Australian Chamber Orchestra: Music and Movement

Many of the young people with Down syndrome are featured in the beautifully expressive photos that accompany this ACO blog post  about a program initiated by the fabulous Dean Watson. Worth reading and a good look at the whole gallery. Click on the title below for the link :

ACO music and movement
Australian Chamber Orchestra blog, 20th June 2013

As part of our rapidly expanding Education Program, we have just completed our first round of music and movement classes designed to provide access to the arts for adolescents with disability ... “One of my students says she is starting to ‘hear’ music in her daily life and thinking of what movement she can make.” ... "...my daughter told me she was still too shy to dance in the movement class, I saw her dance at home. Before, she always copied dance from videos or moved according to a teacher’s instruction. But now she dances in her own way, full of enthusiasm … "