Community Music in the Margins

Locating "Gerard Yun"

• California Chinese - American
• Sierra Nevada & Rocky Mountains
• Catholic-raised, trained, educated (to the edge of priesthood!. . chose Hawaiian girlfriend instead)
• Utility Musician in Inshallah
• Shakuhachi (Buddhist Meditation Flute) Teacher

My CM Practice

• Interfaith Improvisation
• Intercultural (which is largely interfaith)
• Sing Fires of Justice
• Contemplative Music
• Music Mindfulness Group

Interfaith in various settings

• Improvisation (co-creating) in The Ethical Space of Engagement
• Sharing of sacred song across the Ethical Space
• Creating sacredness together through music
• Music as compassion

Music as Act of Compassion

• "LISTENING" to the story of other
• "WALKING WITH" or Sharing and co-creating together
• Two approaches: "THE CIRCLE" and "ETHICAL SPACE"
• Instruments and Voices

Musical Compassion at Margins of Faith

• Ritual = making implicit explicit
• Renewing Rituals or
• Creating New Rituals
• Interfaith CM represents a new set of practices envisioning new ways forward marked by acts of compassion = listening and carrying stories, co-creating, forward together

Questions and Discussion