{"id":101540,"date":"2023-01-31T11:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=101540"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:29:27","slug":"watch-when-percussion-strikes-educator-helps-connects-chinese-community-with-their-music-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-when-percussion-strikes-educator-helps-connects-chinese-community-with-their-music-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: &#8216;When Percussion Strikes&#8217;: Educator helps connects Chinese community with their music, culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Hanzhi Chen<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brent Roman is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in percussion. He considers himself a percussionist, music director, educator, sound designer and world music specialist. With his many titles, he developed his understanding of percussions, Chinese music and the meaning of being an educator.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"When Percussion Stikes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/792657277?h=f7e7ed1b06&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSCRIPT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[The drum team plays the drums]<\/p>\n<p>ROMAN: I\u2019m younger than them. And I am not Chinese. But I\u2019m trying to teach them Chinese music. And I am teaching them about their culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[TITLE: \u201cWhen Percussion Strikes\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ROMAN: My name is Brett Roman. I am 42. I was born in Illinois. I think I\u2019ve been very musical my whole life. But officially since the fifth grade is when I first started percussion lessons, till now.<\/p>\n<p>[Roman plays the drum]<\/p>\n<p>ROMAN: You know, an interesting thing about percussion, which sets it apart from all the other instruments in the world, is that percussion really, as a family, is the only instrument family that you play without touching it. All the other instruments out there, it&#8217;s really tactile.<\/p>\n<p>But I think, you know, every culture around the world has percussion. Not every culture has saxophone, not every culture has violin, right? And so I think it&#8217;s sort of a unifying way of interacting with all the different cultures around the world. 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And then after that, you know, I was teaching the Chinese drum team and working with the Chinese Finance Society of Chicago and being their musical director and putting a couple of different ensembles together. And I still do Chinese music to this day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[TITLE: \u201cBeing an Educator\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ROMAN: It&#8217;s interesting, too, that, you know, when it comes to my Chinese drum team, I&#8217;m younger than them, but I&#8217;m their teacher. And traditionally, in China, there&#8217;s, you know, there&#8217;s a respect that comes with age, right? But then there&#8217;s also respect dynamic that comes with a teacher and a student.<\/p>\n<p>[Roman plays the drum]<\/p>\n<p>ROMAN: So I&#8217;m younger than them. I&#8217;m trying to teach them about their culture. But the weird thing is, it&#8217;s like they&#8217;re finding out about their culture from a non-native person. But I think we&#8217;re living in a time in the world where that can happen, right? 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