THANK YOU!
We are so excited for the funding to start expanding the AUMI project in Ulster and Dutchess counties in the New York Hudson Valley.
In December 2011 we received a grant from the Ann and Abe Effron Community Foundation to expand the AUMI Project in Dutchess County.
In January 2012 we received a grant from the Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation to expand the AUMI Project in the Abilities First Inc. Satellite Centers.
We are very honored and excited to bring AUMI to new students, teachers, staff and parents here in the Hudson Valley.
Let's get 2012 rockin' and 'Play the Drums'!
AUMI in the running for Pepsi Refresh
AUMI NEEDS YOUR DAILY VOTE STARTING NOVEMBER 1-30, 2011
ON REFRESHEVERYTHING.COM TO WIN $50,000.00
WILL YOU SUPPORT AUMI WITH YOUR VOTE?
A big thank you to everyone who voted for the AUMI on Pepsi Refresh in August. We did remarkably well for the first try, coming in at #68 out of over 200 projects in the $50,000 category. We are now gearing up to try again in November. Our proposal is to use the award to bring the AUMI drum circle to two schools, hospitals, or centers in the U.S. who can demonstrate in their proposal a commitment to sustaining it if we set them up. We would bring everything they needed to get started—equipment, training, assessment.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
Set aside five minutes per day for the month of November to cast your votes when the project is posted. For every email address you have (plus Facebook) you get five votes—one of the five can go to AUMI. In addition to voting for AUMI, you have the opportunity to support four other projects, which will get us more votes and push us toward meeting our goal!!! If you’d like a daily reminder, complete with easy links and suggested comments to post each day, please email Jackie at jackie.heyen@deeplistening.org and we will put you on the daily reminder list.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
For daily votes you will be listed as a supporter on our website. If you are a teacher and your class votes every day, Jackie will give a AUMI demo over Skype to your class. *To receive these perks send Jackie an email (jackie.heyen@deeplisetning.org) letting her know you are voting every day. Also don't forget to use your 4 extra votes to vote for other projects and let them know you are voting for AUMI by leaving a comment on their profile.
How To Vote: (there is no spam from Pepsi after registering)
by Email:
Register your email with Pepsi Refresh.
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Cast your
vote by Facebook:
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Cast your vote
by Text Message:
Text 109866 to Pepsi (73774)
Interesting facts about Pepsi:
*In 1940, the jingle "Nickel Nickel" an advertisement for Pepsi Cola was the first advertising jingle broadcast nationally that referred to the price of Pepsi and the quantity for that price.
*The first TV appearance by James Dean was on a Pepsi Commercial in 1950. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQfikxbS4zE *The first US consumer product sold in the Soviet Union was Pepsi Cola
*Instead of buying Super Bowl ads Pepsi started the Pepsi Refresh Project.
*Pepsi Cola was named after the digestive enzyme pepsin and kola nuts used in the recipe.
*Pepsi and Pete… two cops who would do heroic things after drinking a pepsi
*Pepsi created the Dream Machine kiosk to be placed in high traffic areas. By recycling your bottles in these machines will help disabled US veterans. You also earn points and rewards for coupons and discounts for local entertainment, dining and travel. http://www.facebook.com/dreammachine
Newfoundland Training
This week we are in St. John's Newfoundland. Thursday we did a training for the community at Memorial University. We had a great group of families, therapists, teachers and staff from surrounding facilities for people with special needs. We met some wonderful people and have new AUMI users.
Saturday we are having an open AUMI drum circle and we are very excited. The community is invited to try out AUMI and Play the Drums!! So if you are in the St. John's area please come out to Memorial University and Play the Drums!!
Gearing up for Pepsi Refresh in November
We are running again in November for a Pepsi Refresh Grant and we need your help! We are looking for funds to bring the AUMI drum group to 2 schools, clinics or hospitals within the USA. This will include training, AUMI software interface, computers, sound system and drums to the sites so they can have their own weekly/daily AUMI drum circle. We need your help in voting and voting daily!!! Please send Jackie an email for more information on how you can help (jackie.heyen@deeplistening.org). Voting starts November 1 and goes the entire month!!
First AUMI session of the new school year
This Wednesday Leaf and Jackie had their first AUMI session of the school year with the students, teachers, therapist and staff at Abilities First in Poughkeepsie, NY. Everyone was so excited to be back drumming again. You could see the excitement on everyone's face. We had a lot of new students and staff join us and they played right along. We started the session with the AUMI interface for those students who can not tolerate lots of activity. Then we let loose with the drums and AUMI. We had a few students who conducted the group telling them when to play and when to stop. We had great listeners and they did a great job following directions... even the new students got the hang of things quickly... and you can't forget the most important "sticks up". We had great soloist on the AUMI interface also. It is always amazing to watch the children grow using the drums and AUMI. New things happen every week and at the end of every week we think that was the best so far. Tis the season to "Play the Drums!"
We need your help!
We need your help voting on Pepsi Refresh for our project. You can also text your vote by texting 108123 to Pepsi (73774). Use the yellow pepsi bottle tops for Power Votes which can give our project up to 100 extra votes!! You can vote using your facebook and email... each will give you a vote for our project... so if you have multiple emails sign up with them all and give multiple votes to our project! Vote every day thru August 20th. Tell all your friends! if you have any questions feel free to email Jackie at jackie.heyen@deeplistening.org
Thank you for your support!!
Pepsi Refresh Grant
We are in the running for a Pepsi Refresh grant and can use your help!! Please vote... vote daily. Tell your friends and your friends friends. Don't forget the power votes from the Pepsi yellow capped bottles. Thanks for all your help!!
Support Accessibility for Music Making by Children with Special Needs
Music and Medicine Article
The AUMI Team wrote an article that is published in the Music and Medicine Journal. This is our first group authored article and hope for many more to come.
A Musical Improvisation Interface for People With Severe Physical Disabilities. Music and Medicine, July 2011 vol.3
AUMI How-To Guide
We now have available a basic AUMI How-To Guide. This is a step by step guide to help you download and use AUMI.
AUMI at EMS11
June 15 we were part of EMS11 (Electronic Music Studies) in NYC. We had 3 students from Abilities First come and join us in the Stretched Boundaries concert and they were amazing! With these students we premiered the Play the Drum Band consisting of people of all abilities playing percussion and the AUMI software. We all had a blast! We also had a panel and roundtable discussion on accessibility. It was a great experience and we are all very pleased.
