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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-29/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:mOthertongue: Lived Experience in Asian America
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/W5r6deD2y7k?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nmOthertongue: Lived Experience in Asian America\n\n\n\nJennifer Lien\, sopranoAnnie Jeng\, piano \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExotic landscapes. Virtuous\, submissive\, sexualized women. Ineffective\, emasculated\, villainous men. These images of Asia have long been a staple of the European imagination\, whether in colonial-era art song\, grand Italian opera\, film\, or television. Here\, in the 21st century\, these stereotypes about Americans of Asian descent persist (see: pandemic-era anti-Asian hate).   \n\n\n\nI believe that the way to challenge outdated cultural ideas is by sharing new art with fresh cultural ideas. I wanted to perform songs that assert the Asian American lived experience\, from the perspective of those of us who live it. But when I went looking for songs by Asian American composers set to contemporary Asian American texts\, I came up empty. So I reached out to Chen\, Dunphy\, and Sankaram\, three Asian American women composers in their prime who also write beautifully for the voice. To my surprise\, all three readily agreed to my proposal.   \n\n\n\nThe new songs on today’s program express the joys\, pains\, contradictions\, and pride we experience as Asians living in this land we call home. I am struck by the recurring themes that resonate across the three song cycles: colonization; cultural shame; living in between cultures; culture loss; microaggression; pride. To sing these truths is to find and reclaim power that has been lost somewhere along the way.  \n\n\n\nMy deepest gratitude goes to Justine\, Melissa\, Kamala\, and the poet Ophelia Hu Kinney; to Sam Martin of Cincinnati Song Initiative for recognizing the importance of this project and co-commissioning these songs with me; to the Minnesota State Arts Board for awarding me a Creative Individuals grant in 2024; to all my Asian American pianist partners on this project\, in particular Annie Jeng here in North Carolina; and to all the host institutions welcoming this project to their concert stages.  \n\n\n\nMy wish for this project is that these songs feed the hunger of singers for repertoire that expresses their lived experience\, and inspire marginalized composers to create works that assert their truths\, take up space\, and shift the cultural needle in the right direction. Our stories are all American stories. To answer the question in Chen’s second song: All of us belong here.  \n\n\n\n— Jennifer Lien  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/mothertongue-lived-experience-in-asian-america/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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