[Menvi-discuss] need help with brahms requiem

[Gillespie, Jeffrey]

Hi:

I am a college music professor who is sighted.  Here is my recommendation.  First, do not drop the course.  This is an opportunity for you to help teach your director how to accommodate the needs of students.  you say that your director has to tell you the letter of where you are, but the other choir members do not have letter numbers so they are confused.  If everyone in the choir knows that you have special letter numbers and they don't, then no one should be confused.  They need to understand.  It sounds like the whole choir needs to be aware of what the situation is.  It's really not complicated.  

Try talking to the director yourself, without the disabiity coordinator present at first.  If after this discussion, you still don't get what you need, then bring in the disability coordinator.  I wouldn't wait long on this, however.  Tell the director what you need, or what you are missing right now.  Allow the director to respond or to come up with some ideas to help you.  If he or she is willing to make some changes, then hold that director accountable.  Give the director just a few days to start accommodating better.  Then keep communicating with the director as the class progresses.  

Jeff Gillespie
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From: Menvi-discuss [menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] on behalf of Kelsey Nicolay [piano.girl0299 at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 8:54 PM
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Subject: [Menvi-discuss] need help with brahms requiem

Hello,
Posted this before, but here goes.  My choir is singing Brahms
Requiem.  The braille score I received from NLS has no measure
numbers and only certain pages are marked.  So at each rehearsal
my director has to tell me the letter of where we are but the
other choir members do not have letter numbers so they are
totally confused by this.  Because of this issue, I feel I cannot
get the most out of our sectional rehearsal because the sectional
leader is unable to help me because of the measure number issue.
As a result of this, I feel I am not learning the music as well
as I could be and it is interfering with my ability to
participate.  Therefore, I was wondering what you think I should
do.  I considered talking to the manager of the music section and
explaining the situation but I'm not sure whether that would help
the situation or not.  The representative who I spoke with
regarding this issue had no idea that this was an issue and that
they could not give me another score except for the conductor's
score.  What should my next step be? Should I simply drop out of
the course (I only get a half credit for it) and risk taking a
penalty or try to contact the registrar's office and explain my
situation and see if they will grant me permission to drop
without penalty.  Or should I set up an appointment with my
director and try to devise a solution that would work for
everyone? If you think the later option is the best, should my
advisor and-or disability coordinator attend this meeting as well
or can my professor and I just meet privately to discuss this?
Thanks in advance and I apologize if this was a long post.

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