Presentations
2023
Jesse Stewart, Ray Mizumura-Pence, Nicole Hodges Persley, and Sherrie Tucker, “Improvising Across Abilities: Sounding Love in Public with The Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI).” American Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 4, 2023.
2022
Sherrie Tucker, Jennifer Hurst, Drew White, Julie Unruh, “Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument,” Disability and Activism Panel (Virtual), Committee on Diversity and Inclusion,Society for American Music, March 11, 2022
2021
Keynote: Michelle Heffner Hayes and Sherrie Tucker. “AUMI Bodies: Movement=Music.” Music and Movement Conference, University of Pittsburg. (Virtual) https://www.music.pitt.edu/mmvc. January 23, 2021.
2020
Sherrie Tucker, “Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument.” Departments of Musicology and Music Education, Arizona State University. March 6, 2020.
Sherrie Tucker, “Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument.” Department of Music, Amherst College. February 21, 2020.
2019
Sherrie Tucker, Stevenson Lecture: “Improvising across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument,” Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. October 17, 2019.
Sherrie Tucker, “Improvising across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI),” Musicology Colloquium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, February 22, 2019.
2018
Sherrie Tucker (Keynote). "The Best of Jazz, the Worst of Jazz: Why I've Been Playing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument." Beyond Genre: Jazz and Popular Music conference, Case Western, Cleveland, OH, March 22, 2018
Sherrie Tucker. "The Best of Jazz, the Worst of Jazz: Why I've Been Playing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument." Public Humanities, Yale University, February 22, 2018
2017
Leaf Miller and Sherrie Tucker. "AUMI: Improvisation across Abilities in Collaboration and Community." Legacies of Pauline Oliveros. Brooklyn College, New York. November 4, 2017
Kip Haaheim and Sherrie Tucker. "Improvising Inclusive Communities: AUMI-KU InterArts." ISATMA (International Symposium on Assistive Technology for Music and Art), EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. October 21, 2017 (full day devoted to AUMI, open to the public).
Sherrie Tucker (Keynote). "The Best of Jazz, The Worst of Jazz: Why I've Been Playing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument." Re/Sounding Jazz, Rhythm Changes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. September 1, 2017.
AUMI Consortium Symposium. Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas. Presentations by Henry Lowengard, Ione, Jill Siddall, Ellen Waterman, Laurel Forshaw, Jesse Stewart, Michelle Heffner Hayes, Kip Haaheim, Nicole Hodges Persley, Abbey Dvorak, Sherrie Tucker, Elizabeth Boresow, Jonas Braasch and Ranita Wilks (Independence Inc). Supported by National Endowment for the Arts - Art Works Grant (Presenting and Multidisciplinary Works) and Commons. August 11-12, 2017.
Jesse Stewart, Artist-in-Residence, University of Kansas, Improvising Inclusive Communities with the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, National Endowment for the Arts - Art Works Grant (Presenting and Multidisciplinary Works). Stewart conducted a 5-day all-ability community workshop that culminated in two performances. He gave two presentations on AUMI and other adaptive and assistive musical instruments. Lawrence Public Library and The Commons. August 7-12, 2017.
Tucker, Sherrie. "The Best of Jazz, the Worst of Jazz: Why I've Been Playing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument." Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. February 2, 2017.
2016
Haaheim, Kip, Michelle Heffner Hayes, Nicole Hodges Persley, and Sherrie Tucker, "Improvisation," Red Hot Research, KU Commons, December, 2, 2016.
Dvorak, Abbey, Elizabeth Boresow, Kip Haaheim, and Sherrie Tucker, "'Do you AUMI?' Using the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) in Clinical and Research Settings," Midwest Region Music Therapy Association, St. Louis, April 9, 2016.
2015
Boresow, Elizabeth, Abbey Dvorak, Michelle Heffner Hayes, and Sherrie Tucker. "AUMI-KU InterArts Site Report." Improvisation and Community Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 7, 2015.
2014
Lair, Liam, and Ashley Mog, "Embodiment, Identity, and Community: Motion, Meaning, and Belonging in Kansas,” Oral History Association Conference in Madison, WI. October 8-12, 2014.
Haaheim, Kip, Jesse Stewart, Sherrie Tucker, and Pete Williams. "AUMI-Futurism: Adaptive Performance in ‘Turning the Page,’ ‘(Un)Rolling the Boulder’ … and Beyond!!!!" Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium "Sounding Futures", Guelph, Ontario, Canada. September 10, 2014.
Mizumura-Pence, Ray, and Sherrie Tucker. "Four Rehearsals and a Performance: Practice Based Research at AUMI-KU InterArts." Deep Listening Art/Science Conference, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. July 10, 2014.
Lair, Liam, and Ashley Mog, "(Re)Thinking Futures: Exploring Embodiment and Community through Improvisation," Ohio State University “Queer Places, Practices, and Lives II” conference in Columbus, OH. May 16-17, 2014.
Tucker, Sherrie, Deborah Wong, and Martha Gonzales. "Improvising New Communities with Bodies in Motion Roundtable." Pop Conference, Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA. April 26, 2014.
2013
Tucker, Sherrie, Michelle Heffner Hayes, Nicole Hodges Persley, and Haaheim Kip. "Laptop Music and Embodiment: Materializing the Ephemeral." Digital Humanities Forum 2013, Return to the Material, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Kansas. September 14, 2013.
Born, Georgina, David Lametti, George Lipsitz, Kevin McNeilly, Daniel Weinstock, Jesse Stewart, and Sherrie Tucker. "Plenary Panel: Improvisation,Community, and Social Practice: Research Results Showcase." Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. September 4, 2013.
2012
Tucker, Sherrie, Pauline Oliveros, Leaf Miller, Jaclyn Heyen, Gillian Siddall, Ellen Waterman, and Jonathan Sterne. "Disability Studies, Technology, and Improvisation." Skin, Surface, Circuit: Embodying the Improvisatory. McKay Centre School and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. June 14, 2012.
2011
"Improvisation Across Abilities: Access through Music Technology," Introduction by Pauline Oliveros. Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ellen Waterman. Responders: Jonas Braasch, Sherrie Tucker, Gillian Siddall, Larry Polansky, Neil Rolnick. Round Table with Doug Van Nort, Iris Hodgeson, Jacklyn Heyen, Leaf Miller, David Whalen, and Clara Tomaz. Cell Theatre, New York, NY. June 15, 2011
Jonas Braasch, Christine Sun Kim, Larry Polansky, Neil Rolnick, Gillian Siddall, Sherrie Tucker, and Ellen Waterman. "Improvisation Across Abilities: Access through Music Technology." Electroacoustic Music Studies Network and Electronic Music Foundation Conference, New York, NY. June 15, 2011.
2010
Tucker, Sherrie, Pauline Oliveros, Gillian Siddall, Ellen Waterman, Leaf Miller, Jaclyn Heyen, Sergio Hazard, and Paula Josa-Jones. "Music Improvisation Software: An Interface for People with Disabilities." Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, Guelph, ON, Canada. September 10, 2010.