Making Her Voice Heard
Maa Vue is a singer/songwriter who creates music in the Hmong language. In her journey as a musician, she draws from her emotions while celebrating her culture and challenging expectations.
Interview
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Three questions…
Maa talks about how singing in show choir helped to raise her confidence and find her voice. How do you feel when you make music? Are there other ways you express yourself?
Maa shares about how there are expectations for girls and women in her family and culture, and that she had to defy those expectations to forge her own path as a musician. What expectations are in your own life?
Maa uses music to communicate with her dad and her culture. What music makes you feel connected to your culture or the ones you love? Why?
Performance
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Song
“Txiv Lub Xim Xaus” (Father’s Violin)
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Project Credits
Producer
Ryan Hendricks
Coordinating Producer
Mia Forslund
Videography
Ryan Hendricks
Ian Glodich
Nia Scott
Editing
Ryan Hendricks
Sound
Inga Foley
Beauxregard Neylon
Curtis Sorensen
Captioning
Vicki Way Kipp
University of Wisconsin-Madison Cultural Linguistic Services
Composition
Maa Vue
Web Design
Charles Barrows
Norman Yuson Cuaño
Web Development
John Vieth
Tim Schneider
Graphic and Motion Design
Ian Glodich
Amanda Roslansky
Scott Stetson
Music Education Content
Kathy Bartling
Darin Menk
Laurie Fellenz
Educator Guide
Katherine Miller
Hadfield School
Waukesha, WI
Lucy Wrenn
Palmyra-Eagle Area School District
Palmyra, WI
Project Partner
Wisconsin School Music Association
Executive Producer
Megan Monday
Director of Education
Alyssa Tsagong
Director of Television
Jon Miskowski
Special Thanks
Vang Vue
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Educator Advisory Group
Kevin Blakeslee
Lincoln Elementary
Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, WI
Peter Dennee
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI
Matt Eidson
Madison, WI
Heidi Henderson
Milwaukee German Immersion School
Milwaukee, WI
Amy Maack
Gifford K8 School
Racine, WI
Katherine Miller
Hadfield School
Waukesha, WI
Julie A. Palkowski, PhD
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Madison, WI
Schuyler Gardner Pietz
Madison Elementary School
Stevens Point, WI
Linda Ruesink
Watertown Unified School District
Watertown, WI
Sue Smits
Unified School District of De Pere
De Pere, WI
Kurt Stein
Kurt Stein’s School of Music
Fox Cities, WI
Randal Swiggum
Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, WI
Jesus M. Valencia
Rio H.S./M.S.
Rio, WI
Natasha Verhulst
Keshena Primary School
Menominee Indian School District
Keshena, WI
Lucy Wrenn
Palmyra-Eagle Area School District
Palmyra, WI
Funding Provided By
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Focus Fund for Education
Friends of PBS Wisconsin