"A CMC Teacher’s Musical Journey of Multicultural Explorations, Creative Expression, and Community Engagement" with Jennifer Peringer

Jennifer will use musical examples from her life (videos, photos, recordings, and live performance) to illustrate the different ways she has explored the themes of cultural identity, creative expression, and community engagement in her musical life history, and share how Community Music Center has been part of that process since the 1970’s. Jennifer’s eclectic background includes explorations of many musical cultures, including North Indian, Balinese, Ghanaian Cuban, Colombian, Mexican, and jazz, as well as classical, contemporary, and folk music of European ancestry. Her explorations of creative expression have included many commissioning, recording and performance projects. Her community engagement began with playing protest music on marches, and has gone on to include investigations and promotion of music by women and Black composers, and the co-founding of several vibrant community choirs for older adults. The support and inspiration of CMC have been key to many of Jennifer’s musical life adventures, and she is grateful to have the opportunity at CMC to help students of all ages and backgrounds to find their unique paths in the wonderfully wide world of music.

Originally broadcast January 13, 2022

About the CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward Series:
Make musical discoveries with faculty from Community Music Center as they explore their methods, approaches, and creative practices in adapting musical traditions to inspire and guide the musicians of tomorrow. CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward showcases the talents of faculty from the CMC Cultural Traditions and Piano Departments who represent diverse classical and non-classical traditions in workshops and presentations. The online workshops will use video, audio, and lecture-demonstrations to illustrate the faculty members’ influences and the musical education that shaped them, highlighting how their traditions impact their teaching and performing at CMC. Their personal stories illustrate the breadth of talent and creativity in CMC’s faculty.


About Community Music Center:
Since 1921, CMC has remained steadfast in the mission of making high-quality music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of financial means. Last year, CMC served more than 2,800 students and awarded nearly $2.8M in tuition assistance. Join us in our centennial celebrations at sfcmc100.org.

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