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Dr. Tammy Yi

Long Beach

Dr. Tammy S. Yi is a conductor-educator, string pedagogy specialist, and music education scholar from Los Angeles, CA. She is an assistant professor of music education at Chapman University, the Founding Director of Mariachi Panteras, and an orchestra conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic YOLA Orchestra. She holds degrees from Columbia University, the University of Southern California, and Azusa Pacific University. Prior to teaching at Chapman, she taught violin and conducting at Teachers College Columbia University, was the Conductor of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Orchestra, and was an assistant professor of string education at the University of Arizona while serving as Conductor of the UA Philharmonic. Dr. Yi has taught in both public and private schools for more than fifteen years and founded several inclusive orchestra programs, such as the First Children’s Orchestra of Harlem and Citrus College String Orchestra. Dr. Yi’s scholarship includes studies and articles on social justice, ethnic studies, and culturally responsive pedagogies as they are applied to music performance and music education. She keeps an active schedule of conference presentations internationally and serves on the national board for the American String Teachers Association. Dr. Yi continues to train future and current music teachers in an ethos of social justice so that educators can generate pedagogy that is culturally and community responsive.

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