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Posted by: Donna Koh
This blog is a continuation of an interview with Chi Kim, instructor and professor at the assistive music technology (AMT) lab for blind and visually impaired students at Berklee College of Music.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Interviews, Music Education, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Donna Koh
Part 1 The end goal for most college music students is to develop and cultivate skills to prepare for a successful musical career after graduation. For some music students with visual impairment (V.I.), just getting through the college degree program can be challenging. Here are some common reasons: inability to learn a large amount of …
Posted in: Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Braille Technology, Interviews, Music Education, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
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 …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Music Education, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Donna Koh
I always get excited when a patron requests a book on reading braille music because it means one more patron might be able to take advantage of our wonderful braille music collection. In my opinion, braille music readers have an edge over non-readers since they are able to explore and interpret the score themselves. In …
Posted in: Bettye Krolick, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Donna Koh
This is the second part of my interview with Stephanie Pieck. Q) Explaining your teaching philosophy, you wrote, “I faced many instances in which the general opinion was that a blind person couldn’t learn. But I also had many very dedicated teachers who knew this wasn’t true; all that was needed was a different way to …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Interviews, Music Education, Music Instruction, Piano, Stephanie Pieck, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments