Kaiti chats with Chantelle Griffiths about a community and ensemble of adult braille music learners and musicians learning the braille music code together. Through learning to read braille music, these musicians connected or reconnected to music after losing their sight, and also found connections with each other. Link to transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ngixoosct0jrio/S1-E2%20Transcript.docx?dl=0 Resources: If interested in learning more about the program, contact Kaiti at [email protected]. She can put you in touch with Chantelle. Don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Anchor Show Profile: https://anchor/kaiti.shelton Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/braille-music-and-beyond/id1576394499 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7eQTtNB7EAUFDaZtVutnOg Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82M2IyMGEzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/braille-music-and-beyond PocketCasts: https://pca.st/7dvq4egz RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/braille-music-and-beyond-WlgJxL Join us in the Braille Music and Beyond Facebook group. *All membership screening questions required. https://www.facebook.com/groups/502473364538565/ Email [email protected] with enquiries.

In this episode, host Kaiti Shelton shares her background as a blind music learner and why she felt the need to start the podcast. Thanks for listening. Join us the last weekend of each month for interviews, discussions, and resource sharing. Link to transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fqr4jpnpx8zekmk/S1-E1%20Transcript.docx?dl=0 Thanks to Áine Kelly-Costello for transcription assistance. Resources: MENVI, The Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired: https://menvi.org NLS (United States National Library Service through the Library of Congress): https://loc.gov Braille Orchestra: http://www.brailleorch.org/en/ Don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Anchor Show Profile: https://anchor.fm/kaiti.shelton Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/braille-music-and-beyond/id1576394499 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7eQTtNB7EAUFDaZtVutnOg Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82M2IyMGEzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/braille-music-and-beyond PocketCasts: https://pca.st/7dvq4egz RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/braille-music-and-beyond-WlgJxL Join us in the Braille Music and Beyond Facebook group. *All membership screening questions required. https://www.facebook.com/groups/502473364538565/ Email [email protected] with enquiries.

A podcast discussing music education for the blind and visually impaired with blind musicians and students, music educators, music therapists, teachers of the visually impaired, braille music transcribers, parents, and more. Braille music, assistive or accessible music technology, resources, and strategies for including and accommodating blind music learners of all ages will be discussed through informal conversations as well as more nuanced interviews. Episodes will be released monthly. For continued resource sharing and conversation in an international community, join the private Braille Music and Beyond facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/502473364538565/