[musictlk] Dancing Dots Accessible Music Presentation, Arizona Center for the Blind in Phoenix: Wednesday, April 8 [cross-posted]

[Bill]

N. B.: This presentation will be on afternoon of April 8. E-mail
info at DancingDots.com or call/message Bill McCann at 610-812-2273 to schedule
a meeting while he is in the Phoenix area April 8 through morning of April
11.  Also, please forward this announcement to any individuals or groups
who might be interested..

 

Admission to the Arizona Center presentation is free but you must register
in advance.  To reserve your place and for more information, contact:

Adam Cruz

acruz at acbvi.org

602.273.7411 Ex. 141

 

ACCESSIBLE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

FOR BLIND AND LOW VISION PERFORMERS

 

April 8, 2015

12:15 to 2:15 PM

            

Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

3100 E. Roosevelt St.

Phoenix,  Arizona

 

How do blind and low vision people read and write music notation?  Can I
read magnified music notation while I play my instrument?  How can I learn
to read braille music? Isn't it just too hard? How can blind and low vision
people participate in music groups with sighted musicians?

 

How can I turn my PC into a multi-track recording studio?  Can I make
records that sound good enough for the radio?

 

To learn the answers to these and related questions, you are invited to
attend a presentation given by Bill McCann, founder and president of Dancing
DotsR.  This special presentation is sponsored by the Arizona Center for the
Blind and Visually Impaired. 

 

.           You will get an overview of how to use technology for
scanning/importing, editing and transcribing printed music into accessible
formats for blind and low vision performers.  Access methods include braille
music, magnified standard print music, and musical and verbal descriptions
of notes and chords.  

 

.           McCann will demonstrate how he can notate his own musical ideas,
proof and revise them, and finally print them out for sighted people to
perform his composition.  

 

.           You will witness a demonstration of The Lime Lighter
music-reading device and hear ideas on ways to use this new device to
improve how low vision people practice and perform music.

 

.           You will hear samples of audio productions created by blind
people who used the CakeTalking scripts from Dancing Dots to independently
operate the SONAR digital audio workstation software from Cakewalk.  

 

.           There should be time for questions and answers and, if possible,
for you to try using the Lime Lighter and our other technologies.  

 

.           Feel free to bring print music scores with you that we can scan
and convert to your preferred accessible format: magnified staff notation,
braille music, or "talking" score. 

 

.           See the "Presentations" link at www.DancingDots.com for
audio/visual presentations.