Posted Tuesday February 26 2013 at 10:57 pm in Education
Julia Beck, M.Ed Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education '13
What are your favorite pastimes?
"Participating in theatre in any way, going to markets (especially ones with samples!) and going to South Haven, Michigan with my family."
If you could be a cartoon character, who would you be?
"Does Harry Potter count? I would want to be Harry Potter."
Posted Sunday February 24 2013 at 5:09 pm in Cultural Inclusion
Intrigued by our last blog post about a musician who is deaf? Apparently it's not that uncommon, especially for those familiar with a United Kingdom registered charity founded in 1988 named Music and the Deaf.
Learn more by visiting the Music and the Deaf website.
Posted Tuesday February 19 2013 at 7:22 pm in Cultural Inclusion
Creator of the world's first sign language hip hop DVD, Signmark (aka Marko Vuoriheimo) has been performing around the world for more than a decade, touring such countries as Japan, the United States, Iceland, Spain, Ethiopia, and Namibia. Leaping onto the international stage when asked to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, Signmark became the first deaf person to be signed to a major international recording label. Strong bass beats with low frequencies help Signmark adapt to rap and hip hop rhythms and vocalist Brandon Bauer joins Signmark on his albums, videos, and performances.
Watch Signmark live on Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage February 26, 2013 at 6:00pm.