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March 2-5, 2022 Long Beach, California

Nisenan Cultural Music Project - IL. In 2016, Vox Musica was the re-
A Concert and Conversation cipient of the American Society of
about the Histories of the Composers and Publishers (ASCAP)
National Award for Adventurous
Nisenan’s from the Programming.

Nevada City Rancheria
Shelly Covert is the
For the past eight years, Vox spokesperson for the
Musica has been collaborating Vox Musica is a professional-level Nevada City Ranche-
with the Nisenan’s from the Neva- women’s vocal ensemble that pres- ria Nisenan Tribe. Co-
da City Rancheria in order to help ents innovative concert projects that vert is a member of the
them preserve their tribal music perpetuate the stories of our com- Nisenan Tribal Council and is the
and to perpetuate their story in our munity and beyond. Vox Musica has executive director for the California
community. During this interest been a featured artist for the pres- Heritage: Indigenous Research Proj-
session we will perform “We are, tigious Old First Concert Series in ect, or CHIRP, a 501c3 nonprofi t
We have, We live,” a fi fty-minute San Francisco and the 2011 ACDA organization.
musical work that tells their story National Conference in Chicago,
through new music and tradition-
al tribal songs. This session off ers
the listener an opportunity to gain
a better understanding of the his-
tory, culture, and relationship they
have to their homeland. This will
be followed by a conversation with
their tribal spokesperson, Shelly
Covert.

Daniel I. Paulson
holds a BM, MM,
and is a doctoral
candidate in Music
Education at Teach-
ers College, Columbia University.
Music scholarships up to $7,500 ,500 per year
Paulson has been a featured con- Music scholarships up t o $ 7 per y ear
ductor on the International Fes- In addition to academic awards
tival of New American Music in Degrees Available In:
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ral music at Sacramento City Col- • Music C
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Columbia University in New York, A uditions held on campus in T a c oma, W A on
Auditions held on campus in Tacoma, WA on
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January 22 & F
and serves as founder and music di- January 22 & February 25-27, 2022. Apply now!w!
rector for Vox Musica.
plu.edu/music/scholarships
plu. edu/ music/ scholarships
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