It looks like the world of disability music, if I can call it that, is getting bigger and bigger. I just came across this BBC article: “Professional disabled and non-disabled classical musicians are teaming up to perform a new work of specially-composed music. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia are bringing together their inclusive BSO Resound and RNS Moves ensembles.” Several ensembles of disabled and non-disabled musicians are apparently preparing for performances across the country. This is great news. Of course, I’m not a musician and haven’t had much to do with that scene since I broke up with Lyn, but the fact that it is getting bigger and bigger, and is getting more and more mainstream attention paid to it, is awesome. I can’t help wondering, though, to what extent this was kicked off by the British Paraorchestra in 2012. The article even mentions Clarence Adoo, who was in the paraorchestra and who I met. Of course, there were organisations for disabled musicians before 2012, such as Drake Music, but I think the Paraorchestra and their performance at the Paralympic Closing Ceremony really helped bring musicians with disabilities out of the shadows. I still find the fact that I was there with Lyn, as she and her fellow musicians were making history, an absolute privilege, and the fact that that now seems to have kicked off something even bigger, with disabled musicians now getting more and more recognition, makes it even better.