Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education is proud to present the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.
We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is UK based musician, Alex James Kennedy. Alex James is a singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and teacher from the northeast of England. Alex lives with a rare genetic muscle wasting condition called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). For today's episode, Alex will be speaking with Miss Jacqui. Miss Jacqui is a poet, songwriter, spoken word artist and facilitator.
An experienced performer and recording artist, Miss Jacqui believes music is a universal language and knows a great deal about working with the cards that you are dealt. She is someone who always tries to challenge societal perceptions, like what it actually means to be a black woman with a disability. A wheelchair user herself, Miss Jacqui wants her poetry and music to help her listeners to see the world differently, and to inspire others to feel confident in being themselves.
The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.
For more information about our programs visit us at: https://college.berklee.edu/BIAAE
Follow us for more weekly updates at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berkleeiaae/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleeIAAE
