Notes From Her

All About Music Educator Shaniee Kennedy and Finding Ways to Serve the Community Through Arts Advocacy For All (Part 1)

Xochitl Hernandez Season 2 Episode 11

Welcome back to our COVID Self-Isolation Series. Happy World Teacher Day! Meet MOC (musician of color) #10: Shaniee Kennedy!

Shaniee Kennedy is a music educator, clarinetist, arts advocate, community servant, and former Miss California Icon!

From conducting orchestras and marching bands, to successfully lobbying for music education California Senate Bills, to performing in the all-female clarinet quartet Four Play Clarinet, Shaniee is committed to serving others though the power of music.

Listen to this episode to hear Shaniee discuss her music education journey, her pageantry journey, how she used her platform as Miss California Icon to lobby for quality music education in CA schools,  finding your purpose in community service, and the power of faith!

Shaniee also gives great advice on how to find a good mentor, leveraging social media to market your business/brand, and how she is utilizing technology to teach music during distanced-learning and COVID!

Music sampled in this podcast episode is Four Play Clarinet’s cover of "Havana" by Camila Cabello and "Lean On" by Major Lazer and DJ Snake.

CLICK HERE to listen to Lean On

CLICK HERE to listen to Havana 

Follow Shaniee on Instagram @shanieedepp and her Four Play Clarinet group @fourplayclarinet

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