“Chill the dough for one hour before baking” has to be the cruellest recipe line ever. Can you think of a worse one?

If you’re interested in advancing inclusion for neurodivergent folks in the arts, join me and some super colleagues at this round table discussion on adaptive concerts. Fri. Feb. 24 at 1 PM ET. It’s online and free! uottawa.ca/research-innov…

I'm excited to give a master class to violists and cellists at University of Toronto Faculty of Music this evening. Drop by if you feel like it! Details below. Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park Cres. 7 PM Viola Master Class, Room 215 8 PM Accessibility workshop, Room 209

I love seeing this from The National Ballet of Canada.

Hilarious activity of the morning: looking up a high school on Google Maps and stumbling on the reviews left there by students. “2 stars. Would be 5 stars but my French teacher was Mme. X.” Brutal

Join me and amazing colleagues Erin Parkes from Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, Jenna Richards from Ottawa Chamberfest, and Elizabeth Simpson from NAC Orchestra | Orchestre du CNA for a free webinar on the present and future of sensory-friendly/adaptive concerts! Today (Feb 24) at 1 PM ET: uottawa.ca/research-innov…

YES - love a new resource hub for the #Black #Disability community 💗 . Check it out!

We’re at our #accessible concert featuring the incredible @okanmusicac, who dedicated their song Aguila to the moms who dedicate themselves to a better life for their kids. We hope the parents are listening! We’re looking you! . @XeniaConcerts Flato Markham Theatre

If someone tells you they’re tone deaf, ask them to say “uh oh.” If their voice goes up on the second syllable, you know they’re telling the truth.

It was so great to see this concept come together today! The music and the ASL came together so beautifully with the artwork, and the audience loved it. Thanks to our wonderful team at Art Gallery of Ontario and @XeniaConcerts, and to our artists Kyla, Gaitrie, and Scott!

It’s so gratifying to see children and parents respond to our concerts exactly as we hope they will: by expressing themselves freely and taking joy in that feeling! @XeniaConcerts Art Gallery of Ontario Azrieli Foundation Canada Council for the Arts Ontario Arts Council Toronto Arts Council & Toronto Arts Foundation

We’re building a team of Autistic youth to help @XeniaConcerts identify and reduce barriers to inclusion through dialogue. If you love music, identify as Autistic, and you’re between the ages of 14 and 20, you’re eligible to apply! xeniaconcerts.com/2023/02/17/cal… #Autism #Youth

We've got some exciting @xeniaconcerts shows coming up on Sunday May 7 with ThaleaSQ at TO Live, complete with therapy dogs! Read more in this LUDWIG VAN preview: ludwig-van.com/toronto/2023/0… Autism Ontario Alzheimer Society TO Hand Over Hand

Wow. I got my first #ChatGPT-written paper for an undergrad assignment on positionality. This line was the tell: “I do not have a personal history, identity, or culture in the traditional sense because I am an artificial intelligence language model.” Ooof!

Thanks to ZoomerRadio for this feature about @XeniaConcerts ! We're looking forward to welcoming our Alzheimer's and dementia community back to live concerts for the first time since 2020.

Some quotes from attendees at our @XeniaConcerts show on Sunday. Hard to know how to feel. It’s good that we’re fulfilling a need, but Xenia shouldn’t have a near-monopoly on concerts people feel comfortable bringing their young and/or Autistic children to. We can all do better.

Best concert adaptation ever. The feedback was 100% positive and the dogs had a calm and loving presence.

Having a terrible customer experience with GiftAFeeling. On the left is the mockup I approved. On the right is an example of the shirts they printed. The graphic is clearly off centre, and they’re refusing to reprint the shirts. Many emails back and forth to no avail.