Wall of Song presents “Feeling Good” (2019-)
Artist Mel Day in collaboration with Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique
The Institute for the Study of Sport, Society & Social Change,
and affinity partners.
Our thanks to the athletes, fans, students, staff, and community supporters who have added their voices and to all of our collaborative partners for their generous support of FEELING GOOD!
Mel Day
Artist, co-founder of The Wall of Song Project,
Interdisciplinary Art Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, SJSU
Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique
‘Feeling Good’ collaborator and co-organizer, Dean, Benedict College, South Carolina (formerly Executive Director for the ISSSSC
Associate Professor Department of African American Studies, SJSU)
Michael Namkung
Artist, poet, and
co-founder of The Wall of Song’s first ‘Hallelujah’ Project
Dr. Craig McKenzie
Musical Arrangement
& Band Direction
Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Director of Bands
Director of Athletic Bands, School of Music & Dance, SJSU
Bonnie Sugiyama
SJSU Director of the PRIDE Center & Gender Equity Center
Dr. Corie Brown
Choral Direction
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education, School of Music & Dance, SJSU
Dr. Jeffery Benson
Music & Dance
Director of Choral Activities, School of Music & Dance, SJSU
Danielle Marie, Soprano Soloist
Executive Director of
“Class Act Music Academy”
Brendan Rawson
Executive Director,
San Jose Jazz
Ryan O’Rorke
SJSU Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing,
Digital Media and Licensing
Joshua Moon
SJSU Promotions & Fan Experience Coordinator
Elizabeth D. Foggie
Digital Media Consultant
Justin Edwards
Motion Graphics & Sound Design Consultant
Kiki Wu
Website designer, 3D artist
Raymond Lam
Undergraduate Assistant
Leily Khatibi
Wall of Song Consultant & Former Graduate Assistant
(Video/Web/XR)
Natasha Harris
Beth Doyle
Juyoung Ku
Emma Calow
Research Consultant
Collaborators and Affinity Partners
Special thanks to Grammy Award-winning R&B powerhouse Ledisi and KCSM Jazz 91’s Greg Bridges for this exclusive interview for FEELING GOOD: Celebrating National Girls and Womxn in Sports Day through a Wall of Song Event (2.18.21).
Soloists, Choral Direction & Musical Arrangement
Danielle Marie, Soprano Soloist
Dr. Craig McKenzie, Music Arrangement, Band Direction, Consulting
Evalina Maas-Espinosa, Jasmine Reyes, Amy Young (SJSU Choir Soloists)
Dr. Corie Brown, Choral Direction & Consulting
Campus Affinity Partners
The Institute for the Study of Sport Society and Social Change (ISSSSC)
SJSU Athletics & SJSU Women’s Basketball
SJSU Choirs: Spartan Glee Club, SJSU Choraliers, SJSU Concert Choir, SJSU Treble Choir
PRIDE Center & Gender Equity Center
The Black Leadership Opportunity Center (The BLOC)
Natalie & James Thompson Gallery
Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center
Department of African American Studies
Department of Art & Art History
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
SJSU Office of Title IX
Panelist & Scholars
Dr. Amy August
Assistant Professor of Sociology – San José State University, USA Assistant Director,
Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change
Dr. Tamar Semerjian
Chair for Department of Kinesiology Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) San José State University, USA
Bonnie Sugiyama
Director of PRIDE and Gender Equity Center San José State University, USA ISSSSC Academic Advisory Board
Natasha Harris, SJSU student-athlete (Spring ’21), Athletes4Chnges
Maya Dodson, co-founder of Cardinal BLCK, Stanford University, former Stanford student athlete (currently at Notre Dame University)
Danielle Marie, soprano soloist
Dr. Jalylah Burrell, SJSU Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Sponsors
FEELING GOOD is a registered National Girls & Women in Sports Day Event, powered by the Women’s Sports Foundation.
California State University Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award
SJSU College of Humanities & the Arts Artistic Excellence Project Grant
California Entertainment Alliance Award
Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant
PRIDE Center & Gender Equity Center
SJSU Office of Title IX
Natalie and James Thompson Gallery
Additional Thanks
Alena Sauzade, Gallery Director, Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, SJSU
Cynthia Cao, Gallery Coordinator, Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, SJSU
Michelle Frey, Creative Director for Strategic Communications and Marketing, SJSU
Christopher Yang, Director, SJSU MOSAIC Cross-Cultural Center
Elisa Aquino, Program Coordinator, Chicanx / Latinx Student Success Center
Emerald Green, Director, The Black Leadership Opportunity Center, SJSU (The BLOC)
Tanya Bakhru, Professor, Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, SJSU
Dr. Patience D. Bryant, Ph.D, Director of Black/African American Equity, SJSU
G. Craig Hobbs, Associate Professor, Digital Media Arts, SJSU
Lee Friedman, Design consultant
Peggy Phelan, Ann O’Day Maples Chair in the Arts Professor of Theater & Performance Studies and English, Stanford University
Sayre Susan Batton, Executive Director, San José Museum of Art
Robin Treen, Special Projects Coordinator, San José Museum of Art
Karen Rapp, Deputy Director, San José Museum of Art
Bruce Labadie, Festival & Artistic Director, San Jose Jazz
Eli Wolf, Co-organizer of the annual Athletes and Social Change Forum with the Muhammad Ali Center; Co-Director of the Power of Sport Lab
Patrick Fenton, Artist and Designer, SwaySpace
Juan Serna, JMC Studio Engineer & Manager, SJSU Lecturer, MFA Candidate
Sage Hopkins, Head Swim & Diving Coach, SJSU
Skip Bishop, Title IX Coordinator, SJSU
Karina Hernandez, Title IX Analyst, SJSU
Sela Gaglia, Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, SJSU
Amanda Petel, Director of Corporate And Foundation Relations, SJSU
Camille S. Johnson, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Success, College of Social Science, SJSU
Jason Aleksander, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Faculty Success and Research, SJSU
Paula Kenyon, Research Development Specialist, SJSU
Courtney Miller, Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager, Adobe
Joanne Pasternak, President + Chief Impact Officer, Oliver+Rose; Co-Founder + Chief Strategy Officer, Athletes’ Voices
Felisa Israel, Owner,10 Fold Entertainment; IMPACT Learning Institute
Blake Sasaki, Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Relations, SJSU
Ryan O’Rorke, Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing, Digital Media and Licensing, SJSU
Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt, Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach, SJSU
Carolyn Ruffino, Director of Women’s Basketball Operations, SJSU
Elizabeth D. Foggie, Digital Media Consultant, SJSU
Joshua Moon, Promotions & Fan Experience Coordinator, SJSU
Rajorshi Ghosh, Chair, Art & Art History Department, SJSU
Dr. Anthony Raynsford, Chair, Art & Art History Department, SJSU
Miles Caliboso & EJ Casobar, Video Consultant (Introductory video)
Dr. Haydn James, Massed Choir & Sports Conducting Consultant
Robert Bain, SJSU Photographer
Mel Chircop, Francisco Mendoza, James Moore & Leah Silveria (SJSU Photography students)
Teri Graziani, Media Specialist/Video Producer/Strategic Communications, SJSU
Keith Sanders, Multi-Media Producer, Strategic Communications and Marketing, SJSU
Junhao Su, Videography, SJSU Videography Services
Daphne Purisima, Department Analyst, Dept. of Art & Art History, SJSU
Cindy Morata, Director of SJSU Accessible Education Center, SJSU
Maria L. Smyrniotis, CI/CT, Program Coordinator, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, SJSU
Brad Byrd, Deaf Sign Language Interpreter
Ming Lacey, PR, Wooster Communications Consultant
Kathie Pham & Andrea Perez, SJSU DB&H Advertising Student Team
Juyoung Ku, SJSU Undergraduate Researcher
Don Hanson, MFA Candidate & founder of New Art City
James Morgan, Virtual Event Consultant
Sarah Gendler, Featured singer-participant
Nico Peck & Dr. Oona Hatton, SJSU Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Miriam Dym, Copy Editing Consultant
James Moore, Financial Consultant
Giles Day, IT Consultant
Video still courtesy: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Ron Kroon / Nederlands: Collectie /
Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo / 14 December 1965
Musical arrangement: Dr. Craig McKenzie; Custom arrangement license: #353609 “Feeling Good”
[from ‘The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd’]
Songwriters: Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
‘Feeling Good’ was made famous by Nina Simone and can be found in the album “I Put A Spell On You” [1965] produced by Hall Mooney
Tresóna Individual Performance Synchronization License – Streaming (3 Years) License Copyright Information for License Number: 367161
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY – FEELING GOOD BAND AND CHORUS
Published by THE RICHMOND ORGANIZATION OBO MUSICAL COMEDY PRODUCTIONS
© 1964 (Renewed)
THANK YOU FOR
ADDING YOUR VOICE