BIAAE Hosts 2023 ABLE Assembly for Students, Artists and Educators

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This year the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education (BIAAE) welcomes back attendees for the full in-person experience, and will maintain the virtual access component from the previous couple of events as well. The 2023 conference will feature the first ever ABLE Showcase featuring a lineup of talented artists from across the program, as well as keynote speaker Liz Byron, a noted author, teacher, and an innovator in the world of Universal Design Learning.

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This year's event will feature a slate of talented disabled performers in the first-ever ABLE Showcase concert

The Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education (BIAAE) is excited to announce the 2023 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone Conference, an in-person and hybrid event taking place April 21-23. The three-day conference offers individuals and artists with disabilities, as well as educators, administrators, policymakers, and researchers the opportunity to connect, learn, and share, and will feature a brand new part of the program, the ABLE Showcase concert.

The ABLE Assembly is an exceptional professional development opportunity in the field of accessible arts education, bringing together educators, artists, researchers, policymakers, school administrators, program administrators, and students to share best practices, explore new research, and learn from each other.

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This year the ABLE Assembly returns to the in-person format of the pre-2020 conferences, but will continue to offer virtual access for remote attendees to view live and pre-recorded video of keynote presentations, workshop sessions, and other supporting materials.

"The excitement and anticipation for the ABLE Assembly is off the charts," said Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of the BIAAE. "Our esteemed presenters and the level of expertise they bring to this event, along with the beautiful artistry that will be on display during the concerts embodies the essential nature of our mission: to ensure that the arts are accessible to all individuals. Our professional development offerings like the ABLE Assembly Conference provide artists, educators, and more with opportunities to grow and advance within the field."

The ABLE Showcase concert takes place from 12:00-3:00 pm on Saturday, April 22 at Red Room at Cafe 939.

The lineup features a diverse group of highly-talented disabled artists, including the BIAAE Rock Band, and Berklee graduate Precious Perez, a blind vocalist, songwriter and disability rights advocate, who will perform in a duo with blind percussionist Shane Lowe. In addition to the showcase, a chamber music group from Berklee will perform the original work of BIAAE student Adam Walden who composed a suite of pieces based on the best-selling book The Reason I Jump at the David Friend Recital Hall.

"The ABLE Assembly Conference is special for me and my student ensembles this year because they will be featured in performances," said instructor Miles Wilcox, who co-teaches the BIAAE Rock Band and leads the Ukulele Ensemble. "Music is such a powerful way that all of us can share parts of ourselves with others. It's very exciting that so many of my students will be featured performers at the ABLE Assembly this year."

The 2023 program features Liz Byron and Berklee's own Ming Yuan Low as the keynote presenters. Byron is a noted author, as well as a K1-8th grade visual art, special education, and ESL teacher in the Boston public school system. She has presented and taught graduate-level courses on Universal Design Learning, most recently as a teaching fellow for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and shares many of her experiences in her book, Art for All: Planning for Variability in the Visual Art Classroom. Low, a music therapist and assistant professor in the Music Therapy Department at Berklee, focuses his clinical work on community-informed music therapy practices and supports for people with marginalized identities.

Registration for the 2023 ABLE Assembly is open through April 20 online via the conference website. View the full conference schedule.

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