Schedule

Registration and welcome

• 9:00 AM–9:30 AM: Registration and access check-in with coffee in Woodside Hall.
• 9:30 AM–9:45 AM: Joël Dazé and Gift Tshuma lead the welcome and orientation.

Session One

Session One runs from 10:15 AM to 11:45 AM. Session 1A: “New Directions in Adaptive Music Technology,” in the Jean Teron Room.

• Jesse Stewart presents WAAM Lab in Session 1A.
• David Bobier presents VibraFusionLab in Session 1A.

Session 1B: “New Frontiers in Music Accessibility Research,” a hybrid session in the Parlour.

• Peter Jonas and Jay Pocknell present new accessibility options in MuseScore composition and notation software.
• Erin Parkes, Jeffrey Sabo, and Olivia Adams present “Whose Voices? Examining Equity and Lived Experience.”

Lunch and Innovation Showcase

• 12:15 PM–1:30 PM: Lunch and networking in Woodside Hall and Garden.
• 12:15–1:30: The Innovation Showcase takes place in the Jean Teron Room.
• 12:00: Jesse Stewart presents AUMI-controlled gongs and drums.
• 12:30: Joel Dazé presents Ableton Live 12.
• 1:00: David Bobier presents Vibrotactile Tech.

Makerspace Challenge

• Team Strum-able won the Makerspace Challenge.
• Team Happy Note was the Makerspace Challenge runner-up.
• The Seam Team placed second in the Makerspace Challenge.

Plenary and break

• 1:30 PM–2:30 PM: The plenary session takes place in Woodside Hall.
• Sean Lee gives the keynote talk “A Crip Approach to Curation.”
• 2:30 PM–3:00 PM: Break and transit to Session Three.

Session Three

Session Three runs from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Session 3A: “Performers’ Perspectives on Accessibility,” in the Jean Teron Green Room.

• Tamyka Bullen presents ASL poetry and performance in Session 3A.
• Mike Carter presents “Creating and Performing Beyond the Non-Disabled Gaze.”
• Dani Saldo presents “Love Me Till I’m Me Again.”

Session 3B: “Accessibility Strategies and Policy,” a hybrid session in the Parlour.

• Jenna Richards presents “Adaptive Concerts: An Inclusive Performance Initiative.”
• Olivia Adams presents “Accessible Assessments: Exploring Academic Accommodations in Youth Performance Assessments.”
• Joël Dazé presents a report on the National Arts Centre Accessibility Strategy.
• James Deaville, Charlotte Stewart-Juby, and Rowan Friesen present “The Sight of Music: Developing A Universal Language for Musical Closed Captioning.”

Evening concert

The evening concert runs from 7 PM to 10 PM.

• Lucas Haneman and Megan Laurence perform as The Blind and the Beautiful.
• Dani Saldo and Edison Dietrich perform at the concert.
• Joël Dazé and Julian Bertino perform “Colours.”
• Jo-Anne Bryan and King Kimbit perform “Speaking Vibrations.”
• Colin Tucker performs “The Aesthetic is Eugenic / Collapsing the Aesthetic.”
• Michael Carter performs saxophone and Jesse Stewart performs drums.
• Chris Binkowski, also known as Bucko, performs at the concert.