Hi All,
Below are details of this research project, and an event on 20 March.
It's clearly a worthwhile piece of work. If you try filling out the
survey, please let us know here on the VIBE forum how you find it,
including how accessible it is. Here is all the background:
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Subject: Help us remove barriers in music for blind/VI musicians
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:02:44 +0000
From: Baluji Music Foundation <baluji@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Baluji Music Foundation <baluji@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Help us remove barriers in music for blind/VI musicians Complete our
survey and please join us for panel event and networking on the 20th
March at Richmix
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*Are you a blind or visually impaired musician or work in music?
Do you hire or promote people in the music industry and want to include
more blind and partially sighted people ?
We want to hear from you!*
*Fill out our survey
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and join us at Richmix on the 20th March (register here
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*
*Drive change, promote inclusion, support creativity. Celebrate the
power of music to transform lives! *
*The Baluji Music Foundation wants to know what can be done to increase
the numbers of blind and partially sighted people working in the music
industry in London and across the UK. All music employers and promoters
and blind/VI musicians should fill our our survey here
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and join us at Richmix 2-4pm on 20th March to meet our panel and network
(register here
<https://balujimusicfoundation.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8127a5365b9543b2aa2be5e5a&id=09ed677b08&e=1462a0d74b>).
Thanks to the Vision Foundation for funding this research.*
_*Baluji Music Foundation Blind to the Facts 2023 expert panel and
networking event *_
*Date: 20th March 2023, 2pm-4pm *
*Venue: Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA.
Please register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/560690850427 ;
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or email baluji@xxxxxxxxxx*
*This event will be accompanied by a performance from the Inner Vision
Orchestra, the only ensemble of professional blind musicians in the
world, and networking and drinks with other industry insiders,
musicians, venues, music bodies and funders. *
*Thanks to Rich Mix for their generous support with hosting this event *
*Speakers: *
**Abi Baker BMus Hons RCM PGdip (Distinction)- Multi-Instrumentalist and
educator and member of Inner Vision Orchestra; Research Assistant, Blind
to the Facts 2023*
**Dr. Claire Castle - Expert in music and visual impairment. Lead
researcher Blind to the Facts 2023, Baluji Music Foundation Research
Fellow and Senior Scientist BRAVO VICTOR.*
**Linda Shanson BSc Hons - Co-founder of the Baluji Music Foundation and
Manager of the Inner Vision Orchestra, published author, producer and
composer*
**John Shortell - Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the
Musician’s Union and Member of UK Music's Diversity Taskforce*
**Steve Stanley- Director of Evaluation and Impact at Access Creative
College, the largest private training and education provider in England *
*Moderator: *
**Victoria Oruwari BMus Hons TCM and PGdip (Distinction) MSc. Soprano
and member of Inner Vision Orchestra*
*Host: *
**Baluji Shrivastav OBE. Blind Indian multi instrumentalist and composer
, Director of the Inner Vision Orchestra and co-founder of the Baluji
Music Foundation*
*Baluji Shrivastav OBE says: “Being great at music isn’t enough to get
you employed as a musician. That’s true for all musicians, but it’s even
more so the case if you’re blind. I have experienced this myself. I have
lost jobs or been made to feel that including me on a tour would be an
inconvenience because of my blindness - the music doesn’t even come into
it. We want to remove these pointless obstacles - not just for musicians
but for promoters, sound technicians, composers etc. - and create
opportunities across the whole UK music industry. Blind people may not
be able to see you, but we deserve to be seen and heard.”*
_*About the Survey - Blind to the Facts 2023*_
*The survey is being carried out by Dr Claire Castle, Baluji Music
Foundation Research Fellow and Senior Scientist BRAVO VICTO and Dr David
Baker - Associate Professor at the University of London Institute of
Education. Thanks to the Vision Foundation for project funding. *
*Our easy to complete survey is open untll 3rd April and can be
completed online at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/blindtothefacts/ ;
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or over the phone. Please contact Dr Claire Castle at
blindtothefacts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or on +44 (0) 7710859149 for more
information. Data will always be made confidential, and participants
will not be identifiable by name. Participants can request a copy of any
report or publication produced during this project by contacting the
lead researcher.*
*The results from the study will be written up in a report for the
Baluji Music Foundation. Findings will also be written up in an academic
article for publication in a peer reviewed journal and may be presented
at research conferences. *
*If you’d like to talk to the Baluji Music Foundation about our work
supporting blind and partially sighted musicians, please visit
https://www.balujimusicfoundation.org/ ;
<https://balujimusicfoundation.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8127a5365b9543b2aa2be5e5a&id=259af13e3c&e=1462a0d74b>,
email baluji@xxxxxxxxxx or call 020 7226 2094. We would love to hear
from you!*
*About the Baluji Music Foundation: *
Founded 15 years ago by blind Indian multi-instrumentalist and composer
Baluji Shrivastav OBE and Linda Shanson, the Baluji Music Foundation is
an arts charity programming and promoting events featuring blind and
partially sighted musicians and advancing access to musical and artistic
experiences for blind and partially sighted people. Its showcase project
is the Inner Vision Orchestra of professional blind musicians which
performs nationally and internationally and has released music on
Arc/Naxos. Please contact baluji@xxxxxxxxxx or visit
www.balujimusicfoundation.org. Registered charity number 1130985
*About The Vision Foundation:*
Formerly the Greater London Fund for the Blind (GLFB), the Vision
Foundation has distributed more than £30m to sight loss organisations
across London. They have sustained essential grassroots activities
working at the heart of their communities, and been the first to support
innovative new projects boosting the quality of life of the visually
impaired community. Find out more at visionfoundation.org.uk. Registered
charity number 1074958
*About BRAVO VICTOR:*
A research organization existing to inspire, facilitate and focus the
world’s best research scientists to improve the lives of veterans and
people living with visual impairment https://www.bravovictor.org/. ;
Registered charity number 1195189
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