These kids are learning how to communicate, respect people and their opinions, and how to be accountable for themselves. Taking lessons to learn an instrument is one thing, but learning how to be a part of a band is on another level.
If you're thinking about checking it out, don't wait, just do it! Chevelle S, Portland, OR The structure around how kids learn is amazing. Wish I had this type of exposure to music when I was growing up! Lori H, Downington, PA It's the best music program in the city.ĭedicated instructors and staff, vibrant atmosphere, and most importantly, it's fun! My 8-year-old has grown leaps and bounds in skill and personal confidence.
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The staff shares their passion for music and are very professional and accommodating. Lifelong skills and relationships are born here. Eric is also a pianist and a Balinese gamelan performer he has performed with the New York-based ensemble Gamelan Dharma Swara for fifteen years.The kids have a great time while learning to play.
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Outside of the classroom, Eric has been working on his podcast series for the MAARC entitled “Who is an Immigrant?,” wherein he analyzes a song that discusses a particular immigrant experience that doesn’t fit the traditional metanarrative and provides in-depth conversations with experts in that particular type of immigration. non-profit, 1882 Foundation, where he and his students created the 1882 Foundation Digital Archive, improving access to 1882 Foundation’s video collections and emphasizing the importance of preserving family archives. A recent project was a partnership with the D.C. To help students in the MLIS program gain more hands-on, “real-world” skills, such as campaign planning, working with media outlets, building equitable partnerships, and crowdsourcing, Eric includes projects that give students an opportunity to engage with the community and provide invaluable learning experiences. After graduating, in addition to running MAARC, Eric decided to continue his love of teaching as an adjunct lecturer at the UMD iSchool. He chose UMD because it offered an inclusive and equitable learning environment, a reasonable commute from his home in southern New Jersey, and gave him the opportunity to learn under Ricardo (Ricky) Punzalan, former associate professor at the iSchool whose expertise lies in the digitization of archives, museum studies, and inter-institutional collaboration.
To help prepare himself for MAARC’s launch, Eric enrolled in the University of Maryland College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program. After much consideration on how he could address these underrepresented groups, Eric decided to leave music academia and launch the Music of Asian America Research Center (MAARC) in 2017, an organization striving to increase knowledge and awareness of Asian American history and experience through collecting and conducting research on materials related to music-making by Asian Americans. After graduating from the iSchool's MLIS program, Eric decided to continue his love of teaching as an adjunct lecturer, where he helps students gain more hands-on, "real-world" skills.ĭuring his 14 years as a professor of Music History at Rider University’s Westminster Choir College, Eric Hung became aware of the glaring absence of diverse cultural representations within music programs at most major universities.
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