I used to be quite active in the central London Branch of the Musicians Union and served on both the Branch committee and once on the London district council in the 70's and early 80's.
One of the branch members who I go to know was the pianist and composer Donald Swann who used to partner the late Michael Flanders, they had a hell of a job getting Michael Flanders' wheelchair on stage.
While there has been much improvement 'front of house' access backstage is still often very bad. Same goes for many recording studios.
Incidentally, Michael Flanders took up performance after catching Polio in Malta, while of active service in Malta, in the second world war. He was banned in continuing his history studies at Christchurch College Oxford, after the war because he was a wheelchair user.
Oxford's loss, music's gain.
>> Potential contributors to this Special Issue might consider:
>>
>> 1. Is there "disability music" and what is its nature?
no
>> 2. What is the intersection of music composition and impairment?
lack of resources that disabled have in education
>> 3. How have disability and impairment been expressed lyrically?
often negatively
>> 4. How is disability represented in visual performance by PWD and able-bodied artists?
it depends
>> 5. How has disability played a role for people choosing music as a career?
you are either musically inclined or not
>> 6. What has been/will be the role of technology in enabling universal participation in music?
to me improvisation requires people working together,
>> 7. What is the relationship of music with Deaf Culture and deafness?
The first MU branch I was in had an active deaf keyboard player who got regular work for events
>> 8. How can music education transcend the limitations of music therapy?
>> 9. How might "mainstream" repertoire (such as the line from Bob Dylan from which our title derives) serve disability culture?
>> 10. What are the heretofore hidden stories of disability that are manifest in mainstream music? (For example, country legend Hank Williams had Spina Bifida.)
Many especially blind musicians
Keith
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