S1 E08: Edmond Chan (brqvlnfoodie) on music,LGBTQ+ Asian hate, protecting elders,#prideineverycolor

This week, Edmond Chan shares his experience carving out a career as an AAPI violinist and his work on the Pride in Every Color movement. We talk about navigating racial micro-aggressions and the model minority stereotype,, protecting the elderly Asian community, and what true allyship and inclusivity looks like. GUEST BIO Corpus Christi, Texas native Edmond Chan is a historical violinist who performs with many early music ensembles and orchestras in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong. Edmond completed his master’s degree in historical violin at the HKU: Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands. His master’s thesis entitled “The Fashionable Violinist: Fashion and How to Hold the Violin in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries” focused on exploring historical clothing and historical violin technique. He also completed an Artist’s Certificate in baroque violin at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Edmond teaches historical violin and viola at the University of Pennsylvania as a private lessons instructor and has lectured on historical clothing to audiences in both the US and in the Netherlands. In his free time, Edmond enjoys cooking, swimming, running, going on bike rides and playing board/card/computer games with friends and family. @brqvlnfoodie on  Instagram | TikTok @prideineverycolor on  Instagram | TikTok TERMS DEFINED Ableism #prideout Learn more here, here, and here. Duet / stitch features on TikTok Model minority MENTIONED IN THE SHOW: Timeline of voting rights in the United States Jean Féry Rebel, Onziéme Sonate B flat Major Johann Pachelbel, Canon & Gigue in D Major Eliza VanCort TAKEAWAYS: Speaking up for yourself gets exhausting. But having the ability to do so safely is a privilege that not everyone has. For those who can’t speak up, just hearing other people speak up validates their experiences and helps make voices like theirs matter. If you want to help protect our elderly Asian American community, you can position yourself near them so that you can easily intervene if need be. Being an ally is not a label; it’s a habit, an action. Just as musicians practice so that in stressful situations, our muscle memory takes over, we have to practice so that we have muscle memory to act like an ally. It’s important for every movement and community to be inclusive. Pride In Every Color was created specifically to amplify the voices of BIPOC, 2 spirit, and disabled creators within the LGBTQIA+ community. Within a movement, it’s important to actively uplift the voices of those that typically get even further marginalized. Hosts: Ariadne Mila & Sherry-Lynn Lee  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nuancespod/support