The war between is and ought -by Drew Gonsalves from KOBO TOWN
Details
| Title | The war between is and ought -by Drew Gonsalves from KOBO TOWN |
| Author | Bliss iBand |
| Duration | 3:33 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=S6XR6UCoZlI |
Description
The Bliss i-Band performs The war Between Is and Ought -by songwriter Drew Gonsalves from KOBO TOWN.
KOBO TOWN is a Trinidadian / Canadian band that writes topical songs fusing the musical aesthetics of Reggae and Calypso.
We made two versions of this song- each featuring different members of the iband. SUBSCRIBE to our channel to see more songs of the Bliss iBand with Drew and to hear the alternate version of this song with other iBand members. In the upper right corner iBand members indicated chord changes with Kodaly hand signs.
Check out Kobo Town at https://rootsrockcalypso.com/home.
The Bliss iBand is a group of adults with complex physical and communication disabilities who get together weekly to explore the possibilities of actively making music together with virtual instruments apps found in their Apple iPads. Iband
Audrey King, (psychologist) and Shirley McNaughton, (educator), came together in 2014 to launch this initiative. Shirley also served as the first, Music Director. In 2015 award winning, musician & music therapist Aaron Lightstone ( of www.musictherapytoronto.com) assumed the role of music director.
The Bliss i-Band is now in its ninth year (2022- 2023) of activity and has demonstrated the benefits to be enjoyed by adults with physical disabilities (many of whom are nonspeaking and use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices) in coming together to make music.
It is a community-based group that relies on funding from private foundations, government arts councils and individual donors. The founding (and a current)sponsor is the Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation. The iBand is also supported by The Toronto Arts Council, & The Ontario Trillium Foundation. In past years the group has also received support from the Canada Council for the Arts & in 2021-2022, The Ontario Arts Council. In early 2021 the iBand received a special COVID response grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to adapt the program to remote delivery ( zoom meetings and remote video production)
