Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Music

Borderless Arts Tennessee is a statewide organization committed to inclusive and accessible arts programs for people with disabilities to enhance educational curriculum, enrich creative expression, empower career development, and encourage community engagement.

CDM was designed to introduce disabled musicians to each other who have an understanding of disability-related problems.

The SMT Interest Group on Music and Disability seeks to foster conversation among musicians about music-historical and music-theoretical issues related to disability, drawing on recent developments in the new, interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies.

RAMPD's mission is to amplify disability culture, promote inclusion, and advocate for accessibility within the Music Industry

Can Do Musos was established to promote and support musicians who face "challenges" in their lives from all over the world.

Disability Arts International: Promoting increased access to the arts for disabled artists and audiences around the globe

The NLS music collection, authorized by Congress in 1962, includes braille and large-print musical scores, recorded instructional materials, and recorded materials about music and musicians. All materials are circulated postage free, and some digital audio and ebraille materials are available for download over the Internet.

A free library program of over 150,000 recorded, large print, and braille materials available to residents of Tennessee who are not able to use standard print materials due to a visual or physical disability. The Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media (TLABM) partners with the National Library Service at the Library of Congress (NLS) to administer this free library service.

This website lists resources and links for blind musicians.

To address this need, CEF of AAPOS has joined efforts with the Academy of Music for the Blind (AMB) to increase the number of music teachers who work with blind and partially sighted children. AMB provides a virtual orientation program that gives music teachers experience working with blind children and will create web-based educational content.

Services for Musicians with Special Needs resulted from the merging and expansion of two former SAI Philanthropies projects which served blind and low-vision musicians: the Braille and Tape Services Project, and the Bold Notes Project. Currently, this project serves visually impaired musicians within and outside of the fraternity by providing information about available resources for blind and low-vision musicians.