# Schedule

> Registration begins at 9:00 AM in Woodside Hall. Sessions cover music technology, accessibility research, performers and policy. The concert runs 7 PM to 10 PM.

Page URL: https://empowerarts.ca/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.