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    Derek Paravicini is one of AMBER's great success stories. Now 32, he is blind, has the IQ of a 4 year-old, doesn't know his fingers from his thumbs and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift – he is a musical prodigy whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences from London to Las Vegas. In 1995, Professor Adam Ockelford, together with a group of parents, friends and supporters, set up The AMBER Trust in order to raise funds to build the Soundscape Centre in partnership with the RNIB in Redhill, Surrey. Professor Ockelford trained as a musician at the Royal Academy in the 1970s before developing an interest in music for children with special needs. Since then, Adam has devoted much of his life to teaching 'musical savants' – people with exceptional musical abilities despite their disabilities. Working with these young people has led him to research how music makes sense to everyone. He is now Professor of Music at Roehampton University and continues to support blind and partially sighted children and young people in music-making. Find out more about The Amber Trust Project: www.ambertrust.org

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    Derek Paravicini is one of AMBER's great success stories. Now 32, he is blind, has the IQ of a 4 year-old, doesn't know his fingers from his thumbs and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift – he is a musical prodigy whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences from London to Las Vegas. In 1995, Professor Adam Ockelford, together with a group of parents, friends and supporters, set up The AMBER Trust in order to raise funds to build the Soundscape Centre in partnership with the RNIB in Redhill, Surrey. Professor Ockelford trained as a musician at the Royal Academy in the 1970s before developing an interest in music for children with special needs. Since then, Adam has devoted much of his life to teaching 'musical savants' – people with exceptional musical abilities despite their disabilities. Working with these young people has led him to research how music makes sense to everyone. He is now Professor of Music at Roehampton University and continues to support blind and partially sighted children and young people in music-making. Find out more about The Amber Trust Project: www.ambertrust.org

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    Derek Paravicini is one of AMBER's great success stories. Now 32, he is blind, has the IQ of a 4 year-old, doesn't know his fingers from his thumbs and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift – he is a musical prodigy whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences from London to Las Vegas. In 1995, Professor Adam Ockelford, together with a group of parents, friends and supporters, set up The AMBER Trust in order to raise funds to build the Soundscape Centre in partnership with the RNIB in Redhill, Surrey. Professor Ockelford trained as a musician at the Royal Academy in the 1970s before developing an interest in music for children with special needs. Since then, Adam has devoted much of his life to teaching 'musical savants' – people with exceptional musical abilities despite their disabilities. Working with these young people has led him to research how music makes sense to everyone. He is now Professor of Music at Roehampton University and continues to support blind and partially sighted children and young people in music-making. Find out more about The Amber Trust Project: www.ambertrust.org

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