[Gabs] Fwd: [Njabs-talk] Berklee College of Music adds a Braille curriculum

[Mary Fernandez]

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From: "EVELYN  E. VALDEZ" <tweetybaby19 at comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:33:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Njabs-talk] Berklee College of Music adds a Braille  curriculum
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Hello Everyone,
 I am forwarding this very interesting information.
 Carol

> Carol Castellano
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
> www.nopbc.org
>
>>From: ERobin8725 at aol.com
>>Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:08:09 -0400 (EDT)
>>To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>>
>>In the August 9th Boston Globe newspaper there was an article about the
>>Berklee College of Music adding a curriculum for blind students that
>>includes
>>Braille music notation and the technology needed to compose and produce
>>music  for blind music students.  They had a five week summer program to
>>test
>>the  technology and curriculum before starting the for-credit program this
>>fall.
>>
>>They have had blind students previously the article said, but were not
>>able
>>  to provide them with everything they would need to read and produce
>> music.
>>   The developer of the curriculum, Chi Kim a pianist and songwriter,
>>graduated  from Berklee and received a masters degree from New York
>>University.
>>He  learned Braille as a child in his native South Korea.
>>
>>This information should give heart to the parents of blind children who
>>are
>>  musically inclined - that a major music school is not only admitting and
>>encouraging blind students but has a curriculum that will allow them to
>>develop  the skills necessary to be independent creators and producers of
>>music.
>>
>>Eleanor Robinson
>>7-128 Software
>>Home of Simply Entertainment Computer Games
>>We have 8 early childhood and 17 age ten to adult accessible computer
>>games
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