Author: Ruth Montgomery blogspot
The Unheard World – A project by Audiovisability
Visual Vernacular and Music
I asked Douglas Ridloff who is a founder and director of ASL Slam (American Sign Language) to come up with a minute’s story using visual vernacular about the Solider and the fly. While the solider is doing a very serious job of marching away, a fly comes in causing nuisance. Visual vernacular is a…
British Sign Language and music for Audiovisability’s first ever project
I absolutely adore doing British Sign Language (BSL) composition. BSL is very natural to me and I like to combine it with my passion for classical/contemporary music. I asked 11 year old Layla Fitzgerald-Woolfe who is also deaf herself to sign a story for me, and from the video material I composed violin music…
Celebrating Pupil Success
Real life stories shared to family and friends on social media (facebook/Instagram). Click link below to read more, and to see more pictures. …
In British Deaf News #TBT
First published in British Deaf News October 2015 – Questions & Answers Ruth Montgomery She’s been profoundly deaf from birth, but with her knowledge and understanding of music – she has forged a career as a professional musician, teacher, visual artist and creative powerhouse
The FORTE Ensemble
It was a honour to be involved with Music and the Deaf’s pilot project funded by Arts Council England on tour with other deaf musicians – Eloise Garland (Voice), Sean Chandler (Cornet) and Danny Lane (Piano). We performed at the House of Lords for Decibel’s Year of Sound, then up to Newcastle at the Sage,…
Amazing Budapest
It was a honour to be invited to perform on my flute at the ‘World Music Day’ in Budapest, Hungary and also to meet 15 talented young musicians and staff involved in the concert in their music project entitled “Tuned to Each Other”. The concert was held on the 1st October 2015 in the evening…
Festival Clin d’Oeil, France
Attracting more than 4,000 festival goers from all over the world, attendees including myself travelled to the Clin d’Oeil which is the largest Deaf festival in Europe celebrating the richness and diversity of the arts in Deaf Culture held on the 2nd – 5th July 2015 in Reims, France. Browsing through the exciting festival brochure,…
Raising the Bar
Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May 2015 saw the first ever ‘Raising the Bar’ event held at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (REP) for young deaf people with exceptional skills in music and dance. A huge nationwide competition was held to select participants. Six musicians and six dancers between 8 – 16 years old were chosen…