About
I hold a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia, as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance and Composition from the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia. My current research explores how disability in international piano competitions brings about a productive convergence between musical virtuosity and vulnerability. I serve as a Field Editor on disability issues for the
Public Philosophy Journal and am working with Melanie Hibbert-Bown of the
Intersectionality Network to heighten awareness of, and responsiveness to issues around inclusion and equity in higher education.
Work Shared in CORE
Course material or learning objects
Other Publications
Refereed Articles
Honisch, S.S. (2014). “Music…to Cure or Disable: Therapy for Whom?”
Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy 14 (3).
Honisch, S.S. (2009a). “The Road to Marginalization is Paved with Good Intentions: In Pursuit of the Rehumanization of Physically Impaired Musicians.”
International Journal of Inclusive Education 3, 767-783.
Honisch, S.S. (2009b).
Re-narrating Disability through Musical Performance.” Music Theory Online: A Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research and Scholarship 15 (3–4)
Book Chapters (selected)
Honisch, S.S. (2018). “Virtuosities of Deafness and Blindness: Musical Performance and the Prized Body.” In Y. Kim and S. Gilman (Eds),
The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Body. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190636234.013.9
Honisch, S.S. (2016). “Sound, and Noise as Bodily Disorders.” In S.S.
Harvey and R. Raphael (Eds.),
Transnational Horror Cinema: Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque (pp. 113-131). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Blog Posts (selected)
Honisch, S.S. (2018).
“Music First or Disability First?” Public Disability History 3, 4.
Honisch, S.S. (2016).
“Deaf-Blindness and the Avid Musical Touch of Helen Keller.” The Avid Listener. W.W. Norton & Company.
Memberships
Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
Society for Disability Studies
Society for Philosophy and Disability
American Musicological Society Music and Disability Study Group
Society for Music Theory Interest Group on Music and Disability
