October 5, 2025 • 27 mins
On this episode of the El Paso Public Forum we have 3 segments!
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Segment 1: PRIDE Indsutries: Helping people with disabilities in the workforce.
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Amber Banda interviews Darelyn Pazdel, Vice President of Workforce Inclusion at PRIDE Industries. October is National Disabilities Awareness Month. Listen to learn how they work largely with Ft. Bliss to employ people with disabilities, why companies should employ those who are disabled/ differently abled, and the benefits of a more inclusive workplace.
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For more information go to PRIDEindustries.com
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Segment 2: Sisters in the Fight
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Amber Banda interviews Kristin Sizemore, President and one of the sisters in "Sister in the Fight," as well as Marina Herrera, local owner/ operator of Bubba's 33 in El Paso, TX.
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Kristin talks about her sister's and her own diagnosis, how they were not genetically predispositioned to breast cancer, and the importance of advocating for your health. Listen to learn how they use the funds that they raise, including partnering with Texas Tech for breast cancer screening.
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October is Breast Cancer awareness month and this year they have partnered with Bubba's 33 for the entire month! You can round up your change, buy a "pink margarita," and more, all while enjoying some delicious food.
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For more information go to https://sistersinthefight.org
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Segment 3: El Paso Pro-Musica
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Amber Banda interviews El Paso's beloved Felipa Solis, Executive Director of El Paso Pro-Musica, est. 1977. Felipa talks about how EPPM makes Chamber Music more accessible to the community, especially in schools and areas where they would not normally be exposed to it. "From concert to classroom" as Felipa states, talking about how EPPM not only brings the music, they bring the education and along with that, the appreciation and creativity to the audience and students. Listen to Felipa's heartwarming stories of how music can change the lives of those who learn to appreciate it.
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They are having their fall concert series, "25 to Celebrate 25," referring to Artistic Director and Cellist Zuill Bailey's dedication to bringing cultural development to the Sun City. Go to eppm.org for the full schedule, to buy tickets, and for more information, or find them on social media.
Get to know the good going on in our community, El Paso, and how you can be a part of it! New episodes of the El Paso Public Forum drop every Sunday at 8am. Please follow, like and subscribe, and give us a 5 star review.
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Segment 1: PRIDE Indsutries: Helping people with disabilities in the workforce.
.
Amber Banda interviews Darelyn Pazdel, Vice President of Workforce Inclusion at PRIDE Industries. October is National Disabilities Awareness Month. Listen to learn how they work largely with Ft. Bliss to employ people with disabilities, why companies should employ those who are disabled/ differently abled, and the benefits of a more inclusive workplace.
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For more information go to PRIDEindustries.com
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Segment 2: Sisters in the Fight
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Amber Banda interviews Kristin Sizemore, President and one of the sisters in "Sister in the Fight," as well as Marina Herrera, local owner/ operator of Bubba's 33 in El Paso, TX.
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Kristin talks about her sister's and her own diagnosis, how they were not genetically predispositioned to breast cancer, and the importance of advocating for your health. Listen to learn how they use the funds that they raise, including partnering with Texas Tech for breast cancer screening.
.
October is Breast Cancer awareness month and this year they have partnered with Bubba's 33 for the entire month! You can round up your change, buy a "pink margarita," and more, all while enjoying some delicious food.
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For more information go to https://sistersinthefight.org
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Segment 3: El Paso Pro-Musica
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Amber Banda interviews El Paso's beloved Felipa Solis, Executive Director of El Paso Pro-Musica, est. 1977. Felipa talks about how EPPM makes Chamber Music more accessible to the community, especially in schools and areas where they would not normally be exposed to it. "From concert to classroom" as Felipa states, talking about how EPPM not only brings the music, they bring the education and along with that, the appreciation and creativity to the audience and students. Listen to Felipa's heartwarming stories of how music can change the lives of those who learn to appreciate it.
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They are having their fall concert series, "25 to Celebrate 25," referring to Artistic Director and Cellist Zuill Bailey's dedication to bringing cultural development to the Sun City. Go to eppm.org for the full schedule, to buy tickets, and for more information, or find them on social media.
Get to know the good going on in our community, El Paso, and how you can be a part of it! New episodes of the El Paso Public Forum drop every Sunday at 8am. Please follow, like and subscribe, and give us a 5 star review.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to ol Paso Public Forum, a weekly half hour
public affairs presentation of iHeartRadio El Paso for over twenty years,
featuring local news and interviews of interest to our listeners
in West Texas and southern New Mexico. All views and
opinions expressed on this program are those of the host
and guest, and not necessarily those of iHeartRadio Management and
now El Paso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I'm your host,
Amber Banda, and talking with us today, we have Darylyn Pasdell,
Vice President of Workforce Inclusion at Pride Industries. Darylyn, thank
you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Of course, so the reason that this is being aired
in October, I wanted to make sure to air the
first Sunday in October is because October is National Disability
Employment Awareness Month. Now, before we get into that, Daryln,
can you tell the listening audience a little bit about
Pride Industries and what they do for the community.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I'd love to. Amber is based in Roseville, California. That's
our headquarters, but we provide services nationwide. Obviously El Paso,
Texas being one of our spots. We were founded in
the basement of a church in Auburn, California in nineteen
sixty six, and we're getting ready to celebrate sixty years
(01:19):
in March of this next year.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Oh wow, that's that. That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
It all began with a group of parents, their adults
with disabilities aged out of high school and they were
really looking to provide value in their sons and daughters
with a paycheck and with work. So they created personalized
jobs in the basement of this church so that they
could earn a paycheck. They did things from arts and
(01:45):
crafts to sell, they wrapped presents for Christmas, anything they
could do to feel good about what that paycheck brought
to them. Fast forward today, Pride Industries operates in fifteen
states plus Washington d We employ nearly four thousand individuals
and approximately nineteen hundred of them are individuals with disabilities.
(02:08):
So we've grown from that basement to a competitive business
model with a social impact.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, I would say that it's grown quite a bit.
So you have you know, Pride, like you just said,
is national and here specifically in I'll pass. So what
role does Pride Industries play here in the city.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, Pride Industries has had a partnership with Fort Bliss
for eighteen years. We began in two thousand and seven.
We employed nearly three hundred employees and the majority of
those individuals are We employ nearly three hundred employees and
the majority of them are individuals with disabilities. We began small,
and we grew our contract requirements throughout the years. We're
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part of this partnership due to the Ability one program.
This is a program designed to offer individuals with significant
disabilities job opportunities through federal contracts. And your listeners may
be asking what what can they do at Fort Bliss.
We provide base maintenance services at Fort Bliss, and our
positions range from general maintenance workers to warehouse up to
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trade positions with HVAC technicians, plumbing and electricians. We also
have people disabilities providing all of our IT technical support
on base.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I actually just did a video series with the ASL
DEF nine one five and they were talking very highly
of you. And you know, it's something that if you
don't live with someone or have a love doing close
to with a disability, you kind of aren't aware of
the challenges that someone can face, you know, if they
have a discilin and.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
They're trying to get a job. And they mentioned that
people you know with.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Disabilities go to school, they get a higher education, and
then they can't get a job in their field because
you know, people for whatever reason are not hiring you know,
they're not looking for.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
People with disability to be hired at their workforce.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So can you speak a little bit too, why should
companies hire people with disabilities?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Absolutely? And I can use an example. My executive assistant
is college educated and who he is also deaf, And
the struggle for most people's disability is an individual seeing
them for what they can do and not seeing them
for their disability. So I agree with the people who've
interviewed with you, and we're fortunate at Fort Bliss we
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employ forty individuals who are deaf, and it's not really
a program for us. It's built into our culture where
we have the supports they need that are natural to
carry on.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Okay, Yeah, that's interesting because that was my question.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
You know, Fort Bliss versus you know, other businesses or
organizations within the city outside of the base.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
How did that relationship happen.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
With Fort Bliss and why was it maybe a little
bit easier to have Pride Industries there versus like other
businesses in the city.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
That goes back to that Ability one program, which is
really set at the President's committee level. Yes, oh that
makes sense, Bright Industry, right. For sixty years, we've been
providing the opportunities, so it's a natural fit for us
with Ability one.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And then you know the benefits of people with disabilities
in the workforce. Can you speak a little bit to that,
because one of my hopes for you all, and I'm
sure you as well, is that you know, the businesses
will listen to this and they'll you know, be more
open and more accommodating to people with disabilities coming in
and seeing the benefit of them working in their workplace.
So what are the benefits of people with disabilities in
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the workforce?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Absolutely, And I'll take one tiny step back and talk
about how America continues to face frontline laborship. Yes, please,
Chamber of Commerce is still reporting that there are eight
million job openings and only seven million people looking for work.
The good news is hiring a person at the disability
pulls from millions of qualified, motivated peopleeople who are willing
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to work. So now going to your original question, Amber,
what are the benefits? We have research that shows employers
who have an inclusive workforce actually recognize a more innovative team.
They show that they have higher employee engagement and retention.
And we've proven over our sixty years that a team
seems to be more positive and productive when people disabilities
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are included. But it's not just about the team. We've
also been able to find research where business benefits exist
as well. For example, we have data that shows an
organization has increased profits nearly two times when they have
an inclusive workforce.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Oh wow, I love that. And of course, if someone
wants more information, Pride Industries dot com. Please, especially if
you're a business owner you know, look into this. And Darylyn,
I have one more question for you. Sure, if someone
with a disability who wants to work is listening, or
someone who knows somebody in the situation is listening, what
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would you say to them.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
So we're fortunate, Amber, we have a hotline that's funded
by our foundation. It's the I am Able hotline. It's
the only one in the country. It's eight four four
i am able. It's a bilingual hotline right now. We
have Spanish. We can provide asl visuals and of course English,
and they can guide you to the correct place in
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the country the correct services. Even if they're not with
Pride Industries, they can help a person with the disability
connect with the job.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I love that, so again that number is eight for four.
I am able. They will provide bilingual services. And if
you want more information on anything that we talked about today,
you can find more information on ninety six point three
k Hey Country Sunday ninety nine point nine or Power
one oh two point one, Instagram and Facebook, and if
you're listening on the free iHeart app, the information will
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be available there as well. Darylyn, is there anything else
that you would like to tell the listening audience.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Now, Amber, I really appreciate the opportunity to share the
message and I encourage people disabilities and employers to make
the connections for jobs.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Welcome back to the Al Paso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I am your host, Amber Banda, and today special for
the month of October, I have here first Kristin Sizemore.
She is the president and one of the sisters and
Sisters in the Fight. Kristin, thank you for talking here.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
With us today.
Speaker 6 (08:28):
Thanks for having me Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Of course, and we also have Marina ereda local owner
and operator of Bubba's thirty three al Paso, Texas.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Madina, thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Of course. So today, Kristin, I'm going to talk with you.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
First, we want to learn more about Sisters in the
Fight and October is Breast cancer Awareness months. So can
you tell us a little bit more about the Sisters
in the Fight organization, how it came to be, and
what it does for the community.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
I'd be happy to so.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
I guess it's eleven, almost twelve years ago. My sister
Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was reaching
her five year cancer anniversary. I was diagnosed, So that
set us on a blazing trail of what comes next
after you survive one of the hardest chapters of your life.
So we came together and created Sisters in the Fight
(09:19):
Breast Cancer Foundation. Our objective is to help other women
on a similar journey or men. I mean, it can
happen to anybody. We want to make sure that they
have information and resources available that can help them along
their path. One of the biggest factors for US is
finding a way to deploy funds raised so it has
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an immediate impact in the community. The last two years,
with our annual golf tournament Swing for Hope Hope, we
connected with Texas Tech Health El Paso and they have
a student led clinic that provides free mammograms or discounted
programs for women who are uninsured or under insured in
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the Olpaso community. That is a huge thing because oftentimes
when someone has a diagnosis or needs testing, maybe they
think something's wrong. Those women have to sometimes choose whether
it's going to be pay the light bill by groceries
for their kids or pay for expensive testing if they're
(10:23):
not insured. So this creates the pathway to wellness and
we're super excited about the partnership. The first year, we
had raised ten thousand dollars that we were able to
provide to Texas Tech. This year in May, we held
our second our third annual golf tournament actually and we
donated fifteen thousand dollars. So we now have an internal
(10:46):
challenge to raise twenty thousand dollars in twenty twenty six,
so we're hoping that through community partnerships like we've created,
that we'll be able to reach that goal and continue
to help women on their way to wellness.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Definitely. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Sing for Hope is one of my Husban's favorite golf tournaments.
He's like block out that day, I'm going to be
playing him, Like I get it. And you know, you
had said something very important to me off air before
we go into how people can help your organization, and
it was, you know, your sister was diagnosed. You were
diagnosed at her five year you know anniversary, but you
didn't have genetic factors for it.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
Am I correct, no, And when I was diagnosed, of
course you think immediately there has to be some kind
of genetic link between the two of us. Our cancers, however,
were very different, and just like anything cancer related, it's
very complex, complex and it can be very different. So
we have completely opposite types of breast cancer. But I
went and saw a genetic oncologist. They did a complete
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genetic workup on me, and I have no markers for
any type of cancer.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
So that a light bulb went off. Yeah, you're like wow,
So all of.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Those out there that may catch this, I want you
to know catch this broadcast.
Speaker 5 (11:57):
Yeah, you can't catch breast cancer. It's not contagious.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
So anybody that is out there in the community that thinks, oh,
I skipped my mammogram this year, you know I don't
have a family history.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Do I really need to do it? Yes, you do.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Everybody is aware that breast cancer exists. There isn't one
person that I've ever met that hasn't been touched by
a family member, friend themselves by cancer itself. But being
the leader in your own health care journey, you need
to make sure that you're doing all the things you
can to early diagnose because that's the key to survival.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
And if you're wondering, you know, well, how do I
get to be proactive in the health for myself? Again,
you can contact Sisters in the Fight Sisters Inthefight dot org.
And right now we're going to talk a little bit
more about an event coming up. So again, I was
just talking with Kristen Sizemore, President and one of the
sisters is Sisters in the Fight and I have here
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Marina Rita again local owner and operator of Bubba's thirty
three El Paso, Texas. So mari Na first can you
tell the listening audience what is Bubba's thirty three? Because
I just ate there for the first time not too
long ago and I was super impressed. I love the environment,
the staff, the ambiance. What is Bubba's thirty three? And
how are you going to be working with Sisters in
the Fight for the month of October.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
So, Bubba's thirty three is a local sports restaurant. We
are part of the Texas Roadhouse family, but came to
All Passo in twenty twenty two where I had the
privilege of opening the store as a local owner operator.
I've been with the company eleven years and we've kind
of hit the ground running growing this concept as a
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second vehicle for the Texas Roadhouse Company. Bubba's thirty three
is a scratch made kitchen, so we make everything in house, sauceage, dressings, pizza, doatlicious, amazing,
We cut our own steaks. Everything's made fresh daily and
we take a lot of pride in that. But more
so than anything as we really create a solid foundation
here in the Al Paso community. From here, my goal
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is to partner with as many organizations as possible to
help support the community and be more than just you know,
a corporate chain. We are local, My staff is local,
My family and I work closely together to help this
concept thrive. And that's kind of where this initially came
to be, in our partnership with Sisters in the Fight.
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And so what's going to be happening at the restaurant
for the month of October that's going to to help
Sisters in the Fight. What can like when people go,
how can they how can they help out? How can
they be a part of it? So we have been
trying to get an initiative off the ground called be
the Change, and we've selected Sisters in the Fight as
our October recipient of this particular initiative. With that, we
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have multiple fundraising efforts that we will be doing throughout
the month of October to help support the organization. The
easiest thing is dining in any single day and you
can round up your change or make additional donations to
the organization in your dining experience. We have our Triple
Crown margarita that will be featured this month as the
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Pink Triple Crown, and a dollar of every margarita sold
will get donated back to the organization.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
Drink for a good cause. Here we go and always responsibly.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yes, And we are also doing what we call dine
to donate every Wednesday in October. So starting to October first,
the eighth, the fifteenth, the twenty second, and the twenty ninth,
we will be hosting fundraiser where if you come in
and dine with us, ten percent of the proceeds will
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go back to the organization. And a fun twist, if
you support by wearing pink, as my staff and myself
will be doing, you get an additional ten percent, So
twenty percent total will be donated to the organization. So think, yeah,
there's going to be multiple ways when you go to
Bubba's thirty three to help sisters in the fire. And
I'm not just pulling your leg when I say that
their food is amazing. And I have a very picky
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ten year old eater, and you have three of her
of her favorite items on the kids Mandy, So if
you also have a kid that only eats cheese, pizza,
I think it was chicken strips, and like beef hot dogs,
then you can go to Bubba's thirty three go check
it out. When I first met Marina and we started
talking about how I work with nonprofits. The passion in
the way she spoke about wanting to help the community.
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I can kind of dissect who's real and who's you know,
just kind of beesing me. And you really do want
to give back to your community. And I'm so happy
that this partnership is happening again. Sisters in the Fight.
If you want to learn more, Sisters Inthfight dot org
on Facebook would be a great way to find out
what Bubba's thirty three is open to go check them out.
They've already they're already doing a lot with youth sports,
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so if you are a nonprofit that wants to work
with them as well, you can go in there and
ask for Marina.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
And again, I want to thank both of you for
being here with us today. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Thank you. When we look forward to the event this October.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
Of course, welcome back to the pa So Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I am your host, Amber Banda, and today we have
a very special guest, one of my favorite guests.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
She doesn't even know that, Felipe Solise.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
She's the executive director for Al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Felipa, thank you for being back with us today.
Speaker 7 (17:14):
And Amber you're my favorite, soub. This is just one
big love fest, one big group of bye golly it.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Is, and the better part of it is it involves music.
So Filippa is here to talk about with us today
again about al Paso Pro Musica, which was established in
nineteen seventy seven. So Philippa, I'll give the audience a
little quick read of what I found.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
So al Paso Pro.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Musica makes music accessible to soothe, heal, educate and inspire
the region with world renowned artists with chamber music concerts.
So I do want you to address chamber music concerts.
What does that mean and what is al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Al Paso Promusica is an organization designed to bring the
finest musical artists in the world to the region. They
appear in comms, but they also make an incredible commitment
to the community to ensure that yes, the music is
available in a beautiful concert setting, but it's also available
for youngsters who are inspired by the power of music.
(18:16):
We go to senior homes, we've been to hospice. We
take the music everywhere. Accessibility is the key, and we're
very fortunate in that our artistic director, who is the
Grammy Award winning cellist Suel Bailey. He has been with
Alpaso Promusica this season twenty five years.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
Oh wow.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
And so with that commitment and with his touring schedule
and everything, he has some amazing musical friends and comes
across so many wonderful people. And over the years, from
its sac Perlman to Wynton Marsalis, they've all been here
and they've all returned, and it's been amazing to see
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the growth in what we call chamber music. And so
in essence, chamber music is designed to be kind of
in a smaller setting. Orchestras are beautiful, but entirely different.
So it can be a solo instrument, it could be
a quintet, a quartet. M chamber music is designed for
intimacy of the moment, and so that's what we try
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to bring. So we try to bring incredible soloists, we
try to bring incredible ensembles to just keep that chamber
music concept live. But yet have these people realize how
important their music is and how taking it from the
concert hall to the classroom more important.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I love that concert hall to the classroom. So my daughter,
actually this is her first year that she was able
to join band, and she was torn between band and orchestra.
But I think a lot of parents out there, they
do have their kids in some kind of music program,
whether it's after school like my older daughter did, and
you know, to see this type of music in that setting,
and then and when they're playing it, when they're learning it,
like my daughter right now she's learning flute. To actually
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have your kids, your family go to these concerts and
you know, have a whole appreciation for it. And then,
like you said, you're bringing these world class artists here
twelve pass so making it accessible. Not only that, but
there's targeted educational outreach when it comes to Alpasso pro Musika. Philippe,
you kind of touched on that where you go to
schools and I want to ask you personally, like what
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do you see is the benefit of again taking these
concerts that are done on a large scale down into
the classroom, Like, well, how do you see the kids
react and what kind of benefit do you think it
has for the kids in this educational setting.
Speaker 7 (20:37):
Well, I mean, music is so incredibly diverse, from the
writing of music to the performing of the music. Music
is math, a, music is timing and numbers and counting
and rhythms, and it's so wonderful to see that we're
so many youngsters don't know that. Yeah, there are so
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many instruments that they're not even aware of, and they
get to be able to have that in front of
them in some situations for the very first time. We
try to target areas where students need it most, and
so we have been at the La Fere Preparatory School.
We have worked alongside our great friends from the Al
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Paso Symphony Orchestra with their Tokendo program, and now we're
working alongside the Boys and Girls Clubs of El Paso
and they have the great Khalid Foundation, incredible music room,
and zul Bailey and the Ballads Quartet who was just
here in El Paso were able to exchange music and thoughts,
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and there were students who say, I play the cello
and here we're in the Sejo barrio. But yet giving
these students not only inspiration in music, but inspiration for
themselves and confidence in themselves to present what they have
passionate about. So we're hoping that this music not only
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provides them with excitement about all sorts of musical genres,
but also to give them the passion so that they decide, wow,
look at this person. I can do that, I can
go to school, I can make a difference with what
I'm doing. So community is extraordinarily important.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
And the fact that he's been doing this for twenty
five years. You know, one thing I've learned doing this
is El Paso loves to help all pass on. That's
a perfect example of him having that commitment to the
music scene here in El Paso and with you know,
demographics that might not normally get exposed to live music.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
In that way.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And then as part of my job, I see you
know what you would call these bigger, more mainstream concerts.
And whenever a cello comes out, a trumpet comes out,
like you know, one of the less traditional instrument comes out,
it's always a really big cool thing to see, even
with you know, big country stars or big rap artists
or big rock rock scenes, you know, and they come
out with that music and you know they can be
a part part of that as well.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
So we have a concert series.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
You have a concert series coming up al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 5 (23:07):
Can you tell us more a little bit about that.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
Well, this year we're calling it twenty five for twenty five,
so it's just twenty five years in twenty five. Here
we go celebrating twenty five years with Zel Bailey, and
we're very excited because our concert coming up this month
features this incredible pianist from Australia named Piers Lane, who
is well known all over the world, and he's going
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to be doing like standard classics, but they're so interesting
and innovative. He's performing works by Schubert and yet he's
performing works by Chopin. But the work he's performing by
Chopin was a work that became one of the most
important ballets to be choreographed ever, performed by ballet rooster
(23:52):
Monte Carlo all in New York Ballet, all of these
incredible ballet companies all over the world and it's called
lesul Feed and the greatest ballet dancers in the world
performed in this particular ballet from Mikhail Barishnikoff and so on,
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and it's so exciting to see that this was music
that was composed that you could dance to. Yes you can,
and so that's what's so exciting about the rhythms and
the patterns that it was able to be choreographed so
it's not just this is beautiful music by Chopin. This
was beautiful music by Chopin that was taken to the
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next level to create a gorgeous ballet to go along
with the music.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Yes, I'm pretty sure I danced it at one point.
I started ballet when I was five. I did it
for years. My favorite form of dance, especially when it's
put to the piano, you know, and it just.
Speaker 5 (24:48):
All flows together. And yes, oh I love that. So
for October, it's pianist Pierce Laine. You said from Australia.
Speaker 7 (24:55):
He's from Australia. Wow, we'll be performing in the United
States and he's going to come in and he's a
delightful person. Will also be doing outreach within the community,
doing a lot of things too. We have a great
relationship with the University of Texas at all Passive Department
of Music, and we help run the Arts Entrepreneurship program.
So PEERCE is also going to be working and talking
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with students at the university level, which is very exciting. Again,
that's where the momentum, that's where the expiration comes.
Speaker 5 (25:22):
Yes, oh, that's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
And if you want to learn more about this series,
because again it's twenty five. For twenty five, I mean
they're having so many fantastic artists called Pablo Signs Viegas,
Maggie O'Connor, of course, Zuli ol Baty and friends. You
can go to EPPM dot org to find more of
the concert series that are coming up. Make sure you
take your family, take your friends, go experience it for yourself.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
Felipe, is there anything else that you would like to
tell the listening audience.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Well, yes, if you want to experience the concert experience
for students, our tickets are only five dollars. We're not
raising the prices, and we have season tickets available. Like
you mentioned Boblo Signs Viegas, they're calling him the next Segovia,
and he's working with composers like John Williams Mark and
Maggie O'Connor. They have like eight Grammys and they're fiddlers.
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So there's going to be the Appalachian Christmas. There's going
to be kind of a country uh just to it.
So it's going to be fantastic. So all season we're
doing something for everyone. So please go to EPPM dot
org get tickets individually, get season tickets, and remember All
student tickets are five dollars.
Speaker 5 (26:28):
Wonderful, Philippe, Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Thank you.
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I'm your host,
Amber Banda, and talking with us today, we have Darylyn Pasdell,
Vice President of Workforce Inclusion at Pride Industries. Darylyn, thank
you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Of course, so the reason that this is being aired
in October, I wanted to make sure to air the
first Sunday in October is because October is National Disability
Employment Awareness Month. Now, before we get into that, Daryln,
can you tell the listening audience a little bit about
Pride Industries and what they do for the community.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
I'd love to. Amber is based in Roseville, California. That's
our headquarters, but we provide services nationwide. Obviously El Paso,
Texas being one of our spots. We were founded in
the basement of a church in Auburn, California in nineteen
sixty six, and we're getting ready to celebrate sixty years
(01:19):
in March of this next year.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Oh wow, that's that. That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
It all began with a group of parents, their adults
with disabilities aged out of high school and they were
really looking to provide value in their sons and daughters
with a paycheck and with work. So they created personalized
jobs in the basement of this church so that they
could earn a paycheck. They did things from arts and
(01:45):
crafts to sell, they wrapped presents for Christmas, anything they
could do to feel good about what that paycheck brought
to them. Fast forward today, Pride Industries operates in fifteen
states plus Washington d We employ nearly four thousand individuals
and approximately nineteen hundred of them are individuals with disabilities.
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So we've grown from that basement to a competitive business
model with a social impact.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, I would say that it's grown quite a bit.
So you have you know, Pride, like you just said,
is national and here specifically in I'll pass. So what
role does Pride Industries play here in the city.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, Pride Industries has had a partnership with Fort Bliss
for eighteen years. We began in two thousand and seven.
We employed nearly three hundred employees and the majority of
those individuals are We employ nearly three hundred employees and
the majority of them are individuals with disabilities. We began small,
and we grew our contract requirements throughout the years. We're
(02:49):
part of this partnership due to the Ability one program.
This is a program designed to offer individuals with significant
disabilities job opportunities through federal contracts. And your listeners may
be asking what what can they do at Fort Bliss.
We provide base maintenance services at Fort Bliss, and our
positions range from general maintenance workers to warehouse up to
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trade positions with HVAC technicians, plumbing and electricians. We also
have people disabilities providing all of our IT technical support
on base.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I actually just did a video series with the ASL
DEF nine one five and they were talking very highly
of you. And you know, it's something that if you
don't live with someone or have a love doing close
to with a disability, you kind of aren't aware of
the challenges that someone can face, you know, if they
have a discilin and.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
They're trying to get a job. And they mentioned that
people you know with.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Disabilities go to school, they get a higher education, and
then they can't get a job in their field because
you know, people for whatever reason are not hiring you know,
they're not looking for.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
People with disability to be hired at their workforce.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So can you speak a little bit too, why should
companies hire people with disabilities?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Absolutely? And I can use an example. My executive assistant
is college educated and who he is also deaf, And
the struggle for most people's disability is an individual seeing
them for what they can do and not seeing them
for their disability. So I agree with the people who've
interviewed with you, and we're fortunate at Fort Bliss we
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employ forty individuals who are deaf, and it's not really
a program for us. It's built into our culture where
we have the supports they need that are natural to
carry on.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Okay, Yeah, that's interesting because that was my question.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
You know, Fort Bliss versus you know, other businesses or
organizations within the city outside of the base.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
How did that relationship happen.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
With Fort Bliss and why was it maybe a little
bit easier to have Pride Industries there versus like other
businesses in the city.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
That goes back to that Ability one program, which is
really set at the President's committee level. Yes, oh that
makes sense, Bright Industry, right. For sixty years, we've been
providing the opportunities, so it's a natural fit for us
with Ability one.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And then you know the benefits of people with disabilities
in the workforce. Can you speak a little bit to that,
because one of my hopes for you all, and I'm
sure you as well, is that you know, the businesses
will listen to this and they'll you know, be more
open and more accommodating to people with disabilities coming in
and seeing the benefit of them working in their workplace.
So what are the benefits of people with disabilities in
(05:38):
the workforce?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Absolutely, And I'll take one tiny step back and talk
about how America continues to face frontline laborship. Yes, please,
Chamber of Commerce is still reporting that there are eight
million job openings and only seven million people looking for work.
The good news is hiring a person at the disability
pulls from millions of qualified, motivated peopleeople who are willing
(06:00):
to work. So now going to your original question, Amber,
what are the benefits? We have research that shows employers
who have an inclusive workforce actually recognize a more innovative team.
They show that they have higher employee engagement and retention.
And we've proven over our sixty years that a team
seems to be more positive and productive when people disabilities
(06:23):
are included. But it's not just about the team. We've
also been able to find research where business benefits exist
as well. For example, we have data that shows an
organization has increased profits nearly two times when they have
an inclusive workforce.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Oh wow, I love that. And of course, if someone
wants more information, Pride Industries dot com. Please, especially if
you're a business owner you know, look into this. And Darylyn,
I have one more question for you. Sure, if someone
with a disability who wants to work is listening, or
someone who knows somebody in the situation is listening, what
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would you say to them.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
So we're fortunate, Amber, we have a hotline that's funded
by our foundation. It's the I am Able hotline. It's
the only one in the country. It's eight four four
i am able. It's a bilingual hotline right now. We
have Spanish. We can provide asl visuals and of course English,
and they can guide you to the correct place in
(07:21):
the country the correct services. Even if they're not with
Pride Industries, they can help a person with the disability
connect with the job.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I love that, so again that number is eight for four.
I am able. They will provide bilingual services. And if
you want more information on anything that we talked about today,
you can find more information on ninety six point three
k Hey Country Sunday ninety nine point nine or Power
one oh two point one, Instagram and Facebook, and if
you're listening on the free iHeart app, the information will
(07:50):
be available there as well. Darylyn, is there anything else
that you would like to tell the listening audience.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Now, Amber, I really appreciate the opportunity to share the
message and I encourage people disabilities and employers to make
the connections for jobs.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Welcome back to the Al Paso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I am your host, Amber Banda, and today special for
the month of October, I have here first Kristin Sizemore.
She is the president and one of the sisters and
Sisters in the Fight. Kristin, thank you for talking here.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
With us today.
Speaker 6 (08:28):
Thanks for having me Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Of course, and we also have Marina ereda local owner
and operator of Bubba's thirty three al Paso, Texas.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Madina, thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Of course. So today, Kristin, I'm going to talk with you.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
First, we want to learn more about Sisters in the
Fight and October is Breast cancer Awareness months. So can
you tell us a little bit more about the Sisters
in the Fight organization, how it came to be, and
what it does for the community.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
I'd be happy to so.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
I guess it's eleven, almost twelve years ago. My sister
Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was reaching
her five year cancer anniversary. I was diagnosed, So that
set us on a blazing trail of what comes next
after you survive one of the hardest chapters of your life.
So we came together and created Sisters in the Fight
(09:19):
Breast Cancer Foundation. Our objective is to help other women
on a similar journey or men. I mean, it can
happen to anybody. We want to make sure that they
have information and resources available that can help them along
their path. One of the biggest factors for US is
finding a way to deploy funds raised so it has
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an immediate impact in the community. The last two years,
with our annual golf tournament Swing for Hope Hope, we
connected with Texas Tech Health El Paso and they have
a student led clinic that provides free mammograms or discounted
programs for women who are uninsured or under insured in
(10:02):
the Olpaso community. That is a huge thing because oftentimes
when someone has a diagnosis or needs testing, maybe they
think something's wrong. Those women have to sometimes choose whether
it's going to be pay the light bill by groceries
for their kids or pay for expensive testing if they're
(10:23):
not insured. So this creates the pathway to wellness and
we're super excited about the partnership. The first year, we
had raised ten thousand dollars that we were able to
provide to Texas Tech. This year in May, we held
our second our third annual golf tournament actually and we
donated fifteen thousand dollars. So we now have an internal
(10:46):
challenge to raise twenty thousand dollars in twenty twenty six,
so we're hoping that through community partnerships like we've created,
that we'll be able to reach that goal and continue
to help women on their way to wellness.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Definitely. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Sing for Hope is one of my Husban's favorite golf tournaments.
He's like block out that day, I'm going to be
playing him, Like I get it. And you know, you
had said something very important to me off air before
we go into how people can help your organization, and
it was, you know, your sister was diagnosed. You were
diagnosed at her five year you know anniversary, but you
didn't have genetic factors for it.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
Am I correct, no, And when I was diagnosed, of
course you think immediately there has to be some kind
of genetic link between the two of us. Our cancers, however,
were very different, and just like anything cancer related, it's
very complex, complex and it can be very different. So
we have completely opposite types of breast cancer. But I
went and saw a genetic oncologist. They did a complete
(11:41):
genetic workup on me, and I have no markers for
any type of cancer.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
So that a light bulb went off. Yeah, you're like wow,
So all of.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Those out there that may catch this, I want you
to know catch this broadcast.
Speaker 5 (11:57):
Yeah, you can't catch breast cancer. It's not contagious.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
So anybody that is out there in the community that thinks, oh,
I skipped my mammogram this year, you know I don't
have a family history.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Do I really need to do it? Yes, you do.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Everybody is aware that breast cancer exists. There isn't one
person that I've ever met that hasn't been touched by
a family member, friend themselves by cancer itself. But being
the leader in your own health care journey, you need
to make sure that you're doing all the things you
can to early diagnose because that's the key to survival.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
And if you're wondering, you know, well, how do I
get to be proactive in the health for myself? Again,
you can contact Sisters in the Fight Sisters Inthefight dot org.
And right now we're going to talk a little bit
more about an event coming up. So again, I was
just talking with Kristen Sizemore, President and one of the
sisters is Sisters in the Fight and I have here
(12:55):
Marina Rita again local owner and operator of Bubba's thirty
three El Paso, Texas. So mari Na first can you
tell the listening audience what is Bubba's thirty three? Because
I just ate there for the first time not too
long ago and I was super impressed. I love the environment,
the staff, the ambiance. What is Bubba's thirty three? And
how are you going to be working with Sisters in
the Fight for the month of October.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
So, Bubba's thirty three is a local sports restaurant. We
are part of the Texas Roadhouse family, but came to
All Passo in twenty twenty two where I had the
privilege of opening the store as a local owner operator.
I've been with the company eleven years and we've kind
of hit the ground running growing this concept as a
(13:39):
second vehicle for the Texas Roadhouse Company. Bubba's thirty three
is a scratch made kitchen, so we make everything in house, sauceage, dressings, pizza, doatlicious, amazing,
We cut our own steaks. Everything's made fresh daily and
we take a lot of pride in that. But more
so than anything as we really create a solid foundation
here in the Al Paso community. From here, my goal
(14:01):
is to partner with as many organizations as possible to
help support the community and be more than just you know,
a corporate chain. We are local, My staff is local,
My family and I work closely together to help this
concept thrive. And that's kind of where this initially came
to be, in our partnership with Sisters in the Fight.
(14:24):
And so what's going to be happening at the restaurant
for the month of October that's going to to help
Sisters in the Fight. What can like when people go,
how can they how can they help out? How can
they be a part of it? So we have been
trying to get an initiative off the ground called be
the Change, and we've selected Sisters in the Fight as
our October recipient of this particular initiative. With that, we
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have multiple fundraising efforts that we will be doing throughout
the month of October to help support the organization. The
easiest thing is dining in any single day and you
can round up your change or make additional donations to
the organization in your dining experience. We have our Triple
Crown margarita that will be featured this month as the
(15:07):
Pink Triple Crown, and a dollar of every margarita sold
will get donated back to the organization.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
Drink for a good cause. Here we go and always responsibly.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yes, And we are also doing what we call dine
to donate every Wednesday in October. So starting to October first,
the eighth, the fifteenth, the twenty second, and the twenty ninth,
we will be hosting fundraiser where if you come in
and dine with us, ten percent of the proceeds will
(15:38):
go back to the organization. And a fun twist, if
you support by wearing pink, as my staff and myself
will be doing, you get an additional ten percent, So
twenty percent total will be donated to the organization. So think, yeah,
there's going to be multiple ways when you go to
Bubba's thirty three to help sisters in the fire. And
I'm not just pulling your leg when I say that
their food is amazing. And I have a very picky
(15:58):
ten year old eater, and you have three of her
of her favorite items on the kids Mandy, So if
you also have a kid that only eats cheese, pizza,
I think it was chicken strips, and like beef hot dogs,
then you can go to Bubba's thirty three go check
it out. When I first met Marina and we started
talking about how I work with nonprofits. The passion in
the way she spoke about wanting to help the community.
(16:21):
I can kind of dissect who's real and who's you know,
just kind of beesing me. And you really do want
to give back to your community. And I'm so happy
that this partnership is happening again. Sisters in the Fight.
If you want to learn more, Sisters Inthfight dot org
on Facebook would be a great way to find out
what Bubba's thirty three is open to go check them out.
They've already they're already doing a lot with youth sports,
(16:41):
so if you are a nonprofit that wants to work
with them as well, you can go in there and
ask for Marina.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
And again, I want to thank both of you for
being here with us today. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Thank you. When we look forward to the event this October.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
Of course, welcome back to the pa So Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I am your host, Amber Banda, and today we have
a very special guest, one of my favorite guests.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
She doesn't even know that, Felipe Solise.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
She's the executive director for Al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Felipa, thank you for being back with us today.
Speaker 7 (17:14):
And Amber you're my favorite, soub. This is just one
big love fest, one big group of bye golly it.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Is, and the better part of it is it involves music.
So Filippa is here to talk about with us today
again about al Paso Pro Musica, which was established in
nineteen seventy seven. So Philippa, I'll give the audience a
little quick read of what I found.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
So al Paso Pro.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Musica makes music accessible to soothe, heal, educate and inspire
the region with world renowned artists with chamber music concerts.
So I do want you to address chamber music concerts.
What does that mean and what is al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Al Paso Promusica is an organization designed to bring the
finest musical artists in the world to the region. They
appear in comms, but they also make an incredible commitment
to the community to ensure that yes, the music is
available in a beautiful concert setting, but it's also available
for youngsters who are inspired by the power of music.
(18:16):
We go to senior homes, we've been to hospice. We
take the music everywhere. Accessibility is the key, and we're
very fortunate in that our artistic director, who is the
Grammy Award winning cellist Suel Bailey. He has been with
Alpaso Promusica this season twenty five years.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
Oh wow.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
And so with that commitment and with his touring schedule
and everything, he has some amazing musical friends and comes
across so many wonderful people. And over the years, from
its sac Perlman to Wynton Marsalis, they've all been here
and they've all returned, and it's been amazing to see
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the growth in what we call chamber music. And so
in essence, chamber music is designed to be kind of
in a smaller setting. Orchestras are beautiful, but entirely different.
So it can be a solo instrument, it could be
a quintet, a quartet. M chamber music is designed for
intimacy of the moment, and so that's what we try
(19:21):
to bring. So we try to bring incredible soloists, we
try to bring incredible ensembles to just keep that chamber
music concept live. But yet have these people realize how
important their music is and how taking it from the
concert hall to the classroom more important.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I love that concert hall to the classroom. So my daughter,
actually this is her first year that she was able
to join band, and she was torn between band and orchestra.
But I think a lot of parents out there, they
do have their kids in some kind of music program,
whether it's after school like my older daughter did, and
you know, to see this type of music in that setting,
and then and when they're playing it, when they're learning it,
like my daughter right now she's learning flute. To actually
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have your kids, your family go to these concerts and
you know, have a whole appreciation for it. And then,
like you said, you're bringing these world class artists here
twelve pass so making it accessible. Not only that, but
there's targeted educational outreach when it comes to Alpasso pro Musika. Philippe,
you kind of touched on that where you go to
schools and I want to ask you personally, like what
(20:24):
do you see is the benefit of again taking these
concerts that are done on a large scale down into
the classroom, Like, well, how do you see the kids
react and what kind of benefit do you think it
has for the kids in this educational setting.
Speaker 7 (20:37):
Well, I mean, music is so incredibly diverse, from the
writing of music to the performing of the music. Music
is math, a, music is timing and numbers and counting
and rhythms, and it's so wonderful to see that we're
so many youngsters don't know that. Yeah, there are so
(21:00):
many instruments that they're not even aware of, and they
get to be able to have that in front of
them in some situations for the very first time. We
try to target areas where students need it most, and
so we have been at the La Fere Preparatory School.
We have worked alongside our great friends from the Al
(21:21):
Paso Symphony Orchestra with their Tokendo program, and now we're
working alongside the Boys and Girls Clubs of El Paso
and they have the great Khalid Foundation, incredible music room,
and zul Bailey and the Ballads Quartet who was just
here in El Paso were able to exchange music and thoughts,
(21:42):
and there were students who say, I play the cello
and here we're in the Sejo barrio. But yet giving
these students not only inspiration in music, but inspiration for
themselves and confidence in themselves to present what they have
passionate about. So we're hoping that this music not only
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provides them with excitement about all sorts of musical genres,
but also to give them the passion so that they decide, wow,
look at this person. I can do that, I can
go to school, I can make a difference with what
I'm doing. So community is extraordinarily important.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
And the fact that he's been doing this for twenty
five years. You know, one thing I've learned doing this
is El Paso loves to help all pass on. That's
a perfect example of him having that commitment to the
music scene here in El Paso and with you know,
demographics that might not normally get exposed to live music.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
In that way.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
And then as part of my job, I see you
know what you would call these bigger, more mainstream concerts.
And whenever a cello comes out, a trumpet comes out,
like you know, one of the less traditional instrument comes out,
it's always a really big cool thing to see, even
with you know, big country stars or big rap artists
or big rock rock scenes, you know, and they come
out with that music and you know they can be
a part part of that as well.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
So we have a concert series.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
You have a concert series coming up al Paso Pro Musica.
Speaker 5 (23:07):
Can you tell us more a little bit about that.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
Well, this year we're calling it twenty five for twenty five,
so it's just twenty five years in twenty five. Here
we go celebrating twenty five years with Zel Bailey, and
we're very excited because our concert coming up this month
features this incredible pianist from Australia named Piers Lane, who
is well known all over the world, and he's going
(23:31):
to be doing like standard classics, but they're so interesting
and innovative. He's performing works by Schubert and yet he's
performing works by Chopin. But the work he's performing by
Chopin was a work that became one of the most
important ballets to be choreographed ever, performed by ballet rooster
(23:52):
Monte Carlo all in New York Ballet, all of these
incredible ballet companies all over the world and it's called
lesul Feed and the greatest ballet dancers in the world
performed in this particular ballet from Mikhail Barishnikoff and so on,
(24:12):
and it's so exciting to see that this was music
that was composed that you could dance to. Yes you can,
and so that's what's so exciting about the rhythms and
the patterns that it was able to be choreographed so
it's not just this is beautiful music by Chopin. This
was beautiful music by Chopin that was taken to the
(24:35):
next level to create a gorgeous ballet to go along
with the music.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Yes, I'm pretty sure I danced it at one point.
I started ballet when I was five. I did it
for years. My favorite form of dance, especially when it's
put to the piano, you know, and it just.
Speaker 5 (24:48):
All flows together. And yes, oh I love that. So
for October, it's pianist Pierce Laine. You said from Australia.
Speaker 7 (24:55):
He's from Australia. Wow, we'll be performing in the United
States and he's going to come in and he's a
delightful person. Will also be doing outreach within the community,
doing a lot of things too. We have a great
relationship with the University of Texas at all Passive Department
of Music, and we help run the Arts Entrepreneurship program.
So PEERCE is also going to be working and talking
(25:15):
with students at the university level, which is very exciting. Again,
that's where the momentum, that's where the expiration comes.
Speaker 5 (25:22):
Yes, oh, that's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
And if you want to learn more about this series,
because again it's twenty five. For twenty five, I mean
they're having so many fantastic artists called Pablo Signs Viegas,
Maggie O'Connor, of course, Zuli ol Baty and friends. You
can go to EPPM dot org to find more of
the concert series that are coming up. Make sure you
take your family, take your friends, go experience it for yourself.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
Felipe, is there anything else that you would like to
tell the listening audience.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Well, yes, if you want to experience the concert experience
for students, our tickets are only five dollars. We're not
raising the prices, and we have season tickets available. Like
you mentioned Boblo Signs Viegas, they're calling him the next Segovia,
and he's working with composers like John Williams Mark and
Maggie O'Connor. They have like eight Grammys and they're fiddlers.
(26:10):
So there's going to be the Appalachian Christmas. There's going
to be kind of a country uh just to it.
So it's going to be fantastic. So all season we're
doing something for everyone. So please go to EPPM dot
org get tickets individually, get season tickets, and remember All
student tickets are five dollars.
Speaker 5 (26:28):
Wonderful, Philippe, Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
You've been listening to El Paso Public Forum, a weekly
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