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OHMI Ten Year Timeline 2011 – 2021
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2011 |
The OHMI Trust was born. With just two trustees (Stephen Hetherington and Martin Dyke) no money, two volunteers (Stephen’s and Martin’s daughters), and lot of ambition, the hard work began.
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2012 |
Alison Balsom OBE became OHMI's first Patron.
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2013 |
International launch of OHMI’s annual competition in a collaboration with the Austrian arts and technology festival, Ars Electronica. The Competition challenge remains: to create musical instruments that can be played without the use of one hand and arm. The best designs can then be applied to a wide range of physical disabilities.
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2013 |
The Monument Fund, one of the Sainsbury Family charitable trusts, awarded OHMI three-year funding to aid its development.
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2014 |
Lord Lipsey posed a question to a House of Lords Grand Committee 'To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to encourage music education for children with physical disabilities.' In response, Lord Nash referred to the work of OHMI as 'extraordinary and pioneering'.
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2014 |
Nicholas McCarthy, one-handed pianist, became OHMI's first Ambassador.
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2015 |
The first Music-Makers teaching pilot began in Birmingham, helping children otherwise excluded by their disability to play an adapted instrument. It was run in partnership with Services for Education in Birmingham.
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2015 |
Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, DBE and John Harle became Patrons of OHMI.
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2015 |
Liz became OHMI's first ever instrument hirer. She went on to have a one-handed recorder until August 2020 when she was able to purchase her own instrument and continue her musical journey.
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2016 |
After a hugely success pilot programme in Birmingham, Music-Makers extended to Surrey and Hampshire.
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2018 |
OHMI hosted its first conference on Music & Physical Disability: From Instrument to Performance. Held in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, it brought together researchers, musicians, teachers, charities, funders, and government agencies from five continents.
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2019 |
The Inclusive Access to Music-Making (IAMM) project launched in partnership with Creative United and Nottingham Music Service to service Whole Class Ensemble Teaching in schools.
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2019 |
The OHMI Research Partnership was established with Queen Mary University, London and Birmingham City University. Its purpose is to form new research partnerships on music and disability with universities, researchers, musicians, educators, sociologists and instrument makers globally.
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2020 |
Professor Martin Fautley and Ruth Lester OBE, FRCS became Trustees of OHMI.
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2020 |
OHMI’s Instrument Hire Scheme collection exceeds 300 instruments and pieces of enabling apparatus.
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2021 |
OHMI celebrates its tenth anniversary.
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Donate to OHMIThere are so many disabled people who are desperate to play music with their peers. We can help to make that happen – but we can only do that with the wonderful support of our funders and donors.
As our instruments have to be hand-made by experts, they can only be produced in small numbers and are therefore expensive. Every little really does help.
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The OHMI Trust is a registered charity (Registered in England and Wales Charity No. 1143623, Scotland Charity No. SC052047).
Registered office: 29 Woodbourne Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8BY