Dear AER members: I am sharing an invitation from BANA for you to participate in a phone conference focusing on the new music braille code. The details are in the announcement below. I am sending this to the various AER listserv, so apologies if you receive a few “reruns.” Be well, Mary Nelle McLennan AER’s BANA Representative <>Sign Up Now to Participate in Conference Call Focusing on Music Braille Code, 2015! For Immediate Release To Music Braille readers, transcribers, and teachers in the U.S. and Canada: Do you have questions about the new music braille code? Join a conference call about the Music Braille Code, 2015 (MBC-2015), presented by the Braille Authority of North America (BANA), on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, from 8:00-9:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Ask questions of expert music braille transcriber and proofreader Dan Geminder, Chair of the BANA Music Braille Committee that wrote the new codebook, and of other members of his committee. What will you learn about during the call? · MBC-2015 has clarified many aspects of music braille and is easier to search than was the previous codebook. · MBC-2015 aligns more closely with the music braille international manual than did the previous codebook. · MBC-2015 incorporates UEB (Unified English Braille), with international consultation. Don’t have MBC-2015 yet? It will be sold by the American Printing House for the Blind and is currently available from the BANA website in both PDF and BRF formats (the BRF is in zipped files). Visit www.brailleauthority.org/music/music.html <http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30489975/www.brailleauthority.org?p=eyJzIjoiZE1iZFdZbDAtNnFLVFhCdnhrbnFLVlhtY1lrIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDQ4OTk3NSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyYWlsbGVhdXRob3JpdHkub3JnXFxcL211c2ljXFxcL211c2ljLmh0bWxcIixcImlkXCI6XCI4ZjMyM2IyNzI5N2E0NDE2OWJmNmY2MjY2MDljYzQxMFwiLFwidXJsX2lkc1wiOltcIjM2YTQ0NGJlZDI5ODFmOWUyNTE5MTBlMzhlZDBlOWMwNjdmNjRiZTdcIl19In0> for download instructions. Interested in participating in this conference call? It will be limited to 25 participants, so please let us know of your desire to participate by emailing brailleauthority@gmail.com <mailto:brailleauthority@gmail.com> no later than Friday, December 16. Participants will be notified of their selection for the call, will receive more information about the call, and will be encouraged to email their music braille questions prior to the call so that Dan and his committee can answer those questions most clearly and completely. BANA is excited to inform the music braille community about what’s in MBC-2015 and looks forward to hearing from those interested in participating in this informative conference call! . You can follow the work of BANA by signing up for BANA-Announce, a one-way email list that disseminates news and information. To join this list, send a blank email message to bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org <mailto:bana-announce-subscribe@brailleauthority.org> and follow the directions in the confirmation email that will be sent in response. You can also follow BANA on Facebook and Twitter! Mary Nelle McLennan, M.A. AER Representative to the Braille Authority of North America Chair, BANA Publications Committee 1536 Broad Hill Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Land Line: 412-367-9085 Cell: 412-559-7782