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Study Levels: Advanced undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty: Stephanie Probst
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Music and Dis/Ability

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The human body is involved in all aspects of music making and listening, from dexterity and the expressive power of voice and gestures, to decoding notation and refined auditory capacities. All too often these faculties are evaluated against expectations derived from (fictitious) normative bodies. But what happens when we take seriously the diversity of individual bodies who interact with instruments and preset conceptions of music? Through select case studies, this course asks what musicians and pedagogues can learn from dis/ability studies and how we might make music more inclusive and accessible.