Inclusive Education
Initiative
See Sound
Making Music Education More Inclusive.
The challenge
What this is for.
Music education is built on the assumption that everyone in the room hears the same way. Deaf and Hard of Hearing students are routinely routed out of it - not because they cannot make music, but because nobody rebuilt the class for them.
Strategy
What Music to the Ears actually does.
Teach music through rhythm, vibration, visual sound, and creative technology
Train educators so the approach outlasts any single visiting instructor
Work with DHH programs and centers on delivery that fits their students
Document the model so districts can implement it themselves
Partner types
- School districts
- DHH programs and centers
- Music technology companies
- Higher education
- Philanthropy
Communities
- K-12 schools
- DHH programs
- Community showcases
What we aim to produce
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing students creating and performing original music
- Educators equipped to run inclusive music instruction without Music to the Ears in the room
- A documented model available to any district that wants it
These are the initiative’s stated aims. Published outcomes appear in the related stories below as they are documented.
Programs inside it
What runs on the ground.
Inclusive EducationRelated stories
Where you can see it.
Initiative
See Sound: DHH Music Education
Inclusive music education built around sound, vibration, rhythm, and creative technology.
Read the story
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Join See Sound.
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