Music and Blindness: Blind. So What?
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Abstract
The thesis deals with music and blindness and the special skills that people who are blind, or have a disability, develop in order to accomplish living life in this "non disabled" world. The five topics compensating senses, sixth sense or proprioception, memory, confidence, and trust were selected through research, exchange of experience with other blind musicians and consultation with my teachers and faculty at Berklee. I composed five pieces of music about these topics that relate to both my life as a blind musician and daily life as a blind musician in general.
The goals of the culminating experience project are to break through the many misconceptions and stereotypes that exist about blind people and people with disabilities, and to pass on and empower the message that everyone in society should be equally treated and should have the same opportunities. In addition, the project shall inspire sighted people to explore a new point of view to life and music. Lastly, the project should encourage blind people or people with other disabilities to find their way.
Publication Date
7-1-2021
Campus
Boston Campus
Recommended Citation
Moser, Ciara. “Music and Blindness: Blind. So What?.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2021. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/118.
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Project Components: paper (.pdf), presentation (.pdf), audio files (ZIP file containing 5 .wav files), scores (ZIP file containing 4 .pdf documents), videos (ZIP file containing 4 .mp4 files).