Composer, pianist, and founder of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, Gabriela Lena Frank was born with a neurosensory…

During Dialogue on Disability Week, we take a look at some musicians and how they were or are able to compose, perform or conduct despite dealing with disabilities.

During Dialogue on Disability Week, we take a look at some musicians and how they were or are able to compose, perform or conduct despite dealing with…

Many of us are familiar with El Sistema, the music-education program, founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist José…

Music Therapy has been shown to benefit people of all ages and abilities. It can improve cognitive, social, mental, physical and emotional needs. An…

Before I begin this post, I want to introduce myself, as you most likely have not seen my name on this website before! My name is Ellen Robertson, and I…

Joaquin Rodrigo was one composer who was blind, but wrote his music in braille, which was later transcribed into printed notation. But what exactly is…

Deb Guarneiri is a music teacher on a mission: help people with upper arm disabilities to play the ukulele. Playing the ukulele brought her back to music…

During Dialogue on Disability Week as we delve into the lives and stories of musicians who have overcome challenges to make the music they love, we are…

When Rachel Flowers was born 15 weeks premature in 1993, she weighed just one and a half pounds. She lost her vision three months later due to a...