Pamene dzikolo likukumbukira zaka 60 za ufulu wodzilamulira, Sandals Foundation ikulimbikitsa ndikulemeretsa maphunziro a nyimbo za mkuwa pachilumbachi mogwirizana ndi Alpha School of Music. Sukuluyi ndi imodzi mwasukulu zophunzitsa nyimbo ku Jamaica.
Kupyolera mu zokambirana ziwiri zamasiku anayi zomwe zidzachitike pa August 9-12 ku Sam Sharpe Teachers' College ku Montego Bay, St James ndi August 16-19 ku Alpha School of Music ku Kingston, mabungwe akufuna kukulitsa luso la nyimbo za 20. Alangizi, kuphatikiza aphunzitsi anyimbo achinsinsi ndi alangizi a kusekondale ndi masukulu aku koleji, kuti apereke njira zabwino kwambiri zophunzitsira nyimbo za brass kwa osewera a lipenga ndi trombone pachilumbachi.
Patrice Gilpin, Woyang'anira Ubale Wapagulu ku Sandals Foundation, adafotokoza kufunika kwa mkono wopereka chithandizo chachifundo wa Zosankha nsapato Maphunziro a nyimbo zapadziko lonse ku Jamaica.
"Nyimbo ndi gawo lalikulu la zomwe tili anthu aku Jamaica. Nyimbo zathu zosatsutsika zadutsa malire a malo ndi zolepheretsa chinenero, kukweza chidziwitso cha dziko lonse, mayendedwe otsogola, ndi mibadwo yolimbikitsa.
“Monga gulu lobadwa ku Jamaica monyadira,” Gilpin anapitiriza, “tikufunitsitsa kusunga zinthu zapadera za chikhalidwe chathu. Kukulitsa luso la ophunzitsa nyimbo kuti aphunzitse mbadwo wotsatira wa osangalatsa mu luso laluso limeneli kudzakhala kofunika kwambiri kuti tipitirizebe kukhudza luso lathu loimba ngakhale pamene zikusintha kukhala zomveka zamakono. "
Zida zamphepo ndi zamkuwa ndizofanana ndi zomwe zidachokera ku nyimbo zotchuka zaku Jamaica, makamaka Ska. Komabe, m'zaka za m'ma 1970 ndi 1980, osewera ambiri a mphepo ndi mkuwa anasamuka kuchokera ku Jamaica, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ubongo wa osewera ndi aphunzitsi asokonezeke. Ambiri mwa oimba amkuwawa anali ophunzira a Sukulu ya Alpha Boys, yomwe nyimbo yake tsopano ikusungidwa ndikupangidwa ndi Alpha School of Music.
Gay Magnus, Bandmaster ku Alpha School of Music akuti maphunziro amkuwa adzakhala ofunika kwambiri pakupititsa patsogolo mtundu wa Jamaica.
"Maphunziro a nyimbo ku Jamaica amafunikira chithandizo chabwino, chokhazikika," adatero Magnus, "makamaka mkuwa womwe ndi wofunikira kwambiri pamasewera a ska, komanso jazi ndi reggae. Oyimba amkuwa aku Jamaica, kuphatikiza oimba ophunzitsidwa ku Alpha, adadziwika kuti ndi ena mwa opambana kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adabweretsa chidwi kwambiri ku nyimbo zathu ndi chilumba chathu. Maphunziro anyimbo abwino komanso osasinthasintha adzakhala ndi zotsatira zofanana zomwe zidzapindulitse osewera amkuwa omwe akubwera masiku ano, nyimbo zathu, chuma chathu komanso dziko lathu,” adatero Magnus.
Tsopano, ndi kuthekera kokulitsa kuchuluka kwa ophunzitsa nyimbo za brass m'dziko lonselo, Magnus adawonetsa chisangalalo chake chifukwa cha zomwe maphunzirowa angakhale nawo pakusunga mbali iyi ya nyimbo za ku Jamaica.
"Alpha School of Music yadzipereka kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro a nyimbo pachilumbachi. Tithokoze a Sandals Foundation ndi anzathu ammudzi, zokambiranazi zipatsa ophunzitsa nyimbo maphunziro apadera a brass, makamaka a lipenga ndi trombone, zomwe mwina sizinapezeke panthawi yophunzitsa. Otenga nawo mbali adzapindulanso ndi izi pophunzitsa komanso kupanga njira zoyambira zamkuwa, "anawonjezera Magnus.
Misonkhanoyi ndikuwona opezekapo aliyense akulandira chida chogwiritsira ntchito panthawi ya maphunziro, ndikupatsidwa satifiketi akamaliza.
Misonkhano ku Montego Bay iyenera kutsogoleredwa ndi Dr. Nathaniel Brickens, Pulofesa wa Nyimbo ku yunivesite ya Texas, komanso ku Kingston ndi Dr. Jason Sulliman, Pulofesa Wothandizira wa Trombone ku Troy University yomwe ili ku Alabama, USA.
Dr. Brickens ndi wotsogolera wa kwaya yodziwika padziko lonse ya UT Trombone, ndipo adalandira Mphotho Yopambana ya 2019 International Trombone Association's (ITA) Humfeld Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr. Sulliman amaphunzitsa trombone, kalasi mkuwa ndi makochi osiyanasiyana chipinda mkuwa ensembles pa Troy, ndipo panopa akutumikira monga trombone namkungwi wa North American Brass Band Summer School monga mbali ya Royal Nova Scotia International Tatoo ku Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Maphunziro a mkuwawa ndi gawo la ntchito zachitukuko zokhazikika za Sandals Foundation 40for40 pofuna kuteteza chikhalidwe cha dera ndikupititsa patsogolo mawu ake. Ntchitoyi yatheka mothandizidwa ndi a American Friends of Jamaica, Sandals Resorts International ndi Serve 360/AC Marriott, omwe apereka ndalama zothandizira aphunzitsi, kubwereketsa zida, zipangizo, malo ogona, ndege ndi chakudya.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Through two four-day workshops to be held on August 9-12 at Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Montego Bay, St James and on August 16-19 at Alpha School of Music in Kingston, the organisations aim to develop the capacity of 20 music instructors, including private music tutors and instructors at the high school and college levels, to provide best practices in brass music education to young trumpet and trombone players across the island.
- Sulliman teaches applied trombone, class brass and coaches various chamber brass ensembles at Troy, and currently serves as the trombone tutor for the North American Brass Band Summer School as part of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tatoo in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- As the country marks its 60th anniversary of independence, the Sandals Foundation is strengthening and enriching brass music education on the island in partnership with the Alpha School of Music.
