You’re invited to join Chicago Artists for Action for our bimonthly listening party! Our musicians will guide you through a selection of songs chosen in response to the current moment in our city, our country, and our world. We’ll listen together, reflect on our connections to the music, and imagine how our connections inspire us to action for justice.

This month, we welcome Amy Lewis, Assistant Professor of Music Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Amy’s research is focused on Critical Race Theory in music education. Previously she pursued her doctoral work at Michigan State University in music education with a research focus on Critical Race Theory, antiracism education, and activism in music education. She received the 2019 Black Faculty, Staff, and Administrators Association Emerging Leader Award and was also named the 2015 Illinois Education Association Teacher of the Year. She is an active clinician and guest lecturer on topics pertaining to equity in music education. She earned her B.M.E. degree from DePaul University and an M.A. from Concordia University. As a public music teacher, she taught K-1; 6-8 general music, beginning band, middle school choir, and jazz band in Des Plaines, IL.