[Menvi-discuss] A Most Important Project for Members

Tue Jun 3 00:56:34 EDT 2014

Dale,

Thanks ever so much for being one of the first, and providing a very
enthusiastic response!

Richard Taesch
MENVI HQ - www.menvi.org

On Mon, June 2, 2014 11:58 am, Dale Lieser wrote:
> Wow! The survey is quite extensive. But I am happy I was able to
> participate.
>
>
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> From: Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Taesch
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:01 PM
> To: david.baker at ioe.ac.uk
> Cc: menvi-discuss at menvi.org
> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] A Most Important Project for Members
>
>
> Dear Dr. Baker, and all MENVI list members:
>
>
> I have sent this message as a forward to our list, and copied Dr. Baker
> as well.
>
> Members: kindly read his information below, as it appears to be a fine
> project that all of you can benefit from, and contribute significantly to
> our cause as well. Please write directly to him, but kindly copy our list
>  also.
>
> Sincerely,
> Richard Taesch
> MENVI HQ - www.menvi.org
>
>
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> Subject: MENVI web site comment or question
> From:    david.baker at ioe.ac.uk
> Date:    Mon, June 2, 2014 4:21 am
> To:      contact at menvi.org
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> name: David Baker
> City_State_Province: London
> country: UK
> Phone: 44 (0)1753 524740
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>
> comments: Dear Sir or Madam,
>
>
> I would be extremely grateful for your help. I am currently leading a
> research project called  Visually-impaired musicians  lives  (VIML), which
>  is an investigation into the musical practices, participation and
> learning experiences of blind and partially-sighted people. It is a
> research project based at the Institute of Education, University of
> London, UK in
> partnership with the Music Advisory Service of the Royal National Institute
> of Blind People (RNIB) and the Royal Academy of Music. VIML is funded by
> the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). I would be extremely
> grateful for your help in letting your MENVI members know by e-mail,
> newsletter, e-bulletin, etc. about our confidential online survey. We want
> to hear from visually-impaired adult musicians (18 years of over) from
> across the world, not just the UK. So far, we have been speaking with some
> really inspiring visually-impaired musicians in the US, Australia, the UK,
> New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Denmark, and Colombia
> about their experiences. However, we do need more questionnaire responses
> to get a fuller picture of visual impairment and music-making. Our
> interest is in anyone who is visually-impaired and involved in making
> music at any level of participation (from beginner instrumentalists and
> singers to professionals, including composers), and we are interested in
> people involved in various musical contexts and genres (from classical
> music to jazz, folk or pop).
>
> The survey can be reached by clicking the link below in this e-mail:
>
>
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKG3ZRC
>
>
> Alternatively, please do let your members know to contact me (David
> Baker)
> via an email to david.baker at ioe.ac.uk and I will arrange to gather the
> information from them by Skype. We would be grateful if any respondent
> who is not a UK citizen could indicate their country in the address field
> at the end of the survey. The questionnaire link allows one response per
> computer.
>
> We are planning a conference from  Visually-impaired musicians  lives ,
> which will take place in London on 6 March 2014. This will be a wonderful
> opportunity to share project findings, but we will also have performances
>  and guest speakers on issues of accessible music technologies, the
> employment of visually-impaired musicians, score formats, academic
> research in this field, and various other themes. If anyone is in London
> at that time, they would be welcome to come. If you want to know more
> about VIML, please visit our website, where I will upload information as
> the project develops:
>
> http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk
>
>
> Thank you in advance for your time and support with this project, which
> we hope will make a difference to the lives of visually-impaired musicians
> of all kinds in the future.
>
> With all good wishes,
>
>
> Dr David Baker
> Room 628A
> Visually-impaired musicians  lives  project
> Institute of Education, University of London
> 20 Bedford Way
> Bloomsbury
> London WC1H 0AL
>
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