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Music Program

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers an inclusive, innovative year-round music education initiative targeting sighted and visually impaired young adults, utilizing music appreciation, instruction and exploration as the tools to foster work readiness skills, and enhance self-efficacy and positive peer relations.

The Henry & Inez Stone Music & Sound Studio, located on the Gloria Martin Third Floor Wing, offers program participants an opportunity to learn the latest techniques with skilled music professionals, in a state-of-the-art setting.

The primary technology used by program participants is MIDI (Multiple Instrument Digital Interface), which enables electronic instruments such as a musical keyboard synthesizer, acoustic guitar, sampler, sequencer and drum machine from any manufacturer to communicate with one another and with a common computer. This valuable instruction is critical in today’s music industry, fostering independence and creativity as students manipulate music to produce viable compositions. Additional industry relevant technologies of the program include:

Cakewalk (Sonar) which converts a standard PC into a multi-track recording studio. This software is specifically used by the blind to interface with JAWS for Windows, a talking software that enables blind users to improve their productivity level by streamlining keyboard functions, automating commands, and eliminating repetition.
Pro Tools is an integration of hardware/software widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, mastering audio tracks; film scoring, television and post production.

Natalia Sulca, student in the acclaimed Miami Lighthouse music program, has been accepted by the competitive and prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Natalia has been a part of Miami Lighthouse for many years receiving vocational rehabilitation, including instruction in songwriting, music performance and production. Natalia is a talented singer and songwriter, and her compositions and performance have been featured on Miami Lighthouse CDs. Well on her way to a successful career in music, her story shows what a child at Miami Lighthouse can achieve. Congratulations Natalia, and best wishes for a bright future.

Click here to view a letter from an instructor at Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School.

In two years, music program students have recorded two CD’s: A Better Chance and It’s Not Impossible. All vocals and instrumentals on these two CD’s is original - written, performed and recorded by the students, with instruction by world-famous musician and song writer Antonio Cobo and certified MIDI instructor Harold Cobo.

To order a copy of A Better Chance or It’s Not Impossible, call the Miami Lighthouse Solutions Store at 786.362.7489.

To learn more information about the 2010 Summer Music Program please click here.