Autism: The Musical premieres on HBO Tuesday, March 25th at 8PM.  I’m so excited; my voice student Lexi is one of the kids featured in the film!  I’m proud of her and working with her has been an amazing experience for me.  The film is inspirational and concentrates on acceptance, tolerance and understanding.  It’s getting rave reviews and many awards.  There are even some scenes in the film of one of our voice lessons, so don’t miss it!  If you don’t have HBO, you are still in luck.  The movie will be streaming from the website, as a public service.

In my podcast I talk about how working with Lexi has inspired me.  You can download the podcast and also read the transcript on my website.

Go here to download the podcast- http://www.christinerosander.com/media.html

Here is an excerpt-

LUNDSTEN:…Rosander teaches voice to a girl with autism named Lexi. Both of them were recently part of a documentary.

ROSANDER: It’s about several autistic kids. They come together and they do a musical. So it’s called Autism: The Musical. They follow the students around and one of the things they do is they came to Lexi’s voice lesson.

LUNDSTEN: She says working with Lexi has taught her a lot.

ROSANDER: She just has the agenda to sing the music, to enjoy the music for the pure love of the music, without worrying what other people think of her. One of my goals, or something that I’m coming to in my journey of music is just that I really, I put too much emphasis on it: I need to sing well, I need to play well, I need…you know…but rather it’s better to let it happen and enjoy the process. The way that Lexi sings the music it’s more of a surrender.

Go here to learn more about Autism: The Musical-
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/autism/index.html