The OHMI Conference and Awards 2025: Music and Physical Disability – Instruments, Performance and Sustainable Ecosytems
The OHMI Trust, in collaboration with Birmingham City University and Imperial College London, will host a major conference exploring the barriers faced by people with physical disabilities to music-making, from the design and ongoing production of instruments issues around performing.
The conference will build on the previous OHMI Conference in 2018 and you can see some of the presentation slides on the OHMI website. This event aims to bring together perspectives and experiences from a wide range of people including disabled musicians, instrument makers, academic researchers from many different disciplines, teachers, charities, funders, and government agencies. Recently developed instrument designs will also be demonstrated.
The challenge to enable full and undifferentiated participation in music for people with physical impairments is a subject only recently receiving attention. We hope that sharing knowledge through this conference will stimulate further and more rapid developments in the coming years.
Attend this event
Early bird 2 day Conference and Awards Admission – £200.00
This ticket gives full access to Saturday and Sunday of the conference and the Awards ceremony on Saturday evening. The early bird discount will end on 14th February 2025 after which it will be £220.
Early bird Saturday Conference and Awards only – £120.00
This ticket gives full access to the Saturday of the conference and the Awards ceremony on Saturday evening. The early bird discount will end on 14th February 2025 after which it will be £135.
Early bird Sunday Conference only – £90.00
This ticket gives full access to the Sunday of the conference only. The early bird discount will end on 14th February 2025 after which it will be £100.
Personal Assistant ticket to accompany a disabled delegate – Free
This ticket gives the same access to the conference as the full price ticket purchased.
About the Provider
The OHMI Trust
The OHMI Trust is a charity that seeks to enable full participation in musical life for people of all ages with an upper limb impairment, through the use of adapted musical instruments and supportive apparatus.
