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Emerge Outside, Performance Space 2010
Accessible Arts promotes the accessibility of music in New South Wales and supports inclusive music practice to improve opportunities for people with a disability to express their creativity through music.
"All people are musical Australians, whether they recognise their own musicality or not, share their life with music. Music marks many of the major events in our lives. It defines our childhood and our youth. A relationship with music is something that we share from our cradles to our graves."
Ian Harvey, Music Council of Australia
Australian Musical Futures: Towards 2020
Emerge Outside, Performance Space 2010
Music initiatives and partnerships seek to:
- Improve representation of people with disability in Sydney's choirs, orchestras, mentorship programs, training schemes and music performance venues.
- Increase the resources for music education and the number of state funded music programs for people with disability.
- Support the National Arts and Disability Strategy's goal to "strengthen pathways into the creative sector."
"As a musician I aim to include rather than hide my disability, for it is a part of me and
deserves recognition. But we are not 'Disability Artists'! Musicians, artists, writers,
poets, playwrights and actors with disabilities don't contribute just to the 'crip culture'. We are equal contributors to the global conversation, and deserve to be recognized as such."
Catherine Branch, Classical Musician & Research Fellow
News
- 31/10/2011 - National music residency a first for inclusion
- 03/12/2010 - Regional conservatoriums engaged in disability access and awareness
- 17/06/2010 - Music technology links metro and regional arts & disability
- 17/06/2010 - Networking at music forum improving access to the Opera
- 29/04/2010 - Music forum brings key players together
Accessible Music Pathways Forum
Over 30 musicians, artistic directors, program managers, music teachers and disability service coordinators participated in the second Accessible Music Pathways Forum at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House on 23 April 2010.
Download
In June 2009, Accessible Arts held a forum that brought together eight adult musicians to talk about personal experiences of music. The group discussed the opportunities and barriers they had found on their own experience as musicians. Download the forum minutes (Word, 108KB).
Projects
Accessible Arts funded two music based projects as part of the Don't DIS my ABILITY campaign 2009, for International Day of People with a disability.
- Drumming to My Own Beat - Byron Shire Council (North Coast NSW)
- Electronic Music workshops - Tra La La Blip (Northern Rivers NSW)
"We could organise music studio session or share our sounds digitally through this Pathway. As much as myself, we will all benefit from this"
Pierre Comarmond, Musician
Resources
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Arts Worker Directory - Find an arts worker in music
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Artist Resource - Fact sheets, links to existing resources and artist interviews.
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Adaptive Use Musical Instruments - free software that enables people with little voluntary mobility, access to create and perform electronic sounds, sequences and music making.
Further information
Contact Sarah-Vyne Vassallo, Arts Development Officer, artsdevelopment@aarts.net.au or tel: 02 9251 6499 ext 110.