SAN DIEGO — A blind pianist, Kristin Silver, 53, is showcasing her remarkable musical abilities and inspiring life story at concerts across Southern California. Although she was born prematurely and ...
FILE PHOTO: Conductor Ewan Campbell uses a specially developed baton which opens up the orchestra to blind musicians, transmitting its movements to vibrating bands worn on violinist Abie Baker's wrist ...
A blind jazz piano prodigy is taking the world by storm — so much so that scientists are studying his brain to figure out how he’s able to master those talents. Matthew Whitaker was born prematurely ...
MORRISTOWN – Famed pianist Justin Kauflin returns to Morristown later this month for his third annual Just Jazz concert to benefit the New Jersey Foundation for the Blind. Kauflin, 28, of New York ...
The telephone conversation must have sounded odd to anyone who happened to be listening on one end. “I’m blind, I can’t see,” Wenhui “Sherry” Dou said. “I’m wearing hearing aids, and I can’t hear,” ...
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A blind pianist and the youngest contender shared the top prize Sunday at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Gold medals went to Nobuyuki Tsujii, 20, of Japan ...
Every so often, someone so young does something so amazing you can't help but wonder, how do they do that? That's what happened the first time we heard Matthew Whitaker play piano. Matthew is a jazz ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A conductor's baton has been created that allows the visually-impaired to follow its movements, opening up the potential for blind people to join more orchestras. The 'Haptic Baton' ...