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The podcast that encourages women and others to embrace their inner multicultural melody!Created and hosted by Xochitl Hernandez.
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Welcome back to part three of MOC #10 Shaniee Kennedy’s interview in our COVID Self-Isolation Series! Are you struggling and looking for that light at the end of the tunnel? Listen to hear episode discuss her testimony and faith in God. It’s no secret that her and I are both Christ believers and Christ followers, so we have an honest conversation unpacking what it’s like to live a life by faith and not by sight, especially with the extremely tough times we are currently living in. Joi...
Welcome back to part two of MOC #10 Shaniee Kennedy’s interview in our COVID Self Isolation Series! Listen to this episode to hear Shaniee share the best and hardest things that come with being a music educator. From performing in the classrooms to the jail facilities, Shaniee shares the power of music! Shaniee gives great advice for how musicians can cope with their craft during COVID-19 quarantine. She discusses the importance of embracing her culture and identity as a Black woman in music...
Welcome back to our COVID Self-Isolation Series. Happy World Teacher Day! Meet MOC (musician of color) #10: Shaniee Kennedy! Shaniee Kennedy is a music educator, clarinetist, arts advocate, community servant, and former Miss California Icon! From conducting orchestras and marching bands, to successfully lobbying for music education California Senate Bills, to performing in the all-female clarinet quartet Four Play Clarinet, Shaniee is committed to serving others though the power of music. Lis...
Ixya Herrera is a Mexican music singer and daughter of Chicano activist/professor, renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and Mexico. She is one of Mexican music’s star vocalists and gems! In Part 4 of her episode, Ixya and I discuss how she uses her artistry, style choices, and identity to embrace her Mexican femininity. She discusses breaking free from stereotypes, colorism, and over-sexualization of Latina women.&n...
Ixya Herrera is a Grammy-nominated Mexican music singer and daughter of Chicano activist/professor, renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and Mexico. She is one of Mexican music’s star vocalists and gems! In part 3 of her interview, we dive deep into all things Mexican music and behind-the-scenes of her albums! Mexican music is not just mariachi and banda (although I love both sooo much!), but also includes a beautif...
Long time no podcast! Welcome back as Notes From Her resumes interviewing women of color musicians! In this episode, we continue where we last left off with Grammy-nominated Mexican singer Ixya Herrera. Ixya discusses how her career started with the help of Rock & Rock Hall of Famer and Canciones De Mi Padre singer, Linda Ronstadt. She also gives great advice on how to find a good mentor for your craft and career. Listen to Part 1 here Notes From Her now has a YouTube channel and website!...
Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl Hernandez, interviewed Bo Brooks (rapper name "Bo Da Truth"). Brooks is a Black owner of Grind City Auto in the San Fernando Valley. Here, he shares his story as a past incarcerated person who served time in prison for a crime he did not commit. He als...
Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl Hernandez, gathered interviews and soundbites from the Northridge protest that took place June 5th. The protest started in Northridge Park where protestors then marched down the streets of Nordhoff and Reseda Blvd, kneeled on the busy intersection of R...
Notes From Her is the podcast that encourages women and others to embrace their inner multicultural melody and will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. This is a special episode of the series because it mixes #BlackLivesMatter and Notes From Her’s women MOC theme into one! Meet MOC number 10, jazz legend, virtuoso pianist, and histor...
Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl Hernandez, gathered interviews and soundbites from the Northridge protest that took place at CSUN June 2nd. Protestors marched down Reseda Blvd and Nordhoff Street and kneeled several times in silence (for 8 minutes) in solidarity with George Floyd. In...
Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl Hernandez, do an in-depth interview at the Pasadena Candlelight Vigil May 31st with Black journalist James Fore (one of the speakers at the demonstration) and Reverend Rae Huang (one of the organizers of the vigil). For more information on LA Voice go ...
Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. These are the interviews and soundbites that I, Xochitl Hernandez, reported on and gathered on May 31, 2020 at Santa Monica, Fairfax, and Pasadena City Hall at the Pasadena Candlelight Vigil. Click on this link https://xochitlhernandez.home.blog/2020/05/30/beyond-anti-racism-what-we-can-do-to-help-blacklivesmatter-2/ to access my blog post providing a list of...
Meet MOC #9: Mexican Music singer Ixya Herrera! In addition to being a vocalist, Ixya is also the daughter of renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and Mexico as one of Mexican music’s star vocalists. This episode is PART ONE of a three part interview where Ixya shares how her Mexican American upbringing in Oxnard, CA made her who she is today. This episode also provides a brief history lesson on the Chican...
Welcome to PART THREE of Dr. Zanaida Robles’s interview. Listen to hear Dr. Robles talk about the importance of musicians knowing their WORTH $$$, reasons and ways that she is an advocate for diversity and inclusion as a music educator, and the importance of multicultural representation to amplify the voices for people of color in the arts.Find out how embracing and celebrating our cultural lineage shapes our musical identity making our art that much more necessary to the music industry.For m...
Hey everyone! Welcome to PART TWO of Dr. Zanaida Robles’s interview where she shares how she is teaching during COVID-19. Also, it’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Teaching is already a challenge enough, now with virtual education in self-isolation, teachers and especially music educators (private instructors, choral/orchestral conductors) are finding a way to still teach and keep their students engaged in music just like Dr. Robles. Send a thank you or appreciation note to a teacher today for a...
Welcome to PART ONE of Dr. Zanaida Robles itnerview. The fellow CSUN Alum and CSU Long Beach/USC graduate is a fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion in music education and performance. She is passionate about using music as a tool for empowerment and social justice. Dr. Robles has had a career as a vocalist in Europe and the U.S. under Gustavo Dudamel, is a music educator, social activist, a studio singer for major movies like Creed and Frozen 2, an adjudicator for choral festivals, and...
Welcome to PART THREE of Raehann’s interview. In this episode, Raehann gets real with the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation on her personal and professional singing life. She expresses how she is coping and also provides insight for singers and creatives in self-isolation.Some financial resources for opera singers, musical artists, performers, and creatives affected by COVID-19 pandemic: https://agmarelief.org/https://medium.com/@shesaid.so/community-reactions-music-industry...
This is Part 2 of Raehann’s interview where she provides great insight and advice on how an opera singer builds their career, gets gigs, and makes a profitable living with national and international singing competitions, young artist programs, and more!Tune in April 27 to hear PART THREE of Raehann’s interview where we talk music and the life of a professional singer quarantine style. She shares her experience and tips on how she is coping with self-isolation in COVID-19 both personally and a...
Long time no podcast MOCs! We are in the middle of the world pandemic of COVID-19; therefore, Notes From Her is airing a special Season 2: Self-Isolation Edition! In Season 2’s first episode, I interview international opera star Raehann Bryce Davis and PART ONE is ALL ABOUT HER, her ethnic background, and what it means for her to identify as a Black artist. We discuss pushing the status quo of opera as she encourages artists to create new music/stories, include diversity, and explore how to m...
Notes From Her's season 1-episode 7 features MOC Maria Elena Altany an opera singer who performs primarily for The Industry LA. In this episode, Maria Elena speaks on how music and singing saved her and why it is an important means of survival. Don't know what the issue of colorism is or what it means when she calls herself "white-passing?" Listen to find out! Stick around to also hear Maria talk about pertinent issues to women’s health such as the effects of birth control, motherhood, her me...
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