Gaelynn Lea Performs "Let It Go" with the Music Inclusion Ensemble in Boston, MA

Описание: This is a live performance from the debut concert of the Music Inclusion Ensemble from April 27, 2024 in Boston, MA at Berklee School of Music in the David Friend Recital Hall.

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"Let It Go"
Music Composed by: Gaelynn Lea and George Alan Sparhawk
Lyrics by: Gaelynn Lea
Arrangement by: Brad Bombardier
Performed by: Gaelynn Lea and the Music Inclusion Ensemble

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Music Inclusion Ensemble is an innovative collaboration of disabled artists that is reimagining classical music. Developed and co-directed by Adrian Anantawan, Gaelynn Lea, and Molly Joyce, this ensemble is joined by a rotating cast of talented disabled musicians and allies at various stages of their musical careers. Accommodations are provided according to their needs.

The mission of Music Inclusion Ensemble is to create a more explicit culture around classical music and disability and to perform a diverse repertoire of music by disabled composers. The
group hopes to encourage other disabled musicians to collaborate with each other and to celebrate their disabilities as a form of diversity, rather than hiding it within their artistic practice.

Adrian Anantawan is a professional violinist who has performed as a soloist around the world and is also a professor at Berklee School of Music. He has been playing the violin using an adaptive bow holder since age ten, allowing him to operate the instrument with just one hand. Of the new ensemble, Anantawan wrote, “As a classical musician myself, I believe that we are not necessarily stewards of the past, but cultural practitioners and change-makers who push the boundaries of technique and expression. We also work to address key social problems of our time so that careers like mine are not seen as exceptional, but as realistic possibilities for all.”

Gaelynn Lea plays violin and sings in the ensemble. She won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and composed the music for Macbeth on Broadway in 2022. She also co-founded RAMPD [Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities] with fellow disabled artist Lachi. Lea uses a wheelchair and plays her violin like a mini cello, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking of a supportive music teacher. She believes all music instructors can use creative solutions to meet more abilities. Lea told Boston Public Radio, “They just have to be open to reworking technique for that body… for that person and their mind.”

Molly Joyce has been deemed one of the “most versatile, prolific and intriguing composers working under the vast new-music dome” by The Washington Post. She is a composer and music scholar whose left hand was impaired in a car accident when she was young. She often performs on her electric vintage toy organ, an instrument that suits her body and engages her disability in both composition and performance. Molly looks to disability as a creative source.

Anantawan, Lea and Joyce hope to create a more explicit culture around the intersection of music and disability by amplifying voices of diverse ability backgrounds. Their efforts seem to be coming to fruition. Although the Music Inclusion Ensemble had its first concert less than a year ago, it has already gained attention from Boston Globe, Good Morning America, and WGBH.

Their debut performance was in Boston at the David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee School of Music in April 2024. Their next concert is planned for September 27 in Seully Hall at Berklee School of Music. They also have a musical residency scheduled at Virginia Tech in Fall 2025.

Anantawan is clear in his long-term goals for the Music Inclusion Ensemble. “Together, we are envisioning a better future for disability arts and culture and making progress on answering the essential questions of what it means to live equitably, generously, and beautifully in this world.”