{"id":1934,"date":"2024-03-05T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/?page_id=1934"},"modified":"2024-03-05T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:01:35","slug":"shelby-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/archive\/womens-week-2024\/shelby-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelby English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nominated by: Ms. Sarah Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>In her fourth year of a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in voice performance. Graduating in May 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Shelby has been a leader in performing ensembles like the University Chorale, Opera Ensemble, and Chamber music<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Shelby is the lead vocalist in the alternative R&amp;B duo <em>Pomelo <\/em>and the Jazz\/R&amp;B Fusion band <em>Friday Kitchen<\/em> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>This summer, Shelby will perform a leading role in Opera Nuova\u2019s (in Edmonton) production of the 2013 chamber opera <em>When the Sun Comes Out<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Shelby is committed to exploring and programming music by historically excluded musicians especially women and composers of colour. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>From Brandon, MB <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Performed for many years at the Brandon Festival of Arts and the Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals. She has been awarded several scholarships as a result. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Dean\u2019s Honour list and President\u2019s Honour Society for every year of her degree<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Interested in pursuing a master\u2019s in vocal or opera performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Her love of nature and animals is an important piece of her identity that she loves to integrate into her imaginative and creative processes when performing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How will you #BreakTheBias?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>I will #BreakTheBias by making space for all voices and by doing my part in sharing and uplifting the work and stories of those underrepresented and silenced, both in music and life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominated by: Ms. Sarah Hall In her fourth year of a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in voice performance. Graduating in May 2024 Shelby has been a leader in performing ensembles like the University Chorale, Opera Ensemble, and Chamber music Shelby is the lead vocalist in the alternative R&amp;B duo Pomelo and the Jazz\/R&amp;B Fusion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"parent":1900,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1934","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions\/1935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}