Despite the vast growth of diver­si­ty in music/arts prac­tices, the gen­er­al bod­ies of knowl­edge tend to neglect how diverse our hear­ing-lis­ten­ing pro­files are, which affects how peo­ple gen­er­al­ly think about music/arts and how artists and arts stake­hold­ers do their prac­tices. Through this talk, Jay Afrisan­do invites the audi­ence to rethink and unlearn what we call “music” and share some best prac­tices to tack­le ableism in music/arts practices.

Jay Afrisan­do is a com­pos­er and mul­ti­me­dia artist work­ing on aur­al diver­si­ty, dis­abil­i­ty, acces­si­bil­i­ty, and decol­o­niz­ing arts prac­tices, man­i­fest­ed in mul­ti­sen­so­ry and antidis­ci­pli­nary prac­tices rang­ing from music-the­ater to instal­la­tion, film­mak­ing, par­tic­i­pa­to­ry per­for­mance, and lis­ten­ing walk.

He is a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fel­low 2024 and an Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Music at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, San­ta Cruz.

@jay_afrisando