DeAngelo Blanchard, Dance
“I feel as though art has its place to both reflect and imagine what life is and could be. As much as it has answers, I think it must also ask questions, both from the participant and the observer.”
Bille Bruley, Music
“You know what makes you who you are…no one else can tell you that. So lean into what makes you a person…and what makes you an artist. ” Bruley is a new assistant professor of voice.
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, Music
“Music history has taught me the ways in which music can promote understanding among people—playing and singing together can foster deep and abiding relationships. In essence, my knowledge of music history frames the way I engage with the world.” Eubanks Winkler is the new department director.
Melanie George, Dance
“Each creative project I undertake involves a three-pronged approach to inquiry – pedagogy, choreography, and research – simultaneously exploring the topic in the classroom, while creating original work for the stage, and investigating it through the written word. My role is as the conduit to learning, not the container of knowledge.”
Shelley Zhang, Music
“When I was in university, I couldn’t find much writing about people like me, even though there were so many Asians in music schools. It inspired me to do the research and create the writing I so craved about Chinese involvement in Western classical music and the diversity that does exist in this musical practice, but that is not talked about enough.” Zhang is a new assistant professor of ethnomusicology.