青年教会管弦乐团旨在帮助有色人种音乐家
📖 逐句对照翻译
For more than two years, Ebonie Vazquez searched to find a music teacher of color for her son, Giovanni.
两年多来，埃博妮·巴斯克斯一直在为她的儿子乔瓦尼寻找一位有色人种的音乐老师。
He is 11 years old and loves to play the violin.
他11岁，喜欢拉小提琴。
Now, she has found that teacher at New Hope Presbyterian Church, a Christian religious center, near Los Angeles, California.
现在，她在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶附近的基督教宗教中心——新希望长老会教堂找到了那位老师。
Chineta Goodjoin, a Black pastor, leads New Hope.
黑人牧师奇内塔·古德乔恩领导着新希望教会。
She started a string orchestra at the church in April to help children of color have a better chance to learn classical music.
她于四月在教堂创办了一支弦乐团，帮助有色人种儿童获得更好的学习古典音乐的机会。
Goodjoin and the orchestra’s leaders think it is important for the music teachers to look like their students and share similar life experiences.
古德乔因和乐团领导层认为，音乐教师应与学生外貌相仿、生活经历相似，这一点很重要。
That is why the orchestra’s director, Charles Dickerson and all its music teachers are people of color.
这就是为什么该乐团的总监查尔斯·迪克森以及所有音乐教师都是有色人种。
Dickerson is also the director of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, which he founded in 2009.
迪克森还是他于2009年创立的洛杉矶内城青年管弦乐团的团长。
After Goodjoin’s daughter Nyla began playing in that orchestra, Goodjoin decided to build a similar group at her church.
在古德乔因的女儿奈拉开始在那个管弦乐团演奏后，古德乔因决定在她的教堂组建一个类似的团体。
The church’s orchestra now has about 18 members, aged nine to 20.
教堂的管弦乐队现在有大约18名成员，年龄从9岁到20岁不等。
They play the violin, viola, bass and cello.
他们演奏小提琴、中提琴、低音提琴和大提琴。
The orchestra accepts all students who want to join.
管弦乐团接受所有想加入的学生。
Ebonie Vazquez says having teachers of color has helped the orchestra members feel like they fit in well.
埃博妮·巴斯克斯表示，拥有有色人种教师帮助管弦乐队的成员们感到自己很好地融入了其中。
“It’s important they don’t feel like outsiders, but are supported and feel like they belong,” she said.
她说：“重要的是，他们不要觉得自己是外人，而是得到支持并有归属感。”
“It has definitely helped my son connect more to the music and the craft.”
这无疑帮助我儿子更好地与音乐和技艺产生了联系。
Her son Giovanni said that in the church orchestra, he could play classical music or popular modern music.
她的儿子乔瓦尼说，在教堂管弦乐队里，他既能演奏古典音乐，也能演奏流行现代音乐。
He values being part of the church orchestra because “it’s a piece of our community.”
他看重自己作为教堂管弦乐队一员，因为“这是我们社区的一部分”。
“They encourage young musicians of color and everyone gets a chance to play and maybe use it as a stepping stone to get better or even turn this into a career,” he said.
他说：“他们鼓励有色人种的年轻音乐家，每个人都有机会演奏，或许还能以此作为提升自我的跳板，甚至将其发展为自己的职业。”
Elizabeth Moulthrop is executive director of El Sistema, an international network of music education programs that was founded in Venezuela.
伊丽莎白·莫尔思罗普是El Sistema的执行董事，这是一个成立于委内瑞拉的国际音乐教育项目网络。
She said programs like the church orchestra can help students go to life-changing summer music camps, receive college scholarships, and find connections to jobs.
她说，像教堂管弦乐队这样的项目可以帮助学生参加改变人生的夏季音乐营，获得大学奖学金，并找到与工作的联系。
Goodjoin said she and her husband, Reggie Goodjoin, see a future for the orchestra where “African American kids play classical music and play it well.”
古德乔因说，她和丈夫雷吉·古德乔因看到了乐团的未来：“非裔美国孩子演奏古典音乐，而且演奏得很出色。”
Reggie Goodjoin is a jazz musician and the church’s music director.
雷吉·古德乔因是一名爵士音乐家，也是教堂的音乐总监。
The group plays a mix of both classical and popular music.
该乐团演奏古典音乐和流行音乐的混合曲目。
“I like to say they play everything from Bach to Beyonce,” added Goodjoin.
古德乔恩补充道：“我想说，他们演奏的曲目从巴赫到碧昂丝，无所不包。”
They also learn music by famous African American jazz composers such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
他们还学习由非裔美国爵士乐著名作曲家，如贝西伯爵和艾灵顿公爵创作的音乐。
Goodjoin said she believes the church is a great place to start talking about fairness in music.
古德乔恩表示，她认为教会是开始讨论音乐公平性的绝佳场所。
“Music is freedom,” Goodjoin added.
“音乐就是自由，”古德乔恩补充道。
The pastor is already getting praise from parents.
牧师已经得到了家长们的赞扬。
One boy who plays the upright bass was about to quit playing because no one in his school orchestra looked like him.
一名演奏低音提琴的男孩因为学校管弦乐队里没有人和他长相相似，差点放弃演奏。
“His mom said that when he came here, the pressure to play and compete was taken off and that it’s a delight to now watch her son light up feeling a sense of worthiness,” she said.
她说：“他妈妈讲，他来到这里后，打球和竞争的压力就卸下了，现在看着儿子容光焕发、感受到自身的价值，真是一件令人欣慰的事。”
Dickerson said he started the Los Angeles orchestra when a group of students told him they wanted to play closer to where they live.
迪克森说，当初是一群学生告诉他，他们想在家附近演奏，于是他创办了洛杉矶管弦乐团。
“They would have to drive long distances to be in these orchestras where they didn’t know the other kids,” he said.
他说：“他们得开很远的车才能加入这些管弦乐团，而在那里他们谁也不认识。”
“The young kids from our communities were always put in the back row and the back row was right next to the door.”
我们社区的孩子们总是被安排在最后一排，而最后一排紧挨着门。
“It’s easy to walk out that door,” he added, “when you don’t really feel accepted and when you know you’re probably not as skilled as the others.”
他补充道：“当你并未真正感到被接纳，而且知道自己可能不如其他人熟练时，走出那扇门是很容易的。”
He added that those other students usually had more music lessons and started playing at a younger age.
他补充说，其他那些学生通常上过更多的音乐课，而且开始演奏的年龄也更小。
Dickerson said the Black Church has at times been the only place the African American community could organize services they needed, such as banks and newspapers.
迪克森表示，黑人教会有时是非洲裔美国人社区唯一能够组织他们所需服务（如银行和报纸）的地方。
“If we can come together in the church and create a symphonic orchestra, all I can say is all praise to God,” he added.
他补充道：“如果我们能在教堂里齐聚一堂，组建一支交响乐团，我能说的就是，一切赞美都归于上帝。”
I'm Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
And I'm Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马特奥。
Deepa Bharath wrote this story for The Associated Press.
迪帕·巴拉特为美联社撰写了这篇报道。
Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安德鲁·史密斯为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
