Discussion - New music and disabilities : how to promote fulfillment and inclusion for all
October 8 and 9, discover Gift project, initiated by the musician Louise Campbell, in which an enriching dialogue is initiated between the cultural community, its members and the public. At the end of the representations, a discussion will take place, exploring the existential questions about integration into the cultural life, the artists promotion and the inclusion of neurodivergent and/or disabled people.
How to promote fulfillment and inclusion for all ? What concrete actions can be undertaken to promote cultural equity ? Le Vivier invites you on Wednesday, 9 October to discuss the essential issues at the Wilder Building, Salle Orange Bar. The event is free, bilingual and part of Flux Festival.
Many themes are at the heart of this subject: what is the history of music for people with disabilities; how can we change the perception of disabilities and their lack of representation in music; how can we make music accessible to these artists while adapting to the realities of their disability; what actions are already in place to promote their inclusion and visibility?
For this, Le Vivier is proud to welcome people who are involved in these issues:
- Louise Campbell, a Montreal artist who wears many hats, is a conductor, cultural mediator and musician's health professional. She questions and renews the way music is created. This means composing works with amateur musicians through improvisation, regardless of age, ability, musical training or experience.
- Composer and conductor Ben Lunn from England. He has created a unique position for himself in the new music environment. His work as a composer reflects the material world around him in relation to his Northeastern heritage, but also the impact of disability on the world around him or the working class. At the same time, he has become renowned for his work as a champion of others, which has led him to create unique collaborations with musicians from all over the world and to develop unique concert experiences and opportunities for others.
- Doctoral student in neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, Naila Kuhlmann, where she studied the neurobiology of Parkinson's disease. She reoriented herself to explore how the arts can serve as a link between scientific research and the lived experience of the disease. In particular, she led an arts-based knowledge translation project in which neuroscientists, performing artists and people with neurodegenerative diseases came together to co-create performances about Parkinson's disease and dementia. His current participatory research focuses on how lived and felt (i.e. embodied) experiences can be conveyed through the combination of the arts and immersive technologies.
- Emanuelle Majeau-Bettez holds a doctorate in musicology and feminist studies from McGill University (PhD 2022). She is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Circuit, musiques contemporaines and, since fall 2019, has been collaborating with the musicology team and pedagogy department at Ircam/Centre Pompidou. Emanuelle is responsible for the creation research profile (Projet Muziko) and teaches music literature at Cégep Vincent-d'Indy, piano at Camp musical Père Lindsay, is the pianist for lyrical drag queen Miss Badressa, and is completely passionate about surfing.
- Musicologist and lecturer Pierre Vachon.
This discussion follows on from the Gift project, presented upstream, an exceptional and inclusive show promoting greater dissemination of artists living with diversity in their artistic practices. It also aims to encourage collaborations with non-disabled artists and promote cultural accessibility for this audience.
