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WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | Students from Tennessee School for the Deaf feel the music at Knoxville Symphony Orchestra rehearsal
Tuesday the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra held a private rehearsal session at the Tennessee Theatre for what many may consider an unlikely audience.
Several students from the Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) attended the rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The students have partial hearing loss or cochlear implants.
The music is much more than audio for the students: It is a feeling.
"You can feel the vibrations," said Lee Lamkin, a senior at TSD. "You can feel the rumble of the stage. It is actually a good feeling and a good experience to have."
Tuesday was the first time TSD student Kim Farley attended a live concert. While she has not seen live music, Farley and most of the other students listen to music in their daily lives.
"We are like any other teenagers. There are people thinking that we can't hear anything," said Farley. "We all can hear. We feel the vibrations. Everything is the same rhythm no matter who you are."
"I'm so fascinated by the music," said Martin Sandova, a graduating senior at TSD who hopes to become an automotive engineer. "I can feel it and hear it. It is so nice. This type of music is beautiful and different. I normally listen to rock."
Lamkin said he played the drums in middle school, but quit because he "was not very good." Nonetheless, he said music remains an integral part of his existence.
"I don't think I could live without music. I have to hear music every day," said Lamkin.
Some students can hear the highs and lows better than their classmates. A few who have less drastic hearing loss said they do not notice the vibrations as much as their fellow students. Whatever their level of hearing, the KSO rehearsal conducted a powerful feeling among those in attendance.
"The music was so beautiful. It took all of the stress in my life away," said Farley. "It is just very calm music and so relieving. I just love it."
A Knoxville Symphony Orchestra String Quartet will be at the Tennessee School for the Deaf on Wednesday to perform for about 40 middle and high school students at TSD who have experienced partial hearing loss or have cochlear implants.
Tuesday the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra held a private rehearsal session at the Tennessee Theatre for what many may consider an unlikely audience.
Several students from the Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) attended the rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The students have partial hearing loss or cochlear implants.
The music is much more than audio for the students: It is a feeling.
"You can feel the vibrations," said Lee Lamkin, a senior at TSD. "You can feel the rumble of the stage. It is actually a good feeling and a good experience to have."
Tuesday was the first time TSD student Kim Farley attended a live concert. While she has not seen live music, Farley and most of the other students listen to music in their daily lives.
"We are like any other teenagers. There are people thinking that we can't hear anything," said Farley. "We all can hear. We feel the vibrations. Everything is the same rhythm no matter who you are."
"I'm so fascinated by the music," said Martin Sandova, a graduating senior at TSD who hopes to become an automotive engineer. "I can feel it and hear it. It is so nice. This type of music is beautiful and different. I normally listen to rock."
Lamkin said he played the drums in middle school, but quit because he "was not very good." Nonetheless, he said music remains an integral part of his existence.
"I don't think I could live without music. I have to hear music every day," said Lamkin.
Some students can hear the highs and lows better than their classmates. A few who have less drastic hearing loss said they do not notice the vibrations as much as their fellow students. Whatever their level of hearing, the KSO rehearsal conducted a powerful feeling among those in attendance.
"The music was so beautiful. It took all of the stress in my life away," said Farley. "It is just very calm music and so relieving. I just love it."
A Knoxville Symphony Orchestra String Quartet will be at the Tennessee School for the Deaf on Wednesday to perform for about 40 middle and high school students at TSD who have experienced partial hearing loss or have cochlear implants.