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Winifred and Edith subsequently created a free ticket bureau for concert-goers who were blind. Jessica A Malkin
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It stands as the second largest repository of Braille music in the nation after the Library of Congress.This gift is especially meaningful since Braille and large print music are hard to find, which results in unequal access to scores for blind, low vision and visually impaired musicians."Unequal access to an arts education places severe limitations on people with vision loss," said Leslie Jones, executive director at FMDG. "Through our donation to The New York Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book branch, we hope to expand accessibility on a local level and generate awareness on a larger scale.
Working with the team of volunteers she produced beautifully hand-drawn, enlarged music, much of which is still housed within the Music School library collection to this day. As the Music School grew, so did the student’s needs.
Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School Donates Massive Collection of Braille Music to New York Public Library’s Heiskell Library
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November 14, 2023—The New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library—the only public library in the state of the New York that is dedicated to serving patrons who are blind, visually impaired, or are otherwise physically unable to read standard print—is excited to announce that Filomen M.
D'Agostino Greenberg Music School (FMDG) has donated their entire Braille music catalog, the second-largest collection of Braille music in the country. We are so grateful that the library has joined us in this effort by taking on our Braille music collection."
“We deeply appreciate FMDG's donation of music scores, which will provide New Yorkers with a remarkable new resource that supports access to the arts, self-expression, and music literacy for our community of people who are blind, low vision or print disabled,” said Jill Rothstein, chief librarian at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
Faculty and students from FMDG performed a seIection of pieces from the collection: Singer Iolanta Mamatkazina performed with Dalia Sakas on piano, and Richard Thai on tenor saxophone performed with Yo Kano on piano.
The collection features more than 2,500 music scores spanning various genres, including jazz, classical, and contemporary as well as volumes on music theory and history.
Quickly realizing that basic services were needed just as much as free tickets, the Holt Sisters began a service organization, New York Association for the Blind (later Lighthouse International), dedicated to assisting individuals who were blind and visually impaired.
In 1913 the Music School was officially established.
The Music School continues to provide this service to students and outside musicians using music technology to produce both large print and braille music.
Established as an incorporated, independent entity in 2018, and receiving 501(c)(3) status in 2019, the FMDG Music School is proud to be named for the philanthropist and self-made stock trader Filomen M.
D’Agostino Greenberg. We look forward to seeing more of our patrons exploring the collections available at the branch and excited to support their creative endeavors."
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As one of the first women to graduate from New York University Law School, Filomen’s name graces several buildings on the NYU campus today. Lorene A Corrado | Director & Vice President | Eastchester, United States | ------ |
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The FMDG Music School owes its existence to a series of visionary female philanthropists.
While attending a violin recital, the sisters observed a group of children who were blind and entirely absorbed in the music. David Malkin
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New York, United States
Through this donation, the Heiskell Library will make the music catalog accessible to the public. On Tuesday, November 14 the Heiskell Library and FMDG hosted a reception at the Heiskell Library to celebrate the gift that included musical performances from visually-impaired students who use the collection. In the late 1930s, Florence Dix Kronsky, a dedicated benefactor of the Music School, established a volunteer program focused solely on music transcription.
The Music School was founded by the Holt sisters, Winifred and Edith, in 1905 after they returned to New York from a trip to Florence.