Books at Curtis Library
The Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780199331444Publication Date: 2015-11-12
- Keywords for Disability Studies
From Credo Reference. A resource for learning about major concepts in disability studies. Includes terms like access, accommodation, performance, prosthetics, and many others.
Extraordinary Measures : Disability in Music by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780199766468Publication Date: 2011
Rethinking Schubert by Call Number: ML410.S384 R357 2016ISBN: 9780190200107Publication Date: 2016-09-06See the essay "Disability, self-critique, and failure in Schubert's 'Der Doppelgänger'" by Benjamin Binder
Hearing Beethoven : a story of musical loss and discovery by Call Number: ML410.B415 W27 2018ISBN: 9780226429755Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Musicology: the Key Concepts by Call Number: ML3797.B35 M87 2016ISBN: 9780415679671Publication Date: 2016-01-29See entry for Disability.
Multivocality : singing on the borders of identity by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780190621476Publication Date: 2020-02-03See chapter 4: Two Voices: Singers in the Hearing/Deaf Borderlands
Resources
- CBC story featuring Curtis alum Adrian Anantawan (violin, 2006)On disability and music performance. Also discusses Django Reinhardt and Stevie Wonder.
- Time magazine article by Rebekah TaussigExamining common conceptions about disability in U.S. society and treatment of people with disabilities.
- In My LanguageA piece by disabled writer and artist Mel Baggs. More here: https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/
- 4-Wheel CityWebsite of the Krip-hop duo
- Sound of MetalFilm directed by Darius Marder about a musician who loses his hearing.
- A Fierce Kind of LoveDocumentary about Pennsylvania's intellectual disability rights movement. Developed by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI)
AUMI is software that tracks movement to trigger pre-recorded sounds. It was created by composer Pauline Oliveros and occupational therapist and drummer Leaf Miller and continues to develop with input from users. It was initially created for users with limited mobility to improvise in a group setting, and is being used in a growing number of performance styles and venues.
- AUMI website: http://aumiapp.com/about.php
- AUMI in many performance and research: at University of Kansas (AUMI-KU, at http://improv.drupal.ku.edu/what-aumi), McGill University (QC) and Carleton University (ON).
- Turing the Page at H'Art of Ottowa (https://vimeo.com/114442912) Documentary about percussionist Jesse Stewart's collaboration with artists in Ottowa, ON, featuring the AUMI in performance.
- AUMI-KU holds regular AUMI jam sessions. Audio available here: https://soundcloud.com/sherrie-216758130/sets/do-you-aumi-jam-recording