Criptocracy is an interview and music project that features disabled individuals sharing on what democratic ideals mean to them. The project will ask disabled interviewees what freedom, equality, participation, and justice mean to them, highlighting disability viewpoints on commonly held democratic ideals. The project is part of the Perelman Center for the Arts’ Democracy Cycle commissioning program and will result in a performance featuring recordings of the interviewees’ responses, live music, accessibility elements, and more.

In this workshop, composer/SNF Agora Institute visiting fellow Molly Joyce and GRAMMY®-nominated percussion quartet Sandbox Percussion (faculty at Peabody Institute) will present selections from the forthcoming work, followed by a panel featuring Robin Marquis (Senior Inclusion Strategist, Prime Access Consulting), Brendan Stern (Associate Professor, Gallaudet University, Criptocracy project interviewee), Bonnielin Swenor (Director, Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center), and moderated by Eric Whitmer (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan).