MacPhail Announces 2022-23 GMI Artists in Residence

MacPhail's Global Music Initiative Announces This Year’s Performance and Teaching Artists in Residence 

MacPhail Center for Music is excited to announce this year's roster for the Global Music Initiative (GMI) Artists in Residence program. This program brings exciting, culturally relevant, inclusive and free music performances and education opportunities to communities and schools across Minnesota.

Now in its third year, MacPhail’s GMI Artist-in-Residence program gives Minnesota musicians opportunities to perform or teach music that fosters innovation and cultural equality, with contributions of many different styles and traditions. The purpose of the initiative is to create inclusive curricula, teaching methods, and provide ample performance opportunities outside of the classical canon.

“Minnesota has one of the richest and historic music communities in the world. I’m just so excited that we get to showcase musicians of this caliber. Through these residencies, we have access to these magnificent musicians, and we get to put them in spots where lots of people can benefit from live music and engage with these artists,” says Christopher Rochester, MacPhail Director of the Global Music Initiative, and jazz program.

New to the residency program is the addition of the teaching artist track which will directly connect resident artists with students in K-12 schools through Minnesota at no cost to the school. Elizabeth Winslow, MacPhail’s Director of School Partnerships explains, “By engaging with our artists in residence, K-12 music educators can begin to bridge the gaps between traditional music education and expanding students’ musical horizons. The curriculum's created better reflect their students’ backgrounds.”

The teaching artists for the 2022-23 GMI Artists in Residence are Fode Bangoura, Yanathan Bekure, Ernest Bisong, Soojin Lee, Siama Matuzungidi, Krysta ‘K.Raydio’ Rayford, and Terrell Woods/Carnage the Executioner. Each resident will participate in 40 hours of school clinics, along with cultivating a project that will engage students in meaningful and inclusive ways.

The Global Music Initiative’s Performing Artists in Residence for 2022-23 are Pooja Goswami Pavan, Lucia Sarmiento, Arthur “L.A.” Buckner and Yohannes Tona. These artists will provide performance opportunities that represent people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and women.

MacPhail President/COO Paul Babcock voiced his excitement about this year’s residents, “The artists in this year’s Artists in Residence program are amazing and I’m so excited to hear and see their work through performances, workshops, classes, and jam sessions. I’m especially excited about the residency activities that will take place in schools. Students throughout the state will have access to these artists to learn and experience their music, culture, and artistry through music. And, because this is a grant-funded program, it is free for the schools.”