Name: Music AccessAbility Hackathon
Start: 2018-03-10T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-03-10T21:00:00-05:00
Location: NYU MAGNET

Music AccessAbility Hackathon

Music Community Lab

<A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-accessability-hackathon-tickets-42591634726" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Eventbrite page with RSVP" REL="noopener noreferrer">Music AccessAbility Hackathon</A> is a day-long, non-competitive event celebrating and exploring new ways to increase access to music for people of all abilities. This event is part of the <A HREF="http://monthlymusichackathon.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monthly Music Hackathon home page" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Monthly Music Hackathon</A> series, where people with an interest in music and/or technology create new projects from scratch, develop them throughout ~6 hours, then perform or present them in a concert in the evening. We’re happy to collaborate with <A HREF="http://www.reelabilities.org/newyork" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="reelabilities.org" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ReelAbilities Film Festival</A> and <A HREF="http://ability.nyu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYU Ability Project</A> (our generous hosts in Brooklyn) on this free event! Read on for our incredible lineup of special guests, films and music! 
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<H2>Schedule</H2>
Saturday, March 10th, 2018 
11:30 AM - Doors Open 12:00 PM - Opening Talks by Special Guests 1:00 PM - Hacking, Brainstorming session 2:00 PM - Workshops 4:00 PM - Film Screenings presented by <A HREF="http://reelabilities.org/newyork/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ReelAbilities Film Festival</A> 8:00 PM - Concert / Demos
 
<H2>Speakers</H2>
<A HREF="http://www.rebalexander.com/biography.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rebecca Alexander's Biography" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rebecca Alexander</A>, psychotherapist & <A HREF="http://www.rebalexander.com/not-fade-away.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rebecca Alexander's book," DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">author</A> Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found
<A HREF="https://www.patanderson.ca/about" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Patrick Anderson's home page" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Patrick Anderson</A>, paralympic basketball star & <A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/thelayawakes/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Patrick Anderson's music group The Layawakes" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">musician </A>The Adapted Piano Pedal
<A HREF="http://www.adampatrickbell.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="adam patrick bell's website" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Adam Patrick Bell</A>, Assistant Professor of Music Education, UCalgary <A HREF="http://www.adampatrickbell.com/researching-accessible-music-practices.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.adampatrickbell.com/researching-accessible-music-practices.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Researching (dis)ability in music</A>: how hacking could help music-making contexts be more accessible and inclusive
<A HREF="http://www.richardeinhorn.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="richardeinhorn.com" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Richard Einhorn</A>, composer & producer Practical Hearing Hacks Using Smartphones and Audio Processing
<A HREF="http://stanographer.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stanley Sakai's website, stanogrpaher.com" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stanley Sakai</A>, Realtime Captioner, Linguist, Developer Hacking Stenography for Music Events
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<H2>Workshops</H2>
<A HREF="https://twitter.com/XianForBeauty83" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Xian's Twitter" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Xian Horn</A>, teacher, speaker, <A HREF="http://www.positivelypositive.com/author/xianhorn/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">blogger</A> & founder of Give Beauty Wings Music, Disability, Identity and Self-Esteem (Workshop) <A HREF="https://twitter.com/techthomas" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="@techthomas on twitter" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thomas Logan</A> & <A HREF="http://blog.cerebralposi.net/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sam Berman</A>, <A HREF="https://equalentry.com/about/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Equal Entry</A> & <A HREF="https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/member/51435202/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A11YNYC</A> Design for Accessibility (Workshop): To prepare, download aXe Developer Tools <A HREF="https://www.deque.com/products/axe/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A> and Colour Contrast Analyser <A HREF="https://developer.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>
 
<H2>Films </H2>
Presented by 10th Annual <A HREF="http://reelabilities.org/newyork/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://reelabilities.org/newyork/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ReelAbilities Film Festival</A>: New York, March 8 - 14th
<A HREF="http://reelabilities.org/newyork/film/mind-over-matter/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mind Over Matter @ Reel Abilities" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mind over Matter</A> A young man with Cerebral Palsy battles through a paralyzed left hand, bullies, and stereotypes to defy the odds and make it as a rock guitarist. [NY Premiere] 
Q&A with Sébastien Paquet and Brandon Mendenhall to follow
<H2> Location & Details</H2>
<A HREF="http://magnet.nyu.edu/about/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://magnet.nyu.edu/about/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYU MAGNET</A> (8th floor) 2 MetroTech Center (Lawrence St entrance) Brooklyn, NY 11201
<A HREF="http://engineering.nyu.edu/about/directions-hours" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://engineering.nyu.edu/about/directions-hours" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transportation Options</A>
The building has wheelchair accessible entrances on the 1st and 8th floor and accessible bathrooms. We will provide CART services and ASL interpreters upon request. There is a quiet space available. Reach out to us at musichackathon@gmail.com with requests or questions at least 72 hours before the event.
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Free with RSVP. All are welcome!
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<DIV CLASS="yj6qo ajU">Please note that RSVPs are required by building security. ID required day of event.</DIV>
 
<H2 CLASS="null">Preparation</H2>
This event is for everyone, no matter your previous experience with music or hacking. We welcome all forms of creative thinking and innovative tinkering. Bring your ideas, friends, musical instruments, noise makers, computers, hardware; anything you might want to use in your hack projects or to create new music! We've compiled some <A HREF="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qqJuupSiRfiNbWXebgSQGJTfg5D2GVqNM0ytbMYb0Ss/edit#" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Doc for Music AccessAbility Resources" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Music AccessAbility Resources</A> and we welcome your contributions! 
 
 
Join the <A HREF="http://eepurl.com/pNXJP" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">announcements mailing list</A>
 
<A HREF="http://monthlymusichackathon.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">monthlymusichackathon.org</A> <A HREF="https://twitter.com/musichackathon" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@musichackathon</A> <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/musichackathon" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">facebook.com/musichackathon</A>
Art by <A HREF="http://kiraprentice.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="kiraprentice.com" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kira Prentice</A> 
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