Exciting announcement! From their website www.handprinttheatre.co.uk Handprint Theatre have been making Theatre For and With Young People for ten years. Our work has always prioritised Deaf and hearing artists creating work for Deaf and hearing families, inspiring and encouraging thousands of Deaf and hearing young people to get creative. We are honoured to announce that…
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Finalist: Music and Drama Education Awards March 2020
Posted on Facebook on 5/3/20: I won at the Music Education Awards tonight! I couldn’t believe it because there were a lot of other incredible people there. I am the finalist for the Francesca Hanley Award for my services to music, music education and projects with Audiovisability. My nominations come from my connections in Cardiff…
The Calypso Project for the Deaf Community, Barbados
An exciting announcement! Audiovisability’s ‘Calypso’ will bring together deaf and hearing musicians, artists, film makers, and writers from across the UK, USA and Barbados, to raise awareness in Barbados to deaf people’s needs. Newflash: DUE TO COVID19: the project has been postponed until the pandemic threat is over. From the Decibel’s website: “A transformational deaf-hearing arts…
Dressage: Creating Music Through Technology – Decibels and The Sobell Foundation
Between September and December 2018, Audiovisability undertook a 3 month research and development project on the theme of ‘Freestyle Dressage’ as we looked into music accessibility for para-dressage equestrienne Laurentia Tan who is ranked no.4 in the world. While winning many medals around the world, she wanted to improve on her relationship with music…
Audiovisability’s Freestyle Dressage
Composed by Tom Hunt, performed by Evelyn Glennie on the marimba. Filmed and edited by Louis Neethling from Mutt and Jeff pictures for Audiovisability
Dressage Freestyle – Music with Dame Evelyn Glennie
Written by Laurentia Tan for Evelyn Glennie’s Blog 25th January 2019 When Audiovisability mentioned that we were going to work with Evelyn Glennie, I was excited. It is a HUGE honour and privilege to be asked to write this blog. I remember Evelyn Glennie when she performed at my school in the 1990s and I…
The Silver Moon: British Sign Language and Music
Freestyle dressage is when a horse and rider dances to the music. The rider normally either uses a film sound track or a well-known classical piece to dance with, or they create a floor plan and film the performance – be it walk, trot, pirouette, etc – for a composer to analyse and write for….
The Clore Leadership Programme
I am delighted to announce that I have been offered a place on the Clore Leadership Programme starting in September 2018 until 31st July 2019. This is going to support my role as an Artistic Director for Audiovisability and working in music education fields too. It is with acknowledgement that I thank my family, mentors…
The Unheard World – Next stop Fabrica Gallery, Brighton
After a highly successful first showcase of ‘The Unheard World’ at the Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, in mid-October, the Audiovisability team will be travelling down to Brighton’s Fabrica Gallery in early December to perform for a second time. A report by Eloise Garland www.eloisegarland.co.uk ‘The Unheard World’ explores the richness of Middle Eastern and Sudanese…
Audiovisability in Shape Arts Blog! 1st Dec 2017
Interview by Marcus Gordon www.shapearts.org.uk Shape speaks to Ruth Montgomery, Creative Director of deaf-led arts project Audiovisability, to find out more about their upcoming performance showcase “The Unheard World”. Shape: We’re delighted that Audiovisability’s new showcase “The Unheard World” will be at Brighton’s Fabrica on 6 December! Could you tell us how you first developed…