Learn the importance of accessibility to music, and how music can be translated into British Sign Language (BSL).
This workshop will give an insight into the role of music in the life of a profoundly deaf musician followed by an interactive session on how to sign songs.
Paul Whittaker, OBE. The event will be coordinated remotely by myself, researcher in MLANG, and will be facilitated by Brett Robinson: opera singer, translator, and PhD candidate at the University of Manchester.
Adults
It will be of particular interest to people studying music and/or translation, social sciences, and accessibility practices.