Accessible Arts presented Disability Access & Awareness training at the NSW Regional Conservatorium Events Conference held in Bathurst on 23 November 2010.
Lismore based music making collective Tra La La Blip brought a regional presence to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney this month.
Thirteen-year-old Charitha McMahon has a passion for classical music and recently attended a Sydney Symphony Orchestra rehearsal, his first ever experience of a live classical music performance.
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National music residency a first for inclusion
Rewriting the Score, an inclusive music project in regional NSW, has attracted participation from a range of musicians from across Australia with personal experience of disability. The national residency program hosted by Orange Regional Conservatorium, in partnership with Accessible Arts will commence this month.
Eight successful recipients from metropolitan and regional NSW, Queensland, Perth and Tasmania will travel to Orange in late November to work with five local musicians, to create and perform a collaborative body of work. Under the direction of Artistic Director Graham Sattler, a performance, a public forum and several informal performances during social inclusion week will take place, including solo repertoire crafted from the residency.
"We are thrilled with the interest expressed in the project and are very much looking forward to the residency and the potential for future collaborative projects, engaging professional artists with and without disabilities," said Graham Sattler, Director Orange Regional Conservatorium.
Charlie McMahon, a veteran didgeridoo player who lost his right hand at the age of 16, is impressed with the project and welcomes the opportunity to be involved.
"This is a chance for me to apply a lot of knowledge gained over 30 years of experience in performance and innovative music production. It's my first residency and I very much value the opportunity to work with this group of musicians in a regional setting," he said.
Rewriting the Score is supported by Arts NSW, Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol services and Western NSW Local Health Network. The project provides an avenue to build audiences for new music in regional NSW, whilst promoting links between art, creativity, inclusion and well-being.