Improvisation & Blind People

Today Dr. Gilbert shared us a few stories. One is about a performance named Noah’s Flood, the other is about blind people.

Noah’s Flood was performed on this weekend. And it was also intended for combining professionals and nonprofessionals together performed at a church. It produced by the Lighthouse. There were lots of blind children in the performance. Lighthouse and our department have been developing a relationship, so some students in our department can interns there to work. One of our classmates from Chile serves as a intern at the Lighthouse. He is been learning Braille. Braille is designed for blind people. The blind people can read it through touching the dots. Helen Keller was a deaf and blind person. She was so wild that nobody could handler her. But one of the governesses helped her to feel the world by touching something again and again. She became one of the most educated people at last.

So, Dr. Gilbert thinks that what if we put the Braille typewriter into our performance. At the same time, music is expanded for people who don’t have sight but also can bringing a musical experience. In the mean time, most of blind people are very genius. They can perform improvisation because of their excellent sense of hearing and musicianship. As musicians, the most important thing is not how good we are but who we are. We need try our best to explore our potential. So to do improvisation is the best way to express our feeling and musicianship.