13/05/2026
Curious about what inclusive music-making looks like on the ground?
Our General Manager Rachel Wolffsohn was invited recently to speak with Esi Hardy of Celebrating Diversity on her Equality Edit podcast.
This in-depth discussion, entitled ‘Inclusive Music And the Barriers We Forget’, is broken down into helpful chapter headings:
• It’s All Right To Try
• Why Music Accessibility Still Falls Behind
• When Instrument Design Creates Barriers
• The Difference Between Crisis Support And Everyday Inclusion
• When Accessibility Depends On Parent Capacity
• What Happens When Schools Do Not Know Where To Start
• Making Music Lessons More Accessible In Practice
• Challenging Assumptions About Disabled Potential
• Schools, Equality Duties And Inclusive Provision
• Why Inclusion Is More Than Giving Somebody A Different Activity
• How Accessibility Benefits The Whole Classroom
• Listening To Disabled Children And Parents
• Moving From “Difficult Behaviour” To Barrier Reduction
• Practical Advice For Teachers And Education Leaders
• Creating More Inclusive Pathways Into Music
You can listen in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8XjUUVkSI
Please do like or share because the wider the conversation, the easier it will be, once and for all, to tackle the exclusion disabled people often face in music-making!
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