[musictlk] Fw: Fw: [Transition-Council] FW: California StateUniversity, Northridge, Welcomes Blind Music Majors

[Mike Freeman]

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FW: California State University, Northridge, Welcomes Blind Music Majors
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FYI:

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From:   Gardner, Therese A
Sent:   Monday, April 28, 2008 12:47 PM
To:     BFS Counselors - All
Subject:        California State University, Northridge, Welcomes Blind 
Music Majors

Hello Everyone:

Just some quick information for those who are interested.

Therese

California State University, Northridge, Welcomes Blind Music   Majors!

http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=6&TopicID=19&DocumentID=2960#music

No matter how prestigious the reputation of a music school may be, a 
blind student is at serious academic risk without specialized and 
dedicated support-support

specifically tailored to his or her needs.

The
Southern California Conservatory of Music
 (SCCM) Braille Music Division in West Hills is located only minutes 
away from California State University at Northridge. SCCM has pledged 
its library resources,

braille music training, transcription services, and academic preparatory 
support to Cal State Northridge music majors who are blind.

Although SCCM is not authorized to grant college credit, the special 
preparatory and braille music literacy skills developed and taught there 
are available

to all blind students. The Center on Disabilities welcomes inquiries and 
visits by appointment. Contact SCCM-West Hills at 818-704-3819, or call 
the Center

on Disabilities at 818-677-2684.

Southern California Conservatory of Music

Braille Division
http://www.sccm.us/braille.html

BRAILLE MUSIC  DIVISION

Founded in 1992, SCCM's Braille Music Division teaches music to blind 
and visually-impaired children, providing the specialized curriculum, 
teacher training,

expertise, and technology required to serve blind students in the 
mainstream of its general music program. Visually-impaired students are 
trained to compete

with their sighted peers.  In addition to receiving a traditional music 
education, students learn to read braille music and sight sing, become 
familiar

with keyboard geography, and develop applied listening skills.  Basic 
distinctions, such as high and low variance of pitch, direction of 
pitch, dynamic

ranges, and tempo variations, have been shown to provide insights beyond 
the obvious musical references which help the students relate more 
thoroughly

to the world around them.

Free Access to Music Education (FAME), a unique program of the SCCM 
Braille Music Division, provides weekly individual and group music 
instruction to blind

and visually-impaired youths culminating in quarterly public 
performances.  Since an integral part of its mission is the belief that 
economic challenges

should not stand in the way of a quality music education, SCCM has 
provided, when funding permits, free and discounted music education to 
thousands of

underserved children over the past 36 years, many of whom touched an 
instrument for the first time at SCCM.  Furthermore, SCCM is the only 
comprehensive

year-round music conservatory in North America fully integrating its 
blind and sighted student body by holding all students to the same 
academic standards.

SCCM houses an extensive braille music reference and resource library 
which includes over 5,000 music repertoire titles, methods, and 
collections. All

materials are available to blind students, their instructors, and the 
community at large. The music braille portion of our curriculum is 
published and

distributed worldwide by Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology.




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