About our founder

Diabetes had taken the sight of a 30-year-old budding musician. He wanted to continue with piano and guitar lessons without having to learn Braille music notation. The musician contacted his local college music department, seeking a student who could help read music to him in an audio format like audio books.

At this same time in 1987, I was a nontraditional music student at that college, taking music courses and theory while on medical leave from my job. The music department director figured it was a match made in heaven to have two people with “challenges” get together and find a new paradigm, so I was volunteered. No-C-Notes is what we discovered.

Since then this method has been tested and researched by hundreds of blind and low vision music students, their teachers and families. In 1999, the first publication, No-C-Notes Instructional Cassette was released and world-wide use became available through the No-C-Notes website in the year 2000.

My musical experience started with keyboard at age five. I have decades of experience and education in many musical instruments and music theory. My youth was as a performer in dances and plays, as well as musical performance. My current music passion is folk harp and piano.

For 10 years I have been a Board of Directors member for CHOICE Unlimited, a nonprofit community employment agency for those with disabilities. I am also a director or member of several nonprofit agencies providing opportunities in the arts for those with disabilities. I have combined my musical and audio description pursuits under Xina Music. You may visit this website at Xina Music. I give seminars and training nationwide to musicians, teachers and publishers.

I am passionate that if you enjoy creating music, there should be no barriers!

-- Christina

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