Hi list,
sorry for little offtopic, but I received this e-mail yesterday and I
think that it should be interesting:
"Visually-impaired musicians' lives": Conference 2015
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The "Visually-impaired musicians' lives" (VIML) conference will be
taking place in London on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 March 2015. We are
delighted by the interest that has already been shown.
The conference will take place over 2 days:
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Programme: The conference will comprise speakers on various areas of
visual impairment and music from across the world, in addition to
musical performances by visually-impaired musicians. This is set to be a
very exciting event and we hope that you are interested in attending as
a delegate, speaker or performing musician.
Registration: To register for the event please visit the Eventbrite
website. Places are very limited and there will be a waiting list:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visually-impaired-musicians-lives-conference-tickets-13870028629
Location: The conference will be taking place at the Institute of
Education, University of London. The university is the world's leading
centre for education and applied social science and is located in
central London.
Accommodation: There is a wide range of accommodation adjacent to the
Institute of Education for different budgets
More information about the location and accommodation can be found here:
http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk/travel_accom.html
Cost: Free: There will be no cost for the event but please ensure that
you register for the event
Performers and speakers: If you are interested in performing, speaking
or contributing to the conference please can you indicate on the
registration page and we will be accepting abstracts up until the 1
December 2014.
Presenters will need to complete and return an abstract proposal form,
which can be downloaded from
http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk/confer_training.html by 1 December 2014.
Performers will be required to register their interest by contacting
Robert Mitchell in the first instance ([email protected]) and to send
a brief sample recording to us by post at Visually-impaired
musicians lives, Room 628A, Department of Culture, Communication and
Media, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way,
London WC1H 0AL. We will need to receive this by 1 December 2014.
Read more: Read more on the conference webpage:
(http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk/confer_train.html)
Questionnaire: We welcome responses to our online survey from
visually-impaired adult musicians of any type (amateur or professional).
Please use the link on the homepage of our website or this Survey Monkey
link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QYZ5825
The Institute of Education: Number 1 worldwide for Education, 2014 QS
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