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Discussing Braille Music with Lifetime NLS Patron Linn Sorge, Part 2

Posted by: Donna Koh

Continued from last week  5. When should a music student start learning braille music? As soon as a youngster is reading braille somewhat comfortably, I believe they can begin to read music braille. If they keep playing by ear, then the desire to learn to read music diminishes. And sadly, very often there is no …

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Discussing Braille Music with Lifetime NLS Patron Linn Sorge, Part 1

Posted by: Donna Koh

Linn Sorge has been a NLS patron since she was in kindergarten some 60 years ago. I met Linn when I took “Braille Music Basics,” an excellent introductory online course to reading braille music offered through Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  In addition to being a teacher at Hadley, Linn is an …