New BARD Additions: September 2022
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Review the most recent additions from the NLS Music Section to BARD.
Posted in: Arias, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Piano Music
Category: Piano Music
Baby It’s COLD Outside!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Highlighting winter and snow themed music from the NLS Music Section collection.
Posted in: Braille Music, Choral, Piano Music, Uncategorized, Vivaldi
New BARD Additions: August 2020
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Check out the most recent uploads of music materials for BARD, August 2020.
Posted in: Accordion, Bach, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Cello, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Piano Music
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: (Part 2–Kauflin, Justin and Kern, Kevin)
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Highlighting two young pianist composers and performers, Justin Kauflin and Kevin Kern.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Interviews, Jazz, Music Composition, NLS Concerts, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: I-Part 2, Blind Musicians, International
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Blind musicians have been an integral part of music making for centuries.
Posted in: American Composers, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Jazz, Louis Braille, Music Education, NLS Music Section, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Technicians Guild, Piano Tuning, Stevie Wonder
EXTRA!!! Recent BARD Additions, Late January-February Edition
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Here is a listing of the most recent BARD additions. If you aren’t able to find something on this list for learning or entertainment, check back next month, or the next; something will come your way. In the meantime, a tune many of us heard from a television comedy of the 60s, “Ballad of Gilligan’s …
Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Guitar instruction, Music Instruction, Piano Music
There’s No Song Like an Old Song
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
I’m always reminding myself how fortunate I am to live in an area that offers not only great classical music, theater and dance performances, but many popular music performers make a stop, especially during the summer. Being a child of the sixties, rock and roll concerts usually meant performances in smoky nightclubs (missed out on …
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Music Instruction, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, saxophone, Uncategorized
Never Too Late!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Forty-three years ago patron Dianne Phelps earned her Music Education degree at Eastern New Mexico University. She faced difficult challenges with her partial vision at the time and struggled with some of the faculty, reluctant to award her a degree. Thankfully, she prevailed. Afterwards, she had a keyboard and was frustrated as she was not …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Performing music, Piano Music, Popular Music