'See That?: That's Magic!': New Sounds and Sights in Music Movement Improvisation - the Soundbeam Experience

This paper reports progress towards the development of a music/movement curriculum for special education students based on a music improvisation approach to teaching and learning. Combining innovatory technology in the form of a sonar device linked to a MIDI compatible sound source such as an electric piano, with improvisatory teaching methods, has enabled students with profound learning difficulties to demonstrate music/movement composition.