Posted on June 17, 2024 by Nick Ward
UTSA has appointed Emilie Amrein as the founding director of UTSA Arts, a community arts initiative, and as associate dean for community engagement in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA). Amrein will begin her role on July 1.
Emilie Amrein
JUNE 17, 2024 — UTSA has appointed Emilie Amrein as the founding director of UTSA Arts, a community arts initiative, and as associate dean for community engagement in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA). Amrein will begin her role on July 1.
Amrein currently serves as associate professor of music and chair of the Department of Music at the University of San Diego, where she teaches courses on the intersection of music education and social justice movements, community music, and changemaking. As the Director of the USD Choral Scholars, she centers embodiment, collective consciousness raising, dialogue, and storytelling in her teaching and artistry.
Amrein is the co-artistic director of Common Ground Voices / La Frontera, a bi-national community music project that aims to build relationships and understanding across political, demographic, and perceptual borders as an exercise of non-violence. She is the founder of The Choral Commons, a media platform that produces podcasts and community events, and fosters creative and artistic projects that empower singing communities and their work for a just and peaceful world.
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