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Rhythms of AccessJason Dasent: Sonic Inclusion – Designing an Accessible Music IndustryEpisode 8 of the Rhythms of Access Podcast features Gift Tshuma speaking with Jason Dasent in a discussion entitled Sonic Inclusion – Designing an Accessible Music Industry.Jason Dasent is a visually impaired Music Producer, Audio Engineer and Accessibility Consultant from Trinidad, and is now based in the UK.For over 25 years, he has, and continues to work in several areas of the music industry including, advertising, production of recording artists, music for film and education.As an advocate for equal access and accessibility in the fast paced and ever-changing music industry, for the past six years Jason successfully collaborated with se...2025-06-1946 minRhythms of AccessIndra Egan: Beyond the Keyboard - Music as a Force for ChangeEpisode 7 of the Rhythms of Access Podcast features Gift Tshuma speaking with Indra Egan in a discussion entitled "Beyond the Keyboard - Music as a Force for Change".Indra Egan's BiographyPraised for her expressivity and "impressive command of the keyboard" (Prince George Citizen), Persian-Canadian pianist and vocal coach Indra Egan (she/her) is currently based in Halifax, Canada. Indra's versatility and dynamic approach to music-making make her a sought-after collaborator; she has worked across Canada in many styles and genres.Indra also works as a journalist. Most recently, she...2025-05-2253 minRhythms of AccessRobin Hahn: Singing, Staging, and Shifting the SpotlightEpisode 6 of the Rhythms of Access podcast features Robin Hahn.Robin is a joyfully disabled operatic soprano, stage director, music educator and disability advocate who has performed on stages around the world, from Germany to New York to Disneyland. Hailed as “sublime, with a beautiful resonant soprano full of colour” (Opera Canada), her recent performances include appearances as Ms Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief; Nella in Gianni Schicchi; Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors; and as a soloist with the Music of the Night national concert tour.As a stage director, Robin’s p...2025-05-0253 minRhythms of AccessDiane Kolin: Redefining Vocal Pedagogy, Performance, and Disability AdvocacyBased in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, Diane Kolin is a French-born Canadian singer, a music educator, and a voice teacher. Her low voice brings her to explore various genres, from jazz to Baroque music and French chanson repertoire. She teaches voice to children and adults. She developed pedagogical tools and workshops for singers with disabilities to learn how to sing with a changing body or from a non-standing position. She collaborates with multiple artists groups, from choirs to orchestras. She is a professional member of RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professional with Disabilities), and of the Recording Academy. She...2025-02-2538 minRhythms of AccessJohn Kelly: Redefining Music, Innovation, and Disability AdvocacyEpisode 4 of the podcast features a pioneering disabled artist, John Kelly. John has broken new ground and continues to encourage change through his music, practice and collaboration with others. He identifies strongly as a Disabled Person. He has performed many gigs, 2 major Paralympic events and toured internationally with the brilliant Extraordinary Bodies circus company and Graeae Theatre Company, completing 9 tours. John has worked with technologists and luthiers to design and build his bespoke guitar, the Kellycaster. This has added to his distinct style both in his live performance and his songwriting. John Kelly is writing new material and out...2025-02-0636 minRhythms of AccessSean Lee: Disability Art as Avant-GardeEpisode 3 features Sean Lee, the Director of Programming at Tangled Arts + Disability Gallery in Toronto, Canada. Sean (he/they) is an artist and curator exploring the assertion of disability art as the last avant-garde. Orienting towards a "crip horizon", his practice explores the transformative possibilities of access aesthetics as an embodied politic that can desire the ways disability disrupts. Sean has been working at the intersection of art and disability for the last decade, adding his insights and perspectives to conversations across Canada, the US, and internationally.2025-02-0638 minRhythms of AccessJo-anne Cox: Sonic Worlds and Sensory ConnectionsEpisode 2 features Jo-anne Cox. Jo-anne is a creative performer/composer based in London, UK. As well as performing solo, she collaborates with artists and musicians, playing with bands and ensembles. She is a composer of seriously sensuous work for electric cello who loves cross-artform collaboration and audience interactive performance. Her unique work to date spans across electronic, experimental, folk and contemporary classical music. She draws audiences into her sonic worlds through intimate and alluring performances, combining looping, beats, fx and melody lines. 2024-12-0331 minRhythms of AccessMiss Jacqui: Poetry, Music & AdvocacyRhythms of a Access is a podcast featuring disabled musicians and creative professionals in conversation with host Gift Tshuma. This episode features Miss Jacqui, a multi-talented artist who is known for her powerful poetry and soulful music. As a wheelchair user herself, she has faced many challenges and obstacles throughout her life, but Miss Jacqui has never let those challenges define her. Instead, she has used her experiences to become an advocate for people with disabilities and a voice for those who may not have one.
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