Enabling Music-Making for the Physically Disabled
Enabling Music-Making for the Physically Disabled
The OHMI Trust
The OHMI Trust is a UK-based charity pioneering the development and adaptation of musical instruments for people who are physically disabled.
Any deficiency or disability in one hand or arm makes traditional instruments unplayable to any reasonable standard. As a result, millions across the world are excluded from music-making for the lack of suitable instruments. This includes people with congenital disabilities such as cerebral palsy and hemiplegia, amputees, those who have suffered a stroke or developed arthritis.
Our objective is to remove the barriers to music-making so as to enable full and undifferentiated participation in musical life. There are four elements to our work:
The acquisition of instruments through our international competition
Music Makers - our teaching support programme
Research into music education, instrument design, instrument manufacture, and social issues
Making instruments available through a national hire scheme
The OHMI Trust’s objectives are to remove the barriers to music making faced by physically disabled people, and to enable undifferentiated participation in musical life, whether at school, in the home or in a professional ensemble.
Any deficiency or disability in one hand or arm makes traditional instruments unplayable to any reasonable standard. As a result, millions across the world are excluded from music-making for the lack of suitable instruments. This includes people with congenital disabilities such as cerebral palsy and hemiplegia, amputees, those who have suffered a stroke or developed arthritis.
Our objective is to remove the barriers to music-making so as to enable full and undifferentiated participation in musical life. There are four elements to our work:
The acquisition of instruments through our international competition
Music Makers - our teaching support programme
Research into music education, instrument design, instrument manufacture, and social issues
Making instruments available through a national hire scheme
The OHMI Trust’s objectives are to remove the barriers to music making faced by physically disabled people, and to enable undifferentiated participation in musical life, whether at school, in the home or in a professional ensemble.
We Need Instruments! Help Us Raise £15,000
As our instruments have to be hand-made by experts, they can only be produced in small numbers and are therefore expensive. The purchase remains a financial problem that OHMI has to deal with. With that in mind, we have set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money to buy instruments. Our goal is to reach £15,000. Please help us achieve this target by clicking here. Every little helps!
