Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bridge to Everywhere


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Bridge to Everywhere
The result was Withdrawn. The egg is on my face. I totally didn't see WP:MUSICBIO! My apologies there. (non-admin closure) &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 23:42, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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I don't like nominating new articles for deletion, but this one pretty clearly fails WP:MUSICBIO. All coverage I could find has been local, and I couldn't find any highly notable alumni of the group. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:58, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. &#8211;  MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:58, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. &#8211;  MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:58, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi MJL! Thanks for your note. I think that the ensemble is notable through #7 of WP:MUSICBIO, as one of the prominent examples of a new style of American classical music that is currently emerging (mostly in Los Angeles) that combines musical elements from other cultures into a classical music setting. Some contemporary composers currently writing in this style are Reena Esmail, Juan Pablo Contreras, Conor Brown, and Salina Fischer - but Bridge to Everywhere is one of the only performing ensembles that specializes in this particular genre/style of classical music. The group combines Western classical musical elements with non-Western ones (Hindustani classical music, Balkan folk, West African drumming, Arabic music, etc). I'm an ethnomusicologist and arts educator who is constantly tracking trends in the classical world, so I see this style/genre on the horizon about to make a significant impact on the classical music scene, where there has been a LOT of talk about "diversity" and how to be relevant to contemporary society. However, most of this talk about "diversity" has been centered around diversifying the performers (increasing the # of people of color in orchestras, etc) while playing the same old canon of classical music (written mostly by dead white men from Europe), rather than actually integrating diverse musical influences from diverse cultures of today into the classical music itself (what Bridge to Everywhere and some contemporary composers are doing). The approach that Bridge to Everywhere is taking to classical music is having a significant affect on the way these "diversity" discussions are playing out within the classical world. But perhaps I'm jumping the gun a bit with how recognized this currently is in the mainstream - It might make more sense to merge this article into the article on Derrick Spiva (one of the founders of Bridge to Everywhere), as a section. Let me know what you all think! Thanks. Ktrain85 (talk) 23:07, 17 December 2019 (UTC)


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