Creating One-Handed Musical Instruments
There is presently no orchestral musical instrument that can be played with one hand. Any deficiency in one hand or arm makes traditional instruments unplayable to any reasonable standard. As a result hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities in the UK, and millions across the world, are excluded from music making. OHMI, the One-Handed Musical Instrument Trust, are working to create new instruments to can provide full and undifferentiated participation in musical life; whether at school, in the home, or in a professional ensemble. Our success will have a profound impact not just on individuals but on society's relationship with disability, opening new realms of achievement and possibility.
The OHMI Trust is challenging technologists, inventors, instrument makers, and anyone else who would like to have a go, to design and build one-handed instruments that can emulate any of those used in the classical orchestra. The best will be awarded the world's most prestigious prize for creative technology, a Prix Ars Electronica.
The OHMI Trust is challenging technologists, inventors, instrument makers, and anyone else who would like to have a go, to design and build one-handed instruments that can emulate any of those used in the classical orchestra. The best will be awarded the world's most prestigious prize for creative technology, a Prix Ars Electronica.
NEWS
* On June 9th 2012 at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham we are presenting an evening of extraordinary animated films drawn from the 2011 Ars Electronica Prize winners. We will also take the opportunity to introduce the work of the OHMI Trust. If you would like to come, do please email harriet@ohmi.org.uk and she'll send you an invitation.
* 17/01/12 - The 2nd OHMI Interview: A discussion with clarinetist Martin Fröst about the complexities of the OHMI competition. Click here to watch the video
*14/11/11 - The OHMI Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of its two new trustees, Blake and Nicola McLaughlin.
* 17/01/12 - The 2nd OHMI Interview: A discussion with clarinetist Martin Fröst about the complexities of the OHMI competition. Click here to watch the video
*14/11/11 - The OHMI Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of its two new trustees, Blake and Nicola McLaughlin.
Charity Number: 1143623
