[blindkid] Berklee College of Music adds a Braille curriculum

[ERobin8725 at aol.com]

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
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