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The people making music accessible for all.

Exploring the people and places in Wales who are working to make music accessible and inclusive for everyone.

Music For All meets the people and groups who are working to make music accessible for all, through technology and inclusion. 

On this journey through powerful music, we meet Lloyd Coleman, the Associate Music Director of the Paraorchestra who shares how his upbringing in Bridgend led to his career today and how a performance at the 2012 Paralympics closing ceremony with a world famous band shone a light on deaf, disabled and neurodivergent professional-level musicians. 

Then to Tonypandy, where Forget Me Not Productions, a group leading in inclusive arts, disability and assistive technology introduce us to a music workshop and explain how the equipment they are using removes the barriers to music for musicians with complex physical and cognitive disabilities, and the importance of that inclusion. 

Next to Bridgend, where Lloyd introduces us to his childhood friend and now Paraorchestra colleague Rachel Starritt, hearing the compositions she performs on the piano in concert halls across the country. She discusses what performing means to her and what she would like to see change in the wider music industry to allow all artists the chance to flourish. 

Finally, to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, where the all inclusive orchestra NOYO, National Open Youth Orchestra, are rehearsing for their debut on stage performance. They share how important it has been to make their rehearsals and orchestra accessible for all, not just for the ensemble but for all who work with them. 

An Audio Always Production for BBC Radio Wales
Producer - Sean Allsop
Executive Producer - Becky Green
Sound Design - Craig Edmondson

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