Music as an instrument to develop global competence - International Education Week panel, Thur Nov 18

You are invited to celebrate the signing of an exciting new bilateral agreement between the Alamo Colleges and Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance, with the Alamo Colleges Jazz Allstars Mentorship (A-JAM) program as the catalyst. 

The conversation will be about student success and global citizenry through music. The event is free and open to the public via Zoom. Click here to register. 

Thursday, November 18, 2021 

8:30 a.m. CDT | 4:30 p.m. Israel Time 

Moderator 

LaTanya Kurney, Coordinator of International Programs for Alamo Colleges District 

Participants 

Alejandra Bueno, Executive Director of International Programs for Alamo Colleges District 

Dr. Katharine (Katchie) Cartwright, Professor of Music for Alamo Colleges District, Northwest Vista College 

Prof. Michael Klinghoffer, President of Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance 

Sarah Meltzer Golan, Head of International Relations Office for Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance 

Dr. Arnon Palty, Professor of Music for Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

The panel will open with a short video presentation entitled "It's Not About the Music," followed by a discussion of the cultural orientation process that is involved in being a student musician and the role global competencies play in preparing students as global citizens and ambassadors to their countries. The conversation will touch on how technology has improved during the pandemic and how it has aided student success and innovative networking among students and professors of music, including a short video presentation of an innovative real-time remote musical collaboration made possible by new technology at Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance. Panelists will describe the impact of music as a cultural artifact and global language on observers and how the A-JAM project and the work of the International Association of Schools of Jazz engages this concept. Panelists will discuss the value of this collaboration for students of both institutions and possible projects in the pipeline, and close with opportunities for students and community to take part in a question and answer period. 

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education.  The Office of International Programs of the Alamo Colleges leads the event in cooperation with our five colleges. 

Each year the Alamo Colleges participate in International Education Week in an effort to celebrate diversity, increase awareness of international learning experience benefits, and to continue advancing the mission of globalizing the Alamo Colleges. Join us, as we bring internationalization home and build on the global competencies of our students and community.