{"id":8701,"date":"2022-09-30T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:43:15","slug":"sensory-friendly-recital-is-a-major-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2022\/09\/30\/sensory-friendly-recital-is-a-major-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensory friendly recital is a major success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>Ariana Genna \u201823, staff writer\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An LVC student hosted a sensory-friendly concert on Wednesday, Sept. 28.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madelyn Rader, a third-year music education and voice double major, decided to organize a sensory-friendly recital because of her own struggles with ADHD. The recital filled every seat in Zimmerman Hall and ended with a standing ovation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While walking into the recital, audience members were handed fidget toys that they could use throughout the performances. The fidget toys were not only for the audience to use but they were also used by Rader as she sang.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel really happy about it,\u201d Rader said about the concert. \u201cI got to use them [the fidget toys] on stage and they helped.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recital featured a wide variety of songs such as \u201cLullaby\u201d from The Consul, \u201cSelections\u201d by Paolo Tosti and \u201cHow to Return Home.\u201d While Rader belted out these melodies, audience members used stress balls and marble fidgets.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI loved it, and I can\u2019t believe nobody has thought of it before,\u201d Julia Wecker, senior English and social justice major said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely an idea I am going to steal for when I do my recital.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of Rader\u2019s recital shows the desire for accessibility on campus, and it serves as a reminder of how all spaces should be rethought to be more accessible.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students interested in attending LVC Music Department recitals should visit the department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lvcmusicdept\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook events page.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ariana Genna \u201823, staff writer\u00a0 An LVC student hosted a sensory-friendly concert on Wednesday, Sept. 28.&nbsp;&nbsp; Madelyn Rader, a third-year music education and voice double major, decided to organize a sensory-friendly recital because of her <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2022\/09\/30\/sensory-friendly-recital-is-a-major-success\/\" title=\"Sensory friendly recital is a major success\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}