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Abstract: Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) brings together scholars, musicians, and family members of people with disabilities to collectively recount years of personal experiences, research, and perspectives on the societal and community impact of inclusive musical improvisation. One of the lesser-known projects of composer, improviser, and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), the AUMI was designed as a liberating and affordable alternative to the constraints of instruments created only for normative bodies, thus opening a doorway for people of all ages, genders, abilities, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds to access artistic practice with others. More than a book about AUMI, this book is an invitation to readers to use AUMI in their own communities. This book, which contains wisdom from many who have been affected by their work with the instrument and the people who use it, is a representation of how music and extemporized performance have touched the lives and minds of scholars and families alike. Not only has AUMI provided the opportunity to grow in listening to others who may speak differently (or not at all), but it has been used as an avenue for a diverse set of people to build friendships with others whom they may have never otherwise even glanced at in the street. By providing a space for every person who comes across AUMI to perform, listen, improvise, and collaborate, the continuing development of this instrument contributes to a world in which every person is heard, welcomed, and celebrated.

Contributors:

Ciufo, Thomas , editor

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Improvising across abilities (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780472075737; LCCN 2023032801)

Related Series:

Music and social justice

Subjects:

Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016

Adaptive use musical instrument (Computer file)

Software samplers

Improvisation (Music)

Musicians with disabilities

Inclusive education

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-361) and index.
Sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas; Society for American Music; Carleton University; and RPI
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

ML74.4.A3 I477 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780472903689 (ebook other)
0472903683
9780472075737 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780472055739 (paperback) [Invalid]
047207573X (hardcover) [Invalid]
0472055739 (paperback) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.3998/mpub.11969438

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023032802

OCLC Numbers:

1390715774