2024 Volume 16 Pages 13-23
On four occasions between 2015 and 2022, through collaborations with the Tokushima Modern Art Museum, universally designed music and art workshops were held, whose participants included the visually and hearing impaired. Taking an overview of these activities, the significance of universally designed music and art workshops for music learning was considered to be: (1) Music can be perceived with the entire body, (2) Music appreciation can be deepened by expressing perceived music via various media, and (3) Universal activities in which various people participate make it possible to share a greater diversity of appreciation. In order to make the practice of holding such workshops feasible at other institutions, we extracted and organized five points for attention: for preliminary preparation, (1) Information security and venue setting; during the activity, (2) Creating an accepting and sympathetic place, (3) Setting up auxiliary activities to be introduced, and (4) Reasonable accommodations for the activities; and after the activity, (5) Relationships that enable active participation by people with disabilities.
