Our First Interview!

In our community music class on 2/27, we conducted an interview with Mr. Eric Pearson about his work with the infinity performing arts program. (http://www.infinityperformingarts.org/).

All in all, between the Jamestown and Dunkirk sites, about 110 students are involved. They receive private lessons and ensembles in which about 30-40 students participate.

We were supposed to watch a DVD that serves as an introduction to the program, but technical difficulties ensued. During the period of time before the interview, Mr. Pearson shared CD’s that were produced of the infinity students’ work.

When the actual interview took place, the members of the class asked Mr. Pearson the questions that we had discussed in our previous class. Afterwards we discussed his organization’s plans to expand in the future.

For our next class, we need to look through YouTube and find examples that may be controversial when it comes to defining them as community music. We also need to answer the following questions:

1.) What are the functional boundaries that we need for community music?

2.) What limits our definition of community music?

Until Next Class,
Don Dohr
Mary Olenen