ABLE Voices

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee  Institute for Accessible Arts Education is proud to present the ABLE  Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.    

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices and today's guest, Adrian Anantawan, will  also be our next guest host. Adrian is a world renowned violinist, music  educator and disabilities advocate and was born with out a right hand.

  The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.  

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We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is Precious Perez, a blind vocalist, songwriter and disability rights advocate. For today's episode, Precious will be talking with John Dowling Jr., a blind country singer, songwriter and multi -instrumentalist.

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is Precious Perez, a blind vocalist, songwriter and disability rights advocate. For today's episode, Precious will be talking with Shane Lowe, percussionist, host of the "Talking Head Podcast" and founder of Venom, a network of original media, streaming, radio and podcasting.

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is Precious Perez, a blind vocalist, songwriter and disability rights advocate. For today's episode, Precious will be talking with Dan Romero (Label) and Isaac Malik Wilson (Question), both blind producers, musicians and rappers. They both currently write and produce music for their collaboration, "Blind and Famous."

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present and host our debut episode of the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities. 

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our first next guest is Precious Perez who will also be our next featured guest host on the next upcoming episode releases. Precious is a vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, published children's author, and a disability rights advocate. Precious is a classically trained, pop, R&B and Latin vocalist and has a double bachelors degree in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Berklee College of Music. Precious is blind and her goal is to demonstrate that visually impaired and disabled individuals are as capable as anyone else in achieving their dreams.

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAESN Operations Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present and host our debut episode of the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities. 

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Sophia Grech. For today's episode, Sophia will be talking with Lucy McCarthy, a British professional photographer and disability rights advocate with several invisible disabilities including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAESN Operations Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present and host our debut episode of the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities. 

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Sophia Grech. For today's episode, Sophia will be talking with Mark Beer, a renowned British actor of stage and screen who was born with cerebral palsy.

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAESN Operations Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present and host our debut episode of the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities. 

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our current guest host is internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Sophia Grech. For today's episode, Sophia will be talking with Tony Rudd, a British radio host, impressionist, actor, and author with autism.

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAESN Operations Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present and host our debut episode of the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.  

We are inviting disable artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices and our first next guest is Sophia Grech, who will also be our next featured guest host on the next upcoming episode releases.

Sophia Grech is an internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano on the autism spectrum. She has performed at leading concert halls, opera houses, and international festivals worldwide and has given masterclasses around the world. She graduated from the Royal College of Music in 1995. In 2015, Sophia was diagnosed with autism and is now a leading ambassador on behalf of associated organizations in addition to her performing career.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee Institute for Arts Education is proud to present the ABLE Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.  

We are inviting artists with disabilities to be guest hosts for the ABLE Voices Podcast and our first guest podcast host is Matt Savage, a jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and music educator on the autism spectrum. For episode 3, Matt will be speaking with  Nick Gusman.

Nick Gusman is a singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist on the autism spectrum. Nick has performed and collaborated with a number of high profile artists including Steven Stills, Elliot Easton, and Syd Straw.