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Join us on Fridays 3-4:15 @ Holden Chapel at Harvard University (Fall 2026)
Disability as artistry. Access as innovation. Ensemble as community.
Disability as artistry. Access as innovation. Ensemble as community.
The Music Inclusion Ensemble is a performance-based community of disabled musicians and nondisabled collaborators exploring classical and contemporary performance through disability, identity, access, and artistic excellence.
Bringing together musicians from the greater Harvard University and Berklee College of Music, the ensemble creates ambitious, inclusive performances while exploring how disability and access can be sources of creativity, innovation, and new artistic possibilities.
Co-developed by artists and educators committed to disability culture in music, the ensemble brings together performers from across backgrounds, genres, and lived experiences to rehearse and present bold, inclusive programming for the Boston community. We have been featured in the Boston Globe, NPR and Good Morning America, with a documentary of our work, Make a Joyful Noise.
Join us if you want to:
Who should join?
Instrumentalists, composers, improvisers, and cross-disciplinary performers from across the Harvard community.
Musicians who identify as disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, or chronically ill are especially encouraged to join. Nondisabled musicians with a genuine interest in disability culture, inclusive collaboration, and access-centered performance are also warmly welcomed.
No prior background in disability studies is required—just musical curiosity, openness, and a commitment to collaborative music-making.
Why join?
Because musical excellence and accessibility belong together. Disability is not something to work around, but can be a vital source of insight, artistry, and change.
Join a community of artists building new possibilities in performance.
For more information:
Associate Professor Adrian Anantawan: [email protected]
Cambridge Common Voices: [email protected]
Bringing together musicians from the greater Harvard University and Berklee College of Music, the ensemble creates ambitious, inclusive performances while exploring how disability and access can be sources of creativity, innovation, and new artistic possibilities.
Co-developed by artists and educators committed to disability culture in music, the ensemble brings together performers from across backgrounds, genres, and lived experiences to rehearse and present bold, inclusive programming for the Boston community. We have been featured in the Boston Globe, NPR and Good Morning America, with a documentary of our work, Make a Joyful Noise.
Join us if you want to:
- make artistically ambitious work in a collaborative ensemble
- explore disability as a source of creativity, perspective, and innovation
- perform music by disabled composers and other boundary-pushing artists
- experiment with new approaches to access, technique, and performance
- help shape a more accessible and representative future for music
Who should join?
Instrumentalists, composers, improvisers, and cross-disciplinary performers from across the Harvard community.
Musicians who identify as disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, or chronically ill are especially encouraged to join. Nondisabled musicians with a genuine interest in disability culture, inclusive collaboration, and access-centered performance are also warmly welcomed.
No prior background in disability studies is required—just musical curiosity, openness, and a commitment to collaborative music-making.
Why join?
Because musical excellence and accessibility belong together. Disability is not something to work around, but can be a vital source of insight, artistry, and change.
Join a community of artists building new possibilities in performance.
For more information:
Associate Professor Adrian Anantawan: [email protected]
Cambridge Common Voices: [email protected]
