[Menvi-discuss] music camp

[Thomas, Natasha A.]

Hi Maureen (and Bill!) 

I can speak to the North Dakota Camp a little bit - at the moment, we are accepting inquiries and applications from ND students only, but depending on our registration that may change, so if your students are ages 10-18 and in the surrounding states, or you would just like information on our camp, I would be happy to chat with you off list.  We're very excited about having our first ever Braille Music camp here!  Currently, the dates are set for July 9-13th, which would put it just one week ahead of the Braille Music Institute in Overbrook, PA.  I've had the privilege of being an intern with that camp for 2 summers now, and can tell you it is an excellent resource for older highschool and early college students.  Their staff is incredibly knowledgeable and David Goldstein himself is a wealth of information and connections so I encourage you to check out that camp if your students are older or college bound.

Best to you!
Natasha

Natasha Thomas
Music Therapist/Braille Music Specialist
North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind
alternate email address: natasha.mtbc at gmail.com
office: (701) 795-2723
cell: 218-791-4220

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-----Original Message-----
From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:00 PM
To: 'This is for discussing music and braille literacy'
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] music camp

Hello, Maureen,

 See www.BlindMusicStudent.org for information on a long-running, successful
program administered by our friend and colleague, David Goldstein, of the
National Resource Center for Blind Musicians of the Music and Art Center.
David's camp is for college-bound blind musicians and has met at the
Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia for the past few summers.
Even if your current students are still a bit young to think about college,
I am sure that Mr. Goldstein would be happy to talk with you.  It might at
least be possible to arrange a visit to the camp while it is in session in
July. 

I have just returned from leading an Adventure in Braille Music weekend at
the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg, SC.  Over a
very busy three days, I taught 11 teachers from around the state and 18
eager blind musicians ranging in age from 11 to 19.  I taught everyone the
basics of reading music braille using Richard Taesch's excellent publication
entitled 7 Little Steps to Braille Music Literacy.  We introduced the
teachers to the basic of scanning, editing and automatically transcribing
music into braille using the GOODFEEL(R) suite of software.  We gave the
students an introduction to reading and writing music notation using the
GOODFEEL(R) suite.  We ended the weekend with a rousing jam session.  I have
not had so much fun while working so hard in quite a long time.  

For the first time ever, I will be leading a week-long braile music camp at
the North Dakota School in July.  I *believe* that program is only for ND
students but not completely certain.  We should be releasing more details on
that program in the coming months.

BTW, go to www.DancingDots.com and follow our "Resources" link and then
follow the link under the heading:
Seven Steps to Read Music in Braille
To find a downloadable copy of Richard's little tutorial.  I have used it
numerous times to teach people that braille music is not so mysterious and
complicated.  You can get through it in about an hour.  All you need is a
piano or electronic keyboard and print and/or braille copies of this brief
document.  I encourage all of you to get familiar with it and present it as
a workshop.  Richard has generously donated his publication to the cause and
there is no cost to download and use it.  Of course, you must credit Mr.
Taesch as the author whenever you use or disseminate it. 

Regards,
Bill 

Bill McCann 
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692


-----Original Message-----
From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Lewicki, Maureen
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:03 AM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] music camp

Folks, I have  been doing a lot of research the past few days for resources
for my blind students, and came across an announcement for a music camp. I
can not find it again!

Are you familiar with good music camps for blind students?
Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central Schools
(518)439-7681
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in
our life, or in the life of another." Helen Keller

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