Multidisciplinary Column: Lessons Learned from a Multidisciplinary Hands-on Course on Interfaces for Inclusive Music Making

This short article reports on lessons learned from a multidisciplinary hands-on course that I co-taught in the academic winter term 2021/2022. Over the course of the term, I co-advised a group of 4 students who explored designing interfaces for Musiklusion [1], a project focused on inclusive music making using digital tools. Inclusive participation in music making processes is a topic home to the Multimedia community, as well as many neighbouring disciplines (see e.g. [2,3]). In the following, I briefly detail the curriculum, describe project Musiklusion, outline challenges and report on the course outcome. I conclude by summarizing a set of personal observations from the course---albeit anecdotal---that could be helpful for fellow teachers who wish to design a hands-on course with inclusive design sessions.