Remembering and Celebrating Through Music
Chauntee and Monique Ross combine their classical training with gospel and other influences to tell stories of their lives today. They connect their own experiences to their ancestors and to the next generation—their young performance students.
Interview
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Three questions…
Monique says that music heals and connects. Can you think of a time when music helped you deal with something difficult? Or when music helped you learn about someone else? What was the music and why do you think you remember it?
Chauntee describes an especially memorable music experience from her childhood where she went to hear the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra perform. What is a memorable experience you’ve had with music? How did that music make you feel?
Chauntee and Monique reflect on how their lives are much different than those of their ancestors, and the progress that is being made, especially for women and women of color. What do you think is needed to keep making progress? How do you think music can be a part of that progress?
Performance
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Song
“Goodbye”
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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
Chauntee Ross
Monique Ross
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
Project Partner
Wisconsin School Music Association
Executive Producer
Megan Monday
Director of Education
Alyssa Tsagong
Director of Television
Jon Miskowski
Special Thanks
Brian Heller and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music
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