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Resources for Learning and Teaching Music, Financing Assistive Technology Purchases, and MoreAvailable from Dancing Dots (see our Online Store)
Other Organizations
Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired (MENVI)Southern California Conservatory of MusicMENVI Headquarters 8711 Sunland Boulevard Sun Valley, CA 91352 Phone: (818) 767-6554 Fax: (818)768-6242 MENVI's web site
National Library Service of the Library of CongressTo borrow instructional materials on the braille music code and/or braille scores contact the Music Section, National Library Service of the Library of Congress at 1-800-424-8567. NLS can provide on loan materials appropriate for both teacher and student at no charge. A correspondence course designed to certify braille music transcribers is available.
Braille Through Remote LearningBraille Through Remote Learning: a link to web-based braille instruction courses developed by the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc..
Music and Arts Center for the Handicapped (MACH)National Resource Center for Blind Musicians510 Barnum Ane. Bridgeport, CT 06608 Phone: (203) 366-3300 Fax: (203) 368-2847 Music and Arts Center's web site E-mail: 1027301.163@compuserve.com
Do Re Me and Maria!Children's music for ages 2 to 6 Rhythm and Rhyme Children's CD by Dancing Dots customer Maria Alley and Friends Web Site: Do Re Me and Maria!Music in Large PrintMusic in large print is available from LRSVoice: 800-255-5002 Fax: 310-354-2601 Web Site: http://www.largeprintschoolbooks.com E-mail: Lrsprint@aol.com
MIDI-Mag listservTo subscribe to the MIDI-Mag listserv for blind musicians, where we discuss all aspects of makeing electronic music, send a blank E-mail message to: midimag-subscribe@midimag.orgAfter your subscription is confirmed, you'll begin to receive messages from the list. To post a message, address it to midimag@midimag.org After you're subscribed, you may want to set your subscription option to digest. This option sends you one digest message per day which contains all list messages for that 24 hour period. To set this option, send a blank email message to listserv@midimag.org. In the body of your message write: set midi-mag digest. Dancing Dots joins Stevie Wonder and Sendero in the "House Full of Toys"community giving program. Apply today for a deserving student.PublicationsThe Central Catalog: Textbooks for Students Who Are Visually HandicappedEducational Resources Network of the American Printing House for the BlindP. O. Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 Phone: (502) 895-2405 and (800) 223-1839 Fax: (502) 899-2274 Web site: http://www.aph.org
Dictionary of Braille Music Signs, Bettye Krolick. 1979Music Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically HandicappedLibrary of Congress Washington, DC 20542 Phone: (202) 707-5100 and (800) 424-8567 Fax: (202) 707-0712 TTY/TTD: (710) 822-1969 E-mail: nlsm@loc.gov Print Music Symbols and Tactile GraphicsBy Lois KrantzPublished by The National Braille Association In one braille volume, 13 braille pages Blind musicians read music braille. However, it is important that blind musicians understand how printed music appears. This book is a valuable resource for blind musicians who need to understand how printed music symbols appear to sighted teachers, colleagues or students. Although it is not intended as a comprehensive list of all conventional music symbols, it contains raised line graphics of common clef signs, notes of varying rhythms, stem signs and rests.
You can call NBA toll-free to order: 1-800-244-5797 3 Townline Circle, Rochester, NY 14623-2513 Tel: 585-427-8260 FAX 585-427-0263 Web Site: www.nationalbraille.org A Blind Music Student's College Survival GuideBy Richard TaeschThe files are in word format and can be downloaded through this link. www.menvi.org/links.html#special
Seven Steps to Read Music in BrailleBy Richard TaeschThe files are in word format and can be downloaded through this link. www.menvi.org/newsletters/news28.html
Primer of Braille MusicCompiled by Edward W. Jenkins American Printing House for the Blind1839 Frankfort Avenue, P. O. Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 Phone: (502) 895-2405 and (800) 223-1829 Fax: (502) 895-1509
Norton Grove Encyclopedia of Music (in "BookManager" format)Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic has the Norton Grove Encyclopedia of Music in "BookManager" format. This is not an audio book, but rather a set of computer files which can be read by speech synthesizers if the computer is equipped with the BookManager program. The "encyclopedia" is an excellent music dictionary.Possibly these files are also available in standard ASCII format. To contact Recording for the Blind, write to: 20 Roszel RoadPrinceton, NJ 08540 800-221-4792 www.rfbd.org. Other Resources: Grants, Scholarships, and Financing ProgramsPENNSYLVANIA ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONThe Philadelphia Lighthouse of the BlindThe Music Teachers National AssociationThe National Federation of Music ClubsVivian Nelson Scholarship Application National Federation of Music Clubs Getting Ahead Association
6705 Sugarloaf Parkway, Ste. 200 Duluth, GA 30097 Ph: 678-542-3473 Toll Free 800-768-4282 Fx: 678-542-3474 Assistive Technology and Assessment InformationAccessible Online MetronomeAlternate Text Production CenterFinancing ProgramsFred's Head post is entitled Assistive Technology Alternative Financing Programs and Access to Telework Loan Programs, and lists programs by state. "Assistive Technology Alternative Financing Programs and Access to Telework Loan Programs" Grant to Fund Acquisition of Assistive TechnologyThe Association of Blind Citizens offers funding to cover 50% of the cost of adaptive devices and software for eligible applicants. The products must retail between $200 and $6,000. To be eligible you must have a family income of less than $50,000 and cash assets of less than $20,000. Applicants must be legally blind and U.S. residents. Deadline is June 30, Sept. 30 and Dec. 31 for each grant period (3 per year). For information, email atf@blindcitizens.org or contact Paul Wohlfeil at 217-785-9341. Web Site: http://www.blindcitizens.org/assistive_tech.htmCredit-Able
Residents of the UK who are seeking third-party fundingCustomers and prospective customers often ask us about information on sources for funding acquisition of accessible music technology from Dancing Dots. Residents of the UK who are seeking such third-party funding should invest some time in studying the information given at http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/leisureculture/music/makingmusic/musicians/Pages/musicawards.aspxFor further information, please email mas@rnib.org.uk or ring the RNIB's Music Advisory Service on 020 7391 2273. |
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