Abstract
This presentation takes the author’s expertise, research, and performance experiences– which are based on the life and solo piano music of blind Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo–to audience members, who have the option of removing their sight while participating. Dr. Dena Kay Jones invites those in attendance to use her multimedia presentation to examine their trust in themselves and in the sighted world where most of us live. Set in a lecture format, the session includes dissemination of research, visual guides (photos and audio/video), recorded music, and if possible, live piano performance excerpts. In addition to a select bibliography of Dr. Jones’ collected citations, she offers a blindfold, encouraging participants to go “under occlusion” and listen from a completely different perspective. The program, which has been deemed “an auditory feast,” as well as a “challenging introspective,” has altered the way people perceive themselves and other–especially in the realms of vision and sound. The presenter is thrilled for the opportunity to share her research as the subject was once a professor at the same institution.
Presenters
Dena Kay JonesProfessor of Music, Piano/Music, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas, United States
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KEYWORDS
MUSIC, CULTURE, MULTIMEDIA, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, OCCLUSION, VISION, AUDITORY PERSPECTIVES, SOUNDS
