PRESENTATION

ITEA DEIB Listening Tour

Panelists: Dr. Dan Burdick [moderator], Prof. Velvet Brown, Dr. Sean Kennedy, and Dr. Stephanie Ycaza

Saturday, May 18, 2024

11:30 A.M. Choral Rehearsal Hall
Moore Musical Arts Center

Program

ITEA DEIB Listening Tour 2024

This listening tour panel discussion presented by the ITEA DEIB Committee will focus on hearing from ITEA members about new DEIB initiatives, concerns, or issues that can be addressed. A brief presentation of current and planned DEIB efforts will be made to provide background and begin the discussion. The ideas from this session will be brought back to the full DEIB Committee to assist in planning. Our goal is to develop concrete ideas and strategies to create a more inclusive environment for all ITEA members – professional performers and educators, students, amateurs, and enthusiasts. The panelists will include Dr. Dan Burdick, chair, ITEA DEIB Committee, as the moderator with other ITEA DEIB Committee members as panelists.

Burdick-Headshot-Dan-Burdick

Dan Burdick (he/him), pioneering queer brass artist, is member of the Board of Directors of the International Tuba Euphonium Conference and chairs its DEIB Committee. Dan has an extensive background in DEIB and co-founded the state-wide Pennsylvania System of Higher Education LGBTQIA Consortium that represented the interests of over 100,000 faculty, staff, and students on 14 campuses. He formed Erie Gay Pride that is now the non-profit Greater Erie Alliance for Equality. It provides training and resources to the Northwest Pennsylvania region. He serves as a Board Member of the International Women’s Brass Conference and is a founding member of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. He also served as the organization’s Executive Director. At Penn West-Edinboro, he was the co-chair of the Women’s History Month Committee, co-chair of the Women’s Studies Committee, and a member of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. He also serves as a Board Member of the Burleigh Legacy Alliance and is an arts administration consultant for the Chromatic Brass Collective. He served as the administrative director of the National Conference, “The Heritage and Legacy of Harry T. Burleigh,” with the proceedings published in a special issue of the Black Music Research Journal devoted entirely to the conference [Black Music Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004]. He lives with his husband, three children, and their dog, Bailey, in Florida. More info at www.danburdick.com. Social media: @drdanburdick.

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Updated: 09/18/2024 04:30PM