AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education, Reduced Inequality
KEYWORDS
Making music, Accessibility, Challenge to change, collaboration, disabilities
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Plexal
WEBSITE
https://www.accessibleinstruments.com
Accessible Musical Instruments Challenge
Addressing the accessibility challenges of people who want to play or produce music
Music is a universal language – or at least it should be. But what if having a physical disability makes it difficult – or impossible – for someone to learn and play a musical instrument?
This collaborative project aims to address the accessibility challenges of people who want to play or produce music, but find it physically challenging to do so.
Bringing together expertise in digital innovation and design technology, musical instrument making and lived experience of disability, multiple teams will build on existing work and aim to take further steps forward in making adaptive musical instruments more affordable, making music education in schools more inclusive and uncovering new solutions that haven't been tried before.
At the end of the challenge Plexal will host a showcase event where teams and other contributors will come together to share their ideas, solutions and responses to our challenges.