By Lisa Olson and Jane Dobkin. On June 8th, in the home of of Jackie and Bill Anderson, Viva Violins held its farewell concert after playing together for twenty years and raised funds to support the work of Music for Autism. The concert, organized by Board Member Holly Hamilton, featured the violin quartet composed of […]
We are very excited to announce our 2014 Spotlight Artist, Sonny Paladino. He was named Music for Autism’s Spotlight Artist of the year at the May 10th concert by US Founder, Dr. Robert Accordino with Sonny’s parents in the crowd. Sonny Paladino is known on Broadway as music director and pianist for for various different […]
A big congratulations to US Founder of Music for Autism, Dr. Robert Accordino, for being named New Yorker of the Week on NY1. Candidates are nominated for being an outstanding New Yorker doing great things for the city, then chosen and interviewed on the Friday night episode of The Call on NY1 hosted by John […]
Last week the CDC announced that an estimated 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder, a 30% increase over its 2012 estimate. Click here to read the announcement: http://1.usa.gov/1iEIr1q “The news from the CDC underscores the critical need to intensify public policy and advocacy efforts to advance basic and applied research, access to evidence-based […]
Congratulations to our amazing Junior Board Member Alice Shih LaCour for running the Houston Marathon on January 19. It was a beautiful, sunny Texas day and there was not a cloud in the sky. Alice exceeded her running goal of under four hours by finishing in 3:53, coming in 70th in her division. And, a […]
By Robert Accordino. We had the most fantastic concert to kick off our 2014 Music for Autism season on Saturday, January 25th in partnership with the 92Y! Five time Tony Award Nominee Douglas Carter Beane narrated the Cinderella story as two cast members from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway, Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark […]
Jan Wintrol, Director of The Ivymount School and Programs and Music for Autism Board Member, was named 2013 Washingtonian of the Year. This award is given by the Washingtonian Magazine and recognizes members of the community who work to make a meaningful difference and inspire awe in all around them. The article, which is in […]
By Jane Dobkin. We had our final 2013 performance on Saturday, December 7, and what an amazing concert it was! Three performers from the cast of Broadway’s Pippin, Billy Tighe, the understudy to Pippin, Gabby McClinton, the understudy to Leading Player and Bethany Moore, the understudy to Katherine with Associate Music Director Sonny Paladino on […]
By Ryan Gardner. Originally published in the International Trumpet Guild® Journal, January 2014 Robert Accordino is the US Founder of Music for Autism. He is a physician who has carried out research on and worked clinically with individuals with autism and their families, as well as advocated for this population. Music has played an integral […]
Dr. Robert Accordino, US founder of Music for Autism, was asked to give a TEDx talk at Princeton University on November 23, 1013. TEDx talks are independently organized lectures based on the TED Talk model. The topic of the discussion at TEDx PrincetonU was “Disrupt” and many of the speakers focused on interdisciplinary work in […]
