Author(s)

Kefan Cui ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ University of York, China Conservatory of Music, York, England, YO10 5NG, UK

Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

Accessible Arts and Media (AAM) is a charity that works in York and the surrounding areas to teach the arts and creative media to individuals with disabilities and mental illness. It has forced to move all of its sessions online ever since the COVID-19 epidemic emerged in the UK in 2020. Zoom sessions replaced Facebook Live sessions as the primary online delivery method in the autumn of the same year. One of the interesting things that emerges from the format of the AAM events mentioned above is that for some reasons the AAM has retained the Hands&Voices online participation route after the pandemic has ended. Why is this hybrid model of events being held both online and offline only used in this one project? This study investigates the operation of online and hybrid music activities in Accessible Music and Media. Based on a summary of AAM's experience of events from the pandemic outbreak to the present day, this study uses online research data, interview data and literature findings to explain why, of the many events, AAM has developed a hybrid model only for Hands&Voices. The conclusions drawn are that: the hybrid model can provide a regular social occasion for participants; the content of Hands&Voices events is specific; the hybrid model can better realise the principle of inclusivity in community music and increase participation of members; and because of the uniqueness of the Hands&Voices audience.

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CITE THIS PAPER

Kefan Cui, The Hybrid Working Modules during and Post-Pandemic: A Case Study of Accessible Arts and Media. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 19-26. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040504.

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