sama: Listening and Engaging with Musics of the Muslim World.” Co-presentation with Krystal Morin, Bradford Dumont, and VOICES 21C, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region, Providence, March 1.
“You Won’t Break My Soul”: Finding Queer Joy and Resilience with LGBTQ+ Refugees.” (proposal) Paper co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, Community Music Activity Commission of the International Society for Music Education, Finland, July.
“Finding Hope in Dark Times: Music Educators as Smugglers of Humanity.” Keynote presentation, 36th World Conference, International Society for Music Education, Helsinki, July 28.
“Inclusivity, cultural tension, and identity in Indian music education practice.” (proposal) Paper co-presentation with Sandra Oberoi, 36th World Conference, International Society for Music Education, Helsinki, July-August.
2023
"Dreaming a Just and Equitable Choral Future with VOICES 21C," American Choral Directors Association, Cincinnati, February 23.
“A Nomad in the Shadow of Diasporic History: An Autoethnographic Account,” Borchard Colloquium, Missilac, France, July 11.
“A New Pedagogy Behind Bars,” Rise Up Conference, September 6-8.
“Singing our Stories: Sharing approaches to music-making and storytelling with newcomer, refugee, and equity-seeking young people,” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Ottawa, October 20.
2022
Pre-Conference co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, National Collegiate Choral Organization, NCCO9, Atlanta, January 4. [postponed by organizers because of Covid].
“Music and Islam: How Might We Intersect in a Polarized World?” Paper presentation in “Religion, Transnationalism, and Networks,” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, March 27.
“Empowering Song - A Liberatory Choral Approach for Race, Prisons, and Beyond." Bent But Not Broken: A Conference Amplifying the Choral Music of Black Composers,” Delaware, April 30.
“Building the Beloved Community,” Keynote co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, National Collegiate Choral Organization, NCCO9, June 25.
“Children Deserted, Families Broken: A Musical Story in a Racial War.” Paper presentation. “Who are you (we)? Where are you (we)? Grounding and connecting through stories of Community Music” International Society for Music Education Community Music Activity Commission Pre-Conference Seminar, Melbourne, Australia, July 13.
“Turning the lens on India: Visibility and accountability in music education.” Paper co-presentation with Sandra Oberoi. “A Visible Voice” 35th World Conference of International Society for Music Education, Brisbane, Australia, July 20.
“Choral Singing in Prisons: Building Artistry, Changing Lives.” Co-presentation with Jamie Hillman, International Federation for Choral Music World Choral EXPO EXchange! Lisbon, September 5.
“Smuggling in Humanity: An Arts Course with a Difference.” Co-presentation with Truth, 12th National Conference on Higher Education in Prison, October 13.
“Walls, Asymmetries, and Musically Transgressive Practice.” “Prison as a Border,” Panel, Joint Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Society for Ethnomusicology, and Society for Music Theory, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, November 11.
“Singing my own story: Exploring intersections of displacement, resistance, and music-making in the lives of children and young people.” Roundtable, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, November 12.
“Walls, Asymmetries, and Transgressive Artistic Practice.” Paper presentation, 5th International Conference for Carceral Geography, Melbourne, December 15.
2021
“Choral Music, Justice, Race: Approaches, Processes, Pedagogy.” Wisconsin Choral Directors Association State Conference, January 16.
“Dreaming and Transgressing: The Choral Commons as Radical Possibility.” Co-presentation with Emilie Amrein, Association of British Choral Directors, March 6.
Panelist, Foundation Roundtable, Global Leaders Program, March 25.
“Music is part of what it means to be a human being.” Aarhus Vocal Festival, May 22.
“Finding Hope in the Face of Trauma.” Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine, June 19.
“Race, Prison, Justice: Illuminating Stories Through the Arts.” Co-presentation with Judy Braha, Education for Equity & Democracy, Wheelock College, Boston University, June 22.
“Building Bridges, Replacing Coloniality: Choral Music, Hope, and Justice.” Choral Connect, New Zealand Choral Federation, July 14.
“Rethinking Power for Change: Music Education and Justice.” Pan America/ISME (International Society for Music Education) Regional Conference, August 6.
“Moving from epistemic violence to epistemic inclusion.” 1Simpósio Inernacional de Educaçâo Musical [1st Symposium on Music Education], “The Diversity of Epistemological Roots in Music Education,” Londrina, Brazil, October 1.
“Working creatively with students K-6.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
“Relating lesson plans to culturally relevant pedagogies 7-12.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
“Empowering song pedagogy: use of narrative, the body, and the space in music education.” Resonate/ARC 2021 Conference, Newfoundland & Labrador Music Educators Association, October 22.
“Border Transgressions: Song and Story.” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, October 31.
“Empowering Song: The Arts as a Means of Storytelling within the Brutality of Relational Realities.” Co-presentation with Judy Braha, 11th National Conference on Higher Education in Prison, November 12, Denver, Colorado.
https://www.higheredinprison.org/2021-nchep
“Displaced Human Bodies: Music Education and Storytelling.” A formação intercultural na formação de professores/as de música na contemporaneidade – XXV Congresso Nacional da Associaçâo Brasileira de Educaçâo Musical, November 22.
“Music-Making in South Asia in the Shadow of Colonialism.” International Society for Music Education South Asia Regional Conference 2021, November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2020
"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest" on topics of the feminine spirit, forced migration, and mass incarceration, VOICES 21C, ACDA Eastern Division Conference, March 5.
“Breaking the Silence: Empowering Voices Seldom Heard.” Interest session, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Convention, Rochester, NY, March 7.
"Bridges over troubled waters: Exploring media and messages in pandemic times," circle of advisors virtual roundtable, The Singing Network, June 4
“Reimagining the Choir: Common Ground Voices.” Co-presentation with Emilie Amrein. Chorus America Virtual Conference, June 18.
“Dialogue through Musicking between Israelis and Palestinians: Challenges, Losses, Compromises, and Gains.” International Society for Music Education, Community Music Assemblies, July 7.
“Reflection, Imagining, Transgressing: The Choral Commons as Dream Space,” co-presented with Emilie Amrein, ACDA of Minnesota, September 24.
Panel on Land Equity with Harvey Young, Mallika Bose, Amy Chavasse, Meredith Drum, Ginger Contreras, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 28.
Panel Discussion Chair on the topic of global singing activism, Boston University Ethnomusicology Conference, October 29.
Keynote Speaker, Music Special Interest Council, Newfoundland and Labrador Music Educators' Association - NLMEA, October 30.
The Choral Commons, co-presented with with Emilie Amrein, Dzaya Castillo, and Tomás Acosta, Festival Coralifornia, November 18.
2019
“Migration, Culture, and Identity.” Victoria University, Melbourne, January 9.
“Race, Poverty, Prisons: How can music empower?” College Music Society Summit on 21st Century Music School Design, Carolina/CMS Summit 2.0, January 18.
“Finding Common Ground.” American Choral Directors Association National Convention, Kansas City, February 27.
“Music Education and Displacement: The Hidden Voices.” Co-presentation with Kinh T. Vu. Massachusetts Music Educators Association, Boston, February 28.
“Singing for Justice and Human Rights: Issues and Strategies.” In-Depth Seminar. Chorus America, Philadelphia, June 26.
“Abrahamic Sacred Choral Music and Collaborations.” Chorus America Conference, Philadelphia, June 27.
“Muslim music and repertoires.” Choralies, Vaison la Romaine, France, August.
“Out and About and In Between: Activism, Identity, and Struggle in LGBTQ Choruses.” The Society for Ethnomusicology 64th Annual Meeting, Indiana, November 7.
2018
“VOICES 21C: Developing Greater Human Understanding Through Choral Music Education.” Massachusetts Music Educators Association 2018 All-State Conference – Reaching Every Learner, Boston, March 2.
"Building Compositional Bridges: Cultural Borrowing: Affinity or Appropriation?” Panelist, American Choral Directors Association, Eastern Division Convention, Pittsburgh, March 8.
“Kirtan Roundtable: American Adaptations of Kirtan and the Question of Race.” Discussant, Symposium on Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices in the US, Boston University, April 6.
“There's Got To Be More To Peace Than Music!” Music, Business, and Peace Summit, Indiana University, May 11
“Mysteries & Meditation.” Atelier co-leader, Europa Cantat XX, European Choral Association, Tallinn, Estonia, July 27-31.
2017
“Musicking Equity: Enacting Social Justice through Empowering Song.” Co-presentation with Emily Howe and Kinh Vu. 2017 New Directions in Music Education Conference, Michigan State University, February 17.
“One Sky, Many Destinies: Bridging the University-Prison Divide.” Co-presentation interest session with Rebecca Seeman (University of San Francisco) ACDA, Minneapolis, March 8, 9.
“Changing Your Musical Relationship with Your Community: 10 Good Ideas.” Massachusetts Music Educators Association 2017 All-State Conference – Embracing Change, Embracing Diversity, Embracing the Future, Boston, March 11.
“Choral Music: Mission Possible, Potential Power.” Keynote, International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
“Choral Music Changing the World.” Co-presentation with Rahib Haddad, International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
“Music of the Muslim World: Challenges and Opportunities.” International Youth Choir Festival Conference, Royal Albert Hall, London, April 15.
“Building Musical Pieces: Voices and Instruments.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
“The Song, the Body, the Person.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
“The Orff Approach in the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and Opportunities.” Living Music and Dance, Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, Melbourne, Australia, May 5.
"The Awkward and Troubled Business of Music and Peace." Music, Business, Peace Conference, Indiana University, May 12.
“Identity, Belonging, And Struggle: Building Community Through Music.” The 1st International Music Education Conference of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Music Education in the Community – Traditions, Challenges, and Innovations, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 15.
“Choral Singing from East and West.” The 1st International Music Education Conference of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem, May 17.
“Empowering Song: An Artistic Blueprint for Social Change, Parts I, II, III.” United Church of Christ Musicians Association (UCCMA) Conference: Empowering Musicians, Transforming Communities, Boston, July 10, 11, 12.
“The Role and the Power of Music in the World Today.” International Congress of Voice Teachers, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, August 3.
“Choral singing and its many variations.” Panelist, International Congress of Voice Teachers, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, August 4.
“Israel, Palestine: Struggling, Singing, and the Hard Lessons.” Co-presenter, Tanglewood Conversation, Boston University, September 15.
“Music-Making in U.S. Prisons: Reflecting on the Past, Innovations for the Future.” Co-presenter, College Music Society National Conference, San Antonio, October 26.
“Music in two Massachusetts Prisons: Overview, Rewards, Challenges.” Arts Behind Bars Mini-Symposium, Oberlin College, November 4.
2016
“Choral Music: Healing People, Saving Lives, Making a Difference.” ACDA Eastern Division, Boston, February 13.
"Trinity Wall Street Singers Visiting a Prison: A Reflection.” Panelist, ACDA Eastern Division, Boston, February 13.
"Can We Make a Difference, and How?” S.MA.R.T. Presentation, American Choral Directors Association, Western Division, Pasadena, California, February, 27.
2015
"Building Atypical Community Children's Choirs and Developing Conductors - the Essentials," Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, March 20.
"Choral music without orders: transformation in Boston prisons.” Yale International Choral Festival - Symposium: Choirs Transforming Lives, June 16.
"Music and the Forgotten World." Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21.
"Music and the Forgotten World - An Empowerment Model in the Violence of American Prisons.” Social Impact of Making Music, SIMM-POSIUM, Ghent University, Belgium, October 5.
2014
"Salamu Aleikum - Music of the Muslim World." American Choral Directors Association, Western Division Conference, Santa Barbara, February 22.
“Educating for Personal Transformation: Exploratory Curriculum as Innovative Practice," co-presentation with Jamie Hillman and Emily Howe, Sixth Annual Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching, Boston University, March 7.
"Freedom is Coming: African-American Spirituals in Prison," co-presentation with Jamie Hillman and Emily Howe, Conference on African-American Music in World Culture: Arts as Refuge and Strength in the Struggle for Freedom, African-American Studies Department, Boston University, March 20.
"Voices of Transformation: Choral Education in Prisons," co-presentation with Emily Howe, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, March 21.
"Music and Social Justice" panelist, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, March 21.
"CONDUCTING 21C – A New Pathway For Conducting Pedagogy," co-presentation with Anna Larsdotter Persson, International Symposium on Singing in Music Education, Budapest, April 25.
"Musical excellence and community music: Uncovering tensions, Interrogating Paradigms," co-presentation with Dochy Lichtensztajn, Community Music Commission Seminar, International Society for Music Education, Salvador, Brazil, July 18.
"I Once was Lost But Now Am Found: A Portrait of a Prison Community Music Program," Community Music Commission Seminar, 31st ISME World Conference on Music Education, Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 21.
"Choral Music: Healing People, Saving Lives." IFCM 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, Seoul, Korea, August.
"Music of the Muslim World is Our Music: Repertoire and Strategy." IFCM 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, Seoul, Korea, August 7, 8.
"COUNT ME IN! The Arts, like Food and Water: From American Prisons to the Palestinian West Bank," seminar presentation, Swedish Human Rights Forum, MR-Dagarna, Umeå, Sweden, November 13.
"Re-Member Me: Rebirthing the Self through Musical Practice in a U.S. Women’s Prison," co-presentation with Emily Howe, The Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, November 16.
2013
"Teaching in Prisons is a Win-Win: Curriculum, Strategies, and Benefits," co-presentation with Jamie Hillman, Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, March 1.
"Music of the Muslim World is Our Music - Repertoire and Teaching Strategy." Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, March 1.
“Music of the Muslim World: Building Bridges, Creating Understanding.” American Choral Directors Conference, Dallas, March 15.
"Minority and Exclusion: A personal narrative and genre sketch from a Bombay Goan," Goa: a postcolonial society between cultures Conference, Yale University, April 5.
"Anthony Palmer: scholar…" panelist, International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education Symposium IX, Columbia University, NYC, June 7.
"Teaching Music in Prisons: Building Artistry, Changing Lives" co-presentation with Emily Howe, Jamie Hillman, CMS Fifty-Sixth National Conference, Cambridge, November 1.
"The Tanglewood Declaration as the Basis for a Music Curriculum" co-presentation with Janet Barrett, Frank Heuser, Betty Anne Younker, CMS Fifty-Sixth National Conference, Cambridge, November 1.
"Music, the arts, and global health – in search of sangam, its theory, and paradigms," Society for Ethnomusicology's 2013 Preconference – Music and Global Health: Toward Collective Paradigms, November 13.
2012
“International perspectives in arts and public health: community mobilising and communication,” Arts and Wellbeing: Recent Developments, Future Challenges conference, Royal Society for Public Health, London, February 9.
“Choral singing in marginalized communities: prisons” co-presentation with Jamie Hillman, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division conference, Providence RI, February 17.
“Music of the Muslim World: Breaking the Barrier” American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division conference, Providence RI, February 17.
"Middle East Harmonies: the Challenges of Programming", with Joshua Jacobson and Boston Zamir Chorale, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division conference, Providence RI, February 17.
"The “Hows” and “Whys” of Therapeutic and Service Choirs", panelist, American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division conference, Providence RI, February 18.
“Program Innovation and Accreditation for Music Education Programs” co-presentation with Janet Barrett, William Fredrickson, and Betty Anne Younker, Biennial Music Educators National Conference, St. Louis, March 30.
“Arts and Public Health Projects: Paradigms, Processes, and Issues, Lima, Peru, and Beyond” Arts & Healthcare: A Global View: Society for the Arts in Healthcare’s 23rd Annual Conference, Detroit, May 3.
“Using the arts to advance health literacy," co-presentation with Andrew Pleasant, Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Irvine CA, May 10.
"Building repertoire: Indonesian choral music and beyond," Yale International Choral Festival, New Haven, June 20.
"Building repertoire: Indonesian choral music and beyond," Yale International Choral Festival, New Haven, June 20.
"Can we ever live in peace? A study of the interaction between Arab and Israeli youth community choruses," Community Music Commission Seminar, International Society for Music Education, Corfu, Greece, July 12.
"Conductors without Borders: mission and possible vision," Choirs Transforming Our World Symposium, Yale International Choral Festival, New Haven, June 22. "Building Bridges – the Community Heartsong Project," World Choral Summit, Beijing July 16.
“Lascia ch'io pianga: an experimental and experiential community building project between Israeli and Palestinian choirs” 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, New Orleans, November.
“Rigorous and Engaging: The State of Online Graduate Education” panelist, 55th National Conference of The College Music Society, San Diego, California, November 1.
"The Tanglewood Declaration as the Basis for a Music Curriculum," co-presentation with Richard Bunbury and Anthony Palmer, Music Learning: Benefits for the 21st-century Learner Conference, Université Laval, Quebec, November 24.
2011
Invited panel member, Middle East Harmonies Symposium, Northeastern University, Fenway Center, April 11.
"Using the Arts and Health Literacy to Improve Household Hygiene in a shantytown in Lima, Peru" co-presentation with Andrew Pleasant, American Public Health Association 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 1, Washington, DC.
"North Sulawesi Choral Music: A Local Portrait of a Globalizing Genre" co-presentation with Miguel Felipe, Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Philadelphia, November 17.
"A New York Choir Integrates Youth: How the Young People's Chorus of NYC Serves as an Advocacy Role Model," co-presentation with Miguel Felipe, The Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Philadelphia, November 18.
2010
"Community, communication, social change: Music in an Indian slum" International Society for Music Education Community Music Activity Commission 2010 Seminar, Hangzhou, China, 28-30 July.
Clinics, Residencies, Workshops, etc.
2023
Residency, The University of Texas at Austin, April 2-7.
2022
ChoirLab21C, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Manado, Indonesia, July 29.
Male choir, GMIM Pniel Bahu, Manado, Indonesia, July 29.
Mixed choir, GMIM Pniel Bahu, Manado, Indonesia, July 29.
The Slaying of Innocence, Eric Anderson, Truth, Wayland Coleman, VOICES 21C, Beth Morrison Projects, Boston, October 8-9.
2021
Dialogue workshop in response to the Israel-Palestine (Gaza) crisis, Common Ground Voices (Jerusalem), May 16.
Music Academy of the West vocal institute, Santa Barbara, July 5.
https://www.musicacademy.org/profile/andre-de-quadros/
“Creative Activities: Conferencia con André de Quadros: Distantes pero juntos.” Workshop with Voce In Tempore, Mexico, September 22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRytQPvn44
2020
Manado State University Choir retreat, January 10-13
Encuentro at Jardin De Las Mariposas shelter for transgender asylum seekers, Tijuana, Mexico, Common Ground Voices / La Frontera, February 9
One-on-One Consultations, Chorus America, June 16, 17, 18.
2019
Cancion Empoderante - III. In Festival Coralifornia. Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico.
Cancion Comun - III. In Festival Coralifornia. Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico
Cancion Empoderante - II. In Festival Coralifornia. Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico.
Cancion Comun - II. In Festival Coralifornia. Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico.
Cancion Empoderante - I. In Festival Coralifornia. Tijuana, Mexico.
Cancion Comun - I. In Festival Coralifornia. Centro de Artes Musicales, Tijuana, Mexico.
Where do we go from here? Chaos or Community. In Collaborative performance with Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee.
Muslim music and repertoires. In Choralies Festival. Vaison la Romaine, France.
Choral Literature. University of Michigan.
2018
“Empowering ourselves through song,” weekly workshop series co-leader with Bradford Dumont, Boston University Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, February-May.
Workshop in prison with Common Ground Voices, Germany, Musica Sacra, May 20.
Workshop series on Hindu and Muslim music. Co-leader, Europa Cantat XX, European Choral Association, Tallinn, Estonia, July 27-31.
Semillas Estilares workshop, Cuernavaca, Mexico, August 6.
2017
Workshop, Moshavim, Mila, Israel, March 2.
Workshop, Vocalocity, Mila, Israel, March 4.
Workshop, Mila, Bat Yam, Israel, March 5.
Workshop, including Sawa, Mila, Israel, March 6.
Workshop, including Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, Mila, Israel, March 6.
Co-leader, Diversity Initiatives Open Forum, American Choral Directors Association National Convention, Minneapolis, March 10.
Workshop, Siraskolan, Bethlehem, Palestine, March 17.
Workshop, Amwaj, Bethlehem, Palestine, March 17.
Workshops, UCSI Mixed Choir, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28, 29.
Workshops, UCSI Junior Choir, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 29, 30.
Radio interview together with Manado State University Choir, Premier Gospel – LIVE – Gospel Drive with Lady T, London, UK, April 13.
Radio interview together with Manado State University Choir, Premier Christian Radio – LIVE – Premier Drive with Dave Rose, London, UK, April 13.
Co-panelist, ROUNDUP: IYCF Question Time, Royal Albert Hall, UK, April 15.
Workshops for various classes, Lawrence University, Wisconsin, May 8-9.
Workshop, Concert Choir and Cantala, Lawrence University, Wisconsin, May 8.
Workshop, North University of China choir, Taiyuan, China, June 6.
Workshop, Shenyang Children’s Choir, World Symposium on Choral Music 11, Barcelona, Spain, July 23.
Masterclass, Kolot Hakfar, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 6.
Masterclass, Tritonus, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 7.
Masterclass, Hadarei Ron, Guzh Etzion, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 8.
Masterclass, Moran’s Parents, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 8.
Masterclass, Havaya choir, Soul, Gospel and Prayer International Song Festival Zimriya, Akko, Israel, August 9.
Workshop, Lilla Akademien choir, Music & Humanity Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre (EIC), Stockholm, Sweden, September 28.
Workshop, Stockholms Musikgymnasium choir, Music & Humanity Festival, EIC, Stockholm, Sweden, September 28.
Empowering Song workshop, Music & Humanity Festival, EIC, Stockholm, Sweden, September 30.
Workshops, Wellesley College choir, Boston, October 5, 30.
2016
“Reaching In, Reaching Out,” a workshop for potential community choral leaders, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, February 6.
Clinic, Shenzhen High School Lily Choir (Shengzhen Gao Zhong Bai He He Chang Tuan; 深圳高中百合合唱团), Boston, February 13.
“New Age Conducting,” conducting masterclasses, 1st Manado International Choral Expo, Manado, Indonesia, March 9-11.
Clinic, Master of Breakthrough Choir, Manado, Indonesia, March 9.
Clinic, Manado Catholic Choir, Manado, Indonesia, March 9.
Performing Social Justice Residency, Roosevelt University, Chicago, April 4-6.
Workshop, Harvard Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard University, February 1, April 11.
Co-presenter, Prison Arts Roundtable and Forum, Boston University, May 4.
Workshops, Adolf Fredriks musikklasser (Farsta), Sweden, May 26.
Workshops, Lilla Akademien Musikgymnasium, Stockholm, May 27.
“Music and the Brain: Singing and Moving for Living Well.” Forum presentations, Conversations for the Curious, May 16, June 16, Melbourne.
Artistic Director, CONDUCTING 21C: Musical Leadership for a New Century, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Sweden, August 20-24.
Director, Choir Lab, CONDUCTING 21C, Eric Ericson Hall, Stockholm, August 22, 23.
Workshop with Afghan refugee/asylum seekers youth, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser, Music & Humanity Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, August 22.
Workshop, Harvard-Radcliffe Music in Hospitals and Nursing Homes using Entertainment as Therapy (MIHNUET), Harvard University, September 4.
Workshop, Harvard-Radcliffe Music in Hospitals and Nursing Homes using Entertainment as Therapy (MIHNUET), Brookline nursing home, September 11.
Co-leader, music workshop pilot program, Judge Connelly Youth Center, Roslindale, MA, October-November.
Workshops, Piccola Voce, Camberwell Girls Grammar Junior School, Melbourne, October.
Workshops, Years 3 &4, Camberwell Girls Grammar Junior School, Melbourne, October.
Workshops, Vivace, Camberwell Girls Grammar Junior School, Melbourne, October.
Workshop, Sawa Choir, Shefa-‘Amr, Galilee, November 27.
Workshop, Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, Shefa-‘Amr, Galilee, November 27
Masterclass, Bat-Yam High School Choir, Tel Aviv, November 29.
Masterclass, Koral, Tel Aviv, November 29.
Masterclass, Voca Tikva, Tel Aviv, November 29.
Masterclass, Sharonit Choir, Tel Aviv, November 30.
Masterclass, Bat-Kol, Tel Aviv, November 30.
Masterclass, Neve-Shir women’s choir, Tel Aviv, November 30.
Workshop, Meitar ensemble Yad Hashmona, Israel, December 2.
Seminar leader, Hallel annual choral workshop, Yad Hashmona, Israel, December 3-5.
Co-leader, music workshop pilot program, Judge Connelly Youth Center, Roslindale, MA, October-November.
2015
Workshop, Arab music teachers, Sawa Center, Galilee, March 22.
Workshop, Al Baath Arab Voices of Galilee, March 23.
Workshop, Shani Arab-Jewish Girls Choir and Sawa Choir, Galilee, March 23.
Seminar, Arab and Jewish music teachers, Emek Israel, March 24.
Professional Development Workshop, Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, Ramallah, Palestine, March 26-28.
Workshop, Jerusalem Girls Choir, March 28, Ramallah.
Workshops, Islamic waqf elementary girls school, Tsur Baher, Jerusalem, March 29.
Clinic, Shenzhen High School Lily Choir (Shengzhen Gao Zhong Bai He He Chang Tuan; 深圳高中百合合唱团), Shenzhen, China, April 18.
Clinic, Fuzhou University Honor Students Choir (Fu Zhou Da Xue Zhi Cheng Xue Yuan Xue Sheng He Chang Tuan; 福州大学至诚学院学生合唱团), Fuzhou, China, April 18.
Clinic, Tiankong Ladies Choir (Tian Kong Nu Zi He Chang Tuan;天空女子合唱团), Wuhan, China, April 19.
Clinic, Jinshui Female Teachers’ Choir (Jin Shui Qu Nu Zi He Chang Tuan; 金水区女子合唱团), Zhengzhou, China, April 20.
Clinic, Shanghai Normal University Xingzhi Choir (Shanghai Shi Fan Da Xue Xing Zhi He Chang Tuan;上海师范大学行知合唱团), Shanghai, China, April 21.
Workshops, Junior School choirs, Camberwell Girls Grammar, Melbourne, May 22.
Artistic director, CONDUCTING 21C, Yale University, USA, June 16-21.
Artistic director, 4th Bali International Choir Festival, July 29- August 2.
Clinic, Youtefa Male Choir (Papua), BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Harmonix Youth Choir, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Paduan Suara Magnificat Et Bonum, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Sixers Voice Choir, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Gita Buana Soediman Universitas Jenderal Soediman, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Stikma Choir, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, Love ReSMa – Remaja Sentrum Manado, BICF, Bali, July 29
Clinic, One Voice, BICF, Bali, July 29.
Clinic, St Cecilia Wildu Choir, BICF, Bali, July 30.
Clinic, Bethlehem Male Cantare Tahuna, BICF, Bali, July 30.
Artistic director, CONDUCTING 21C, Eric Ericson International Choral Center, Stockholm, Sweden, August 15-19.
Workshop as part of CONDUCTING 21C, Österåkeranstalten (women's jail and prison), Stockholm, August 18.
Choir Lab, public workshop presentation, A. de Quadros and conducting participants of CONDUCTING 21C with Manado State University Choir, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 18.
Choir Lab, public workshop presentation, A. de Quadros and conducting participants of CONDUCTING 21C with Manado State University Choir, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 19.
Choir Lab, public workshop presentation, A. de Quadros and conducting participants of CONDUCTING 21C with Manado State University Choir, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 23.
Workshop as part of CONDUCTING 21C, Ny Gemenskap (community cafe), Stockholm, August 24.
Choir Lab, public workshop presentation, A. de Quadros and conducting participants of CONDUCTING 21C with Manado State University Choir, Eric Ericson International Choral Centre, Stockholm, August 24.
Clinic, Buendner Jugendchor (Switzerland), Kalamata International Choir Competition & Festival 2015, Greece, October 17.
Clinical observation, Al Jalazon School (UNRWA), Palestine, October 26.
Clinical observation and workshop, music class, Al Kamandjati, Kalandia, Palestine, October 27.
Training Workshop for music teachers, Al Kamandjati, Ramallah, Palestine, October 26-28.
Workshop, SAWA youth choir, Shefa-‘Amr, Galilee, October 31.
Clinic, The Madrigal Singers, Haifa, Israel, November 1.
Masterclass rehearsal with Re’ut High School Choir, Haifa, Israel, November 2.
General vocal/choral workshop with Re'ut High School, and students of Haifa University, Israel, November 2.
Seminar, Haifa University, Israel, November 2.
Workshop, Al Baath, Shefa-‘Amr, Galilee, November 2.
Clinic, Choir of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 8.
Clinic, Guangdong Experimental Shunde School Choir, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 9.
Clinic, The Joyful Noise Choir, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 9.
Clinic, Dandelion Girls Chorus of Qingdao Kindergarten, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 9.
Clinic, Dongguan City Lao Gan Bu Qing Song Choir, Macau, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 9.
Workshop-demonstration, Manado State University Choir, IFCM World Choral Expo, Macau, November 12.