--- title: Blog — Chorus Connection | Shana Oshiro description: "Shana Oshiro, is an alumna of Morgan State University with a BFA in Vocal Performance and a former Miss Maryland. She has appeared with Opera Philadelphia in productions of Porgy and Bess and Margaret Garner and made several appearances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as a featured ensemble member, as well as multiple local orchestras and chorales in the DC Metropolitan area. Shana is also a board-certified music therapist with a Masters in Music Therapy from Shenandoah Conservatory. She has continued her performance career combining her interest in community music therapy to address racism in the United States with her barbershop quartet, HALO, and their collective community music therapy initiative with their program Race and #RealTalk — a program in which people are guided through the listening and singing experience of Barbershop music to help engage with one another in difficult conversations about our country’s complex issues with race relations." --- - [About](https://www.chorusconnection.com/about) - [Features](https://www.chorusconnection.com/features) - [Pricing](https://www.chorusconnection.com/pricing) [![Chorus Connection](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/hubfs/Chorus_April2019%20Theme/image/download.png)](https://www.chorusconnection.com) - [Blog](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/) - [Login](https://app.chorusconnection.com/sign_in) - [Book a Demo](https://pages.chorusconnection.com/request-a-demo) [![Chorus Connection](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/hubfs/Chorus_April2019%20Theme/image/download.png)](https://www.chorusconnection.com) - [About](https://www.chorusconnection.com/about) - [Features](https://www.chorusconnection.com/features) - [Pricing](https://www.chorusconnection.com/pricing) - [Blog](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/) - [Login](https://app.chorusconnection.com/sign_in) - [Book a Demo](https://pages.chorusconnection.com/request-a-demo) # Chorus Management Resources - Filter by topic - [artistic development](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/artistic-development) - [choir technology](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/choir-technology) - [choral consortia](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/choral-consortia) - [choral marketing](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/choral-marketing) - [Chorus Connection updates](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/chorus-connection-updates) - [chorus management](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/chorus-management) - [concert operations](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/concert-operations) - [emergency preparedness](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/emergency-preparedness) - [fundraising](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/fundraising) - [gender inclusivity](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/gender-inclusivity) - [healthy choir](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/healthy-choir) - [humor](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/humor) - [inspiration](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/inspiration) - [managing during the pandemic](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/managing-during-the-pandemic) - [member management](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/member-management) - [racial equity](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/racial-equity) - [singer recruitment](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/singer-recruitment) - [singer retention](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/singer-retention) - [ticket management](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/ticket-management) - [voices for change](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/voices-for-change) - [volunteer management](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/volunteer-management) - [youth choirs](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/youth-choirs) - Filter by author - [Alex Speir](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/alex-speir) - [Alison Cole](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/alison-cole) - [Amanda Carroll](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/amanda-carroll) - [Andrew Goren](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/andrew-goren) - [Andrew Hansen](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/andrew-hansen) - [Andrew Swinney](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/andrew-swinney) - [Angelica Rowell](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/angelica-rowell) - [Anne-Marie Bulawka](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/anne-marie-bulawka) - [Brian A. 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She has appeared with Opera Philadelphia in productions of Porgy and Bess and Margaret Garner and made several appearances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as a featured ensemble member, as well as multiple local orchestras and chorales in the DC Metropolitan area. Shana is also a board-certified music therapist with a Masters in Music Therapy from Shenandoah Conservatory. She has continued her performance career combining her interest in community music therapy to address racism in the United States with her barbershop quartet, HALO, and their collective community music therapy initiative with their program Race and #RealTalk — a program in which people are guided through the listening and singing experience of Barbershop music to help engage with one another in difficult conversations about our country’s complex issues with race relations. [See posts by all authors](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/) ### Recent Posts [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20new%20post%20from%20Chorus%20Connection:%20What%20Chorus%20Culture%20Cancels%20Out&body=https://blog.chorusconnection.com/what-chorus-culture-cancels-out](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20new%20post%20from%20Chorus%20Connection:%20What%20Chorus%20Culture%20Cancels%20Out&body=https://blog.chorusconnection.com/what-chorus-culture-cancels-out) - [singer recruitment](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/singer-recruitment) - [racial equity](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/racial-equity) ### [What Chorus Culture Cancels Out](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/what-chorus-culture-cancels-out) [Learn about the cultural, racial, and other factors that create inclusion barriers for chorus singers and audience members.](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/what-chorus-culture-cancels-out) [Shana Oshiro](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/shana-oshiro) Sep 22, 2021 [Read Article \>](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/what-chorus-culture-cancels-out) [Shana Oshiro](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/author/shana-oshiro) [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20new%20post%20from%20Chorus%20Connection:%20Programming%20Progress:%20The%20Influence%20of%20Funding%20on%20Inclusion%20in%20the%20Arts&body=https://blog.chorusconnection.com/programming-progress-the-influence-of-funding-on-inclusion-in-the-arts](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20new%20post%20from%20Chorus%20Connection:%20Programming%20Progress:%20The%20Influence%20of%20Funding%20on%20Inclusion%20in%20the%20Arts&body=https://blog.chorusconnection.com/programming-progress-the-influence-of-funding-on-inclusion-in-the-arts) - [fundraising](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/fundraising) - [inspiration](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/inspiration) - [racial equity](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/topic/racial-equity) ### [Programming Progress: The Influence of Funding on Inclusion in the Arts](https://blog.chorusconnection.com/programming-progress-the-influence-of-funding-on-inclusion-in-the-arts) [When the works of brilliant musicians of color are so underrepresented, why are concert programs still dominated by the works of dead European composers? 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Could these opportunities differ depending on your race? 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