In All Access, THUMP Canada opens the conversation about music venue accessibility, starting in Toronto.
He insists that the last thing he ever expected was to become a campaigner, but that finding a way to combine his love of music with accessibility has been "inspiring".
That Copland can be a springboard for ballets that are a hit with the audience and that resemble works by Alvin Ailey and Gerald Arpino, the Joffrey's artistic director, is not at odds with the composer's lack of condescension to folk music and accessibility.
At a time when new music is chasing accessibility, Mr. Joneleit's pieces recall the avant-garde sound sculptures of the 1960's.
A sincere interest in music education and accessibility, notably through his Sistema-inspired Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, has helped him avoid being pegged as a diva.
Problems at most music festivals include accessibility to stage areas when, for example, poor weather creates muddy conditions that make it difficult to use a wheelchair.
IZOD CENTER The Meadowlands, New Jersey (212-307-7171) — Aug. 27: The Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor earned his angry place among alternative-rock royalty by combining the malice of industrial music and the accessibility of mainstream pop.
Spanning across various disciplines – including literature from human-computer interaction (HCI), accessibility, music and art – these papers demonstrated a great range of approaches, including expressive, subjective design proposals as well as more functional, objective representations, vetted by experimental procedures.
The accessibility of music for people at all stages of dementia, close links between music, personal identity and life events, the importance of relationship-building through music making were particularly highlighted as valuable.
The rise of singing schools in the 1720s and the growing accessibility of music in the mid eighteenth century, however, cultivated a wider appreciation for music as an individuated art.
