Education digest - July 6

ENMU film selected for series

“Orgullo,” a 17-minute film written by Brianna Delgado and directed by Jon Barr at Eastern New Mexico University, has been accepted for the DAMN! Film Series at New York City’s Theaterlab in September, according to ENMU’s Greyhound Gazette.

The film stars Salomé Martínez Lutz, Faith Jasso and Lauren Poole and is a New Mexican folktale in which a Hispanic grandmother is forced to choose between her family and her pride.

Information: http://damnfilmseries.com/seasons/2017-2/program-4/

ENMU choir director honored

The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has named Eastern New Mexico University Director of Choral Activities Jason Paulk as the College and University Choirs national chair, according to an ENMU news release.

Paulk will be part of a team of national repertoire and resources chairs who are specialists in a variety of areas. National chairs are selected for their experience and expertise in their particular area.

Paulk conducts the University Singers, Chamber Singers and Swanee Singers ensembles and teaches conducting and choral methods courses at ENMU.

Choirs under Paulk’s direction have performed at Florida and New Mexico National Association for Music Education conferences, the 2009 ACDA national conference and for audiences throughout the United States, Europe and China.

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