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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section announces recent BARD additions from October-November, 2018.
Posted in: Arnold Schoenberg, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Music Education, New Acquisitions, Piano, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Donna Koh
Continued from last week. Part 2 My second day at the school, which was a Saturday, was spent observing private lessons and group classes. Saturday at the school is mostly reserved for the youth programs. I was eager to attend as many lessons as possible and what I saw was fascinating and memorable. I attended …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Technology, Choral, Music Education, Music Instruction, teachers, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Uncategorized
Posted by: Donna Koh
The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School train the teachers on accessible music technology and braille music so that they are better equipped to work with students with vision loss.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Music Education, Music Instruction, teachers, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Donna Koh
Last month, I finally took a long-awaited trip to England. In addition to spending time with my daughter who is a student in Manchester, there were two things that I planned to accomplish during my visit: attending the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and visiting the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Fortunately, …
Posted in: Braille Music, Music Education, Outreach, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
The hot and hazy dog days of summer are here, but the NLS Music Section has been working diligently to provide digital music books and scores for our patrons to access instantly. Take a look at the audiobooks and braille scores we have made available on NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) during the …
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, March, Music Education, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Ragtime, Talking Books, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
The following is a guest blog post by new Music Reader Services librarian Lindsay Conway. Did you know that the National Library Service offers subscriptions to music magazines, free of charge to NLS patrons? The NLS Music Section produces Musical Mainstream, Contemporary Soundtrack, and Popular Music Lead Sheets. NLS also offers free subscriptions to five …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Interviews, Large Print, Magazines, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Outreach, Piano Technicians Guild, Piano Tuning, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Uncategorized
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