AUMI-KU InterArts

Adaptive Use Musical Instruments (AUMI) software interface enables people who have very limited controlled (voluntary) movement to independently engage in music making. Led by musician, composer, and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros, the Adaptive Use Musical Instruments (AUMI) project brings together the expertise of technicians at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the community education initiatives of the Deep Listening Institute.

We are proud to support American Studies Professors Sherrie Tucker and Ray Pence and the rest of the AUMI-KU InterArts research team, which comprises faculty from several KU departments. AUMI-KU Interarts is a Member of the AUMI Consortium, an international research group dedicated to exploring, sustaining, developing, and sharing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument.  Each AUMI Consortium Member institution has a particular area of focus. Ours is interdisciplinary arts and improvisation. To learn more, select the AUMI link above. 

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AMS Grad Student Giang Nguyen-Dien featured in latest issue of Women, Gender, Families of Color

Check out the latest issue of Women, Gender, Families of Color that features KU AMS graduate student Giang Nguyen-Dien and her experience as a graduate student of color at the University of Kansas. Giang’s research traces the process of community building and identity formation of Vietnamese Americans in the Midwest. ...

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Congratulations Dr. Cervantes!

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AUMI Jam Songs Featured in Kaw Valley Film Festival

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Lydia Epp Schmidt Awarded the Huntington Travel Grant to Travel to London

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