Hi Peter, all,
I've just taken the survey and it took considerably more than 25 minutes. This
was partly due to how the survey was laid out and how it read with a screen
reader, but partly due to the number of questions. I suppose I had a lot to
say, but even so, it's a long survey and I wish them well making sense of the
data it yields!
Cheers, James
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From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Peter
Bosher
Sent: 10 March 2023 17:01
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Fwd: Help us remove barriers in music for blind/VI musicians
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 View
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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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*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
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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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