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Case studies

Every one of these happened in a real room, with a partner who can vouch for it. Our founder led them under earlier partnerships, and the method and the relationships came with him.

A university percussion ensemble standing in haptic vests around a marimba, a vibraphone, gongs and hand percussion. December 2024 · Ashland

Teaching jazz you can feel, at Southern Oregon University

Two workshops with SOU's Honors and Percussion ensembles and the local Deaf community. Thirty Deaf and hard-of-hearing participants, fifteen students, haptic vests for everyone in the room. The group was invited back.

A floor mat printed with a musical staff holding a gong on a stand, upright light tubes, and a row of tuned percussion sorted by color. 2025 to 2026 · Portland

SeeSound at Creston School, in ASL and English

A school year of monthly workshops in the Portland Public Schools Deaf and hard-of-hearing program. Music taught visually through LED tubes and jam.audiolux.app, in ASL and English together.

A performer in a wide straw hat lifts both hands, lit from below against a projection of sweeping blue, green and magenta light. July 2022 · Hillsboro

An ADA Anniversary built for Deaf audiences first

A Deaf-led bill of hip hop, stand-up and DJ sets for Hillsboro Parks & Recreation, with captioning, interpreters and a stage lit so the music was visible.

Also in the archive

Written up next, as records are confirmed: the Northwest Deaf Arts Festival, which Myles founded, and video productions coordinated for partners including Deafies in Drag, DeafBlind Awareness Month, and the Mouth Language Device ASL comedy short.

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