2018: Disability and Music – Page 2 – UK Disability History Month

Disability in Popular Song 2003

Disability in Popular Song My parents always shared their favourite music with us kids. My mother was a fan of string quartets and opera, my father, jazz. So, I don’t know where they got the compilation album Country Classics but…

Jazz and Disability Blof George McKAY

Jazz and disability: UK Disability History Month Leave a reply To mark UK Disability History Month (which is on the theme of music), here is a short piece taken from a chapter I’ve written about jazz and disability, to be…

Powerpoint for UK Disability History Month 2018

UKDHM Launch RR Devised and Presented by Richard Rieser Coordinator UKDHM

Music- Staff Benda Bilili from Congo

Music- Staff Benda Bilili from Congo Introduction If disability is part of human life is it reflected in music both with musicians and the content of songs and operas? Make a list of disabled musicians from the class Band Staff…

Lloyd Coleman Sounds of Disability

As part of an Arts Council funded programme of work, Dao is engaging with freelance writers to commission opinion pieces and interviews, instigating wider debate about music and disabled musicians that creates a greater understanding of where music sits with…

Day of Action on Disability Equality in the Education System gets support across the country. Meeting very successful

A woman speaks from a platform with campaigning pictures pinned to the table she is sitting at Union leads call for action on ‘silent massacre’ of disabled staff and students 0 BY JOHN PRING ON NOVEMBER 22, 2018 EDUCATION Focus…

Ben Lunn new disabled composer Piece T4 at DaDa Fest Liverpool 28th November

Whether it’s writing protest songs or using musical instruments as part of the rehabilitation process, music and disability have historically had a complicated relationship. As a foretaste of the theme of this years’ UK Disability History Month – exploring the…

Disability News Service Report on 19th November UKDHM launch

22 November 2018 Parliamentary event recognises disabled musicians who trumped oppression A parliamentary event has recognised some of the many artists over the centuries whose talent as musicians has “trumped” the oppression they experienced as disabled people. The event was…