To Charlotte White, music therapy sessions she attended were boring. The British teenager, who lives paralyzed since suffering an accident at age 11, came in with 16 to form part of the Drake Music , an organization that through technological aids, using music to "bridge participation. " Thanks to her, Charlotte is able to interpret pieces of classical music, his favorite, and compose their own works. In 2008, Charlotte appeared on YouTube playing the prelude Cello Suite No. 1 Johann Sebastian Bach. No instrument. The girl is the score taking advantage of small movements of the head and fingers. The video was attracting more and more looks and now BBC Radio 4 tells his story in an interview.
technology enabling then Charlotte to play that piece and the composer has become a laureate in 2008, received the bronze medal of the arts of Trinity College London - consists of an articulated arm, a box rectangular and a couple of buttons.
arm, which is able to place an item in any position around the body of someone holding a rectangular black box that "emits a small magnetic field which you can assign whatever you want, "he said on the air Doug Bott, who worked from the beginning with the teenager in Drake Music.
" In the case of Charlotte, which is assigned are notes of music and she can touch with small head movements, "he continues. Then, with thumbs controls two buttons. One of them used to each note is on or off and the other to change the settings the same.
Against barriers But Drake Music disability has not only changed the lives of Charlotte. The organization, which works in three areas of England (London, Bristol and the southwest, and Manchester and the northwest), allows many children and adolescents with varying degrees of disabilities to participate in music.
"Our focus is on cultivating creativity through the exploration of music and technology in imaginative ways," supports the project website. On page you can watch videos of how they work, as in the project shared with Sing Up (another British organization) to give voice to those who do not. Anya
Ustaszewski, autism, Bradley Warwick, with severe motor problems, and other children like Charlotte have been found in Drake Music an opportunity to unlock the potential and motivation to move forward.
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