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Nick Yee, DMA

Violist Nicholaus Yee completed his doctoral studies at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he was the teaching assistant to Dr. Pamela Goldsmith and Professor Donald McInnes, and attended as a full fellowship recipient. In addition to his viola studies, he is trained as an instrumental conductor, early music specialist, and music educator, topics he minored in as part of the rigorous and multi-faceted program at USC.

LGBTQIA+ Pronouns

What are personal pronouns, how are they connected to the LGBTQIA+ community, and why do they matter? Pronouns are a part of speech (like nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.), they are a word that replaces a noun in a sentence. In English, most of these are gender neutral (ex. I, me, we, you, they). However, some third person pronouns in English are gendered, notably “he” and “she”, though singular gender neutral “they” is also used.