[Perform-Talk] Introduction

[CHELA Robles]

Well my name is Chela Robles and I just joined I already gave an earlier introduction to myself. I am a trumpet player I perform several gigs before the COVID-19 hit locally at different places with different bands and groups and on the radio and different people that I know that have requested me. I’ve even performed at the NFB of California state convention last year in Milpitas California at the Embassy suites Hotel November 8 and ninth of last year. I used to play the valve trombone and the euphonium in college. I’m learning piano for fun and then slowly diving into braille music. I have learned by ear for a very long time. I partook in the virtual choir that you all heard and you might have heard some trumpet in there as well finally but that was me. I have a Christmas album that I did that I can share with you guys off list if any of you are interested in a digital copy of it. Thinking about doing a non-holiday themed album myself. I joined because there are some misconceptions among some of my Cited counterpart musician friends that I constantly have to let them know about how I do things as a blind musician just as well as they do and yet they still revert back to Oh no you need cues but you can’t have cues because you’re blind that’s very absurd in my opinion. A friend of mine was listening to the choir performances and made that rude remark And I got on the defensive when he said since everybody is blind they could not watch the conductor give out any cues when in fact all we did was record the pieces of music in our own time frame on time with music tracks click tracks braille music you name it we did it all very well and I’m very proud of us for doing so but it’s still a misconception myth  The sighted people seem to keep having the visual mindset that they have I don’t really care for it very much. Us's not one size fits all visual mindset has to be broken! So thank you for welcoming me to the group I appreciate it as a professional musician in my own right.

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> On Jul 20, 2020, at 9:12 AM, Leslie Hamric via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Julie and welcome to the list. My name is Leslie and I'm a professional cellist. Like you, I have played in various chamber music groups and I am currently a member of the Elmhurst symphony. I played in my school orchestra from fourth grade through high school. I also teach cello and braille music. I would love to chat with you further so please email me off list if you like. The performing arts division is awesome and I think you'll enjoy being a member.
> Leslie
> 
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
> Board member of National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 7:56 AM, Julia LaGrand via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> I joined this listserv a few months ago, but just decided to become a member of the Performing Arts division, so I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Julia LaGrand and I am from Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am 16 years old and a rising junior in high school. I currently study violin with professor Danielle Belen at the University of Michigan and have attended various summer festivals including Credo Music and Center Stage Strings. Pre-Covid, I participated in my school's orchestra, as well as a string quartet through my school and a piano trio through St. Cecilia Music School in downtown Grand Rapids. 
>> I decided to become a member of this division because I have encountered the apparent barriers that have come up, because of  blindness or the perceptions of mine/others about blindness, on my journey thus-far as a student violinist. I want to advocate for the performing arts as a blind performing artist and work to deconstruct these things that get in the way of blind performing artists. I am inspired by the examples of success in the performing arts in this division, and I can't wait to get involved! 
>> I am excited to actively participate in listserves and in a Facebook group, but don't know all that much about the work of the division to talk about other ways in which I'm interested in getting involved. I am very much still a student, but I love sharing my experiences being a blind performer so far, and learning from other blind performing artists. I love to make connections with others, fundraise, and most of all, learn from those "around" me more about the NFB, the Performing Arts division, and how to achieve success for myself and others as blind performers. I look forward to education, advocacy and art!
>> Thank you for taking the time to read that long email!
>> Julia LaGRAND
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