ShareMusic
www.sharemusic.org.uk
provides creative music courses shared by disabled young people with
their volunteer carers. Open to everyone, suitable for newcomers and experienced
participants.
The Full
Pitcher Music Resources
www.fullpitcher.co.uk
our partner site, a music publisher specialising in resources to support
creative & inclusive music making. Online digital sheet music, 'Get
Creative' magazine section and custom arrange and print are just a few of the
innovations on offer.
Music
& Disability Forum
Full Pitcher's new message board where you can ask
questions, publicise your events, find resources and share your ideas
with others.
The Orpheus
Centre
www.orpheus.org.uk
"Disabled and non-disabled young people come here to
write songs, make dances and put on shows that are explosive, exhilarating and
excellent."
Sound Sense
www.soundsense.org
This community music organisation now incorporates
the National Music and Disability Information Service.
RNIB
www.rnib.org.uk
The Royal National Institute for the Blind offers much support for
visually-impaired music-makers.
Music and the
Deaf
www.matd.org.uk
Music and the Deaf defines its mission as "to
help deaf people of all ages and degrees of hearing loss to access music and the
performing arts through workshops, schools projects and signed theatrical
performances throughout the United Kingdom"
Drake
Music Project
www.drakemusicproject.org
Drake utilise particular features of existing music technology,
and tutors develop special ways of working with it for groups of
disabled musicians or individuals. They also undertake development of
specialised 'custom' hardware and software.
PATSSLD
www.greenwold.freeserve.co.uk
Web site of the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with
Specific Learning Difficulties, with information about music.
Choosing an
Instrument
/choosing_an_instrument
an article, on this site, incorporating lots more
links relevant to choosing and adapting instruments.
Soundbeam
www.soundbeam.co.uk
"exhilarating opportunities for music composition and live group
music-making, with the invisible, expanding keyboard in space"
Melody
www.melody.me.uk
Melody helps parents and teachers bring the pleasure of playing a musical
instrument to people with learning disabilities, through sharing practical tips
and ideas that have worked.
Music
Technology & Curriculum Access
www.musicedutech.com
"Using music technology to improve access to music and enhance music learning for all, particularly for pupils with
disabilities. The site provides examples of successful use of technology in the music classroom and provides links for further exploration."
Heart &
Soul Music
www.heart-soul-music.com
"The main goals of this website are: To provide needed tools and
information for musicians and singers so they can perform entertaining
shows: To provide information and musical tools for caregivers so they
can understand the power of music to improve their residents'
lives To provide CDs and Videos that produce a peaceful, soothing
environment and provide hours of pleasant experience for residents of
nursing homes and those that are fortunate enough to be taken care of at
home."
MyBreathMyMusic
www.mybreathmymusic.com
An inspirational site introducing us to several young people with
severe muscular disabilities who are able to play an electronic wind
instrument. There are photographs of the various stands and arm supports
which make this possible and recordings of the musicians in action.
Amicus Interactive Music
Project
www.amicusmusic.org
The Amicus Interactive Music Project is a charitable organisation which
brings children together in environments of fun and friendship to create music.
The Project, based in York, UK, uses MIDI CREATOR and other technology to make
its activities widely accessible.
Circle of Sound
http://www.circleofsound.co.uk
Circle of Sound is an independent, non-profit making, community music
organisation. It is a loose association of musicians, artists
and support workers who believe that people who have disabilities can, and should, play an
active part in the broader community. Because they are committed to integration
they also work with people who do not have disabilities.
MIDIcreator
Home Page
www.midicreator.com
The new home for MIDIcreator, "an instrument that
allows music to be created in a host of different ways". It is controlled
by sensors or switches, so it is ideal for making performance opportunities
available to switch-users.
Unique
Perspectives
www.click2go.ie
An innovative company, whose products include Quintet, "...an exciting
new musical instrument that enables people with disabilities to play music using
switches," and Point-It, a USB compatible joystick which may be of interest
to disabled users of GridPlay and Midigrid.