NLS Music Circulars

Circular Number 4
Braille Music Transcribers

January 2008

The following Library of Congress-certified braille music transcribers are willing to braille music materials for individuals. All arrangements for transcribing, including financial, must be made between the transcriber and the braille reader. Upon receipt of the braille, an acknowledgment from the reader expressing appreciation is always appropriate.

Lindley L. Becker
204 37th Ave. North, #246
St. Petersburg, FL 33704
Tel (727) 827-5353
Fax (727) 327-4395
bayshoreop@aol.com

Lois Bitler
1 A Red Fox Lane
Flagler Beach, FL 32136
(386) 439-0597
loflobit@aol.com

Sylvia Clark
1723 Wendy Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539
(956) 381-1537
sclark6144@aol.com

Cheryl Davis
c/o Delores Billman
Mountain View Braille Facility
2305 Ransom Road
Gatesville, TX 76528-9399

Christine Dodson
c/o Delores Billman
Mountain View Braille Facility
2305 Ransom Road
Gatesville, TX 76528-9399

Bettie Downing
918 Ridgewood Cove North
Niceville, FL 32578
(850) 897-3383
bnbdowning70@embarqmail.com

Katy L. Dumdie
c/o Delores Billman, Supervisor
Mountain View Braille Facility
2305 Ransom Road
Gatesville, TX 76528-2962
Robert Ego
1020 B Calle De Los Amigos
Apartment B-408
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 569-1306

Dan Geminder
211 Rouge Road
Winnipeg, MB
R3K 1J6
Canada
(204) 896-8620
geminder@mts.net

Elizabeth Gensler
4120 Lytle Drive
Wooster, OH 44691
(303) 345-4595
Genslerbrl@sssnet.com

Margaret Glaeser
19475 Chaparral Circle
Penn Valley, CA 95946
(530) 432-4189
1margaretg@comcast.net

Ed Godfrey
P.O. Box 20038
Seattle, WA 98102-1038
edgodfrey@seanet.com

Terry Harris
Folsom Project for the
Visually Impaired
c/o Officer Bob Schmitz
P.O. Box 6422
Folsom, CA 95763-6422
(916) 351-3032

Dennis Helwig
OSCI Braille
P.O. Box 3310
Oshkosh, WI 54903
Contact: Kurt Pamperin
kurt.pamperin@wisconsin.gov
(920) 231-4010, Ext. 2208

Melissa Hirshson
24 Whitman Rd. #B-3
Waltham, MA 02453
781-790-1682
lissa@theworld.com
lissarh@gmail.com

Jeffrey T. Hunter
1742 Alfred Dr.
Apt. 2E
Luxemburg, WI 54217

Mildred Irwig
16536 Dearborn Drive
Stilwell, KS 66085-9268
(913) 897-9533
musicbraille@kc.rr.com

David B. Jackson
305 Windsor Ave.
Brightwaters, NY 11718
(631) 969-3411
djackson@mail.nasboces.org

Laura Kesel
741 Valleyview Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
(412) 561-8635
lck.pgh@worldnet.att.net

Heidi Lehmann
9637 Elm Street
Castorland, NY 13620
(315) 376-0136
bach-to-braille@hotmail.com

Fran Libowitz
1723 Gerritsen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229
(718) 375-0298 (home)
(212) 821-9689 (work)
dwanei@aol.com
braille@lighthouse.org

Dorothy MacRae
12759 SE 91st Terrace Road
Summerfield, FL 34491
(352) 347-1997

Julie Nichols
(May to August)
271 Plank Road
Vergennes, VT 05491
(802) 877-6802
(September to April)
101 Fairview Avenue
Hartwell, GA 30643
(706) 376-5802
jnicholsjulie@yahoo.com

Kent F. Ray
c/o Officer Bob Schmitz
Folsom Project for the
Visually Impaired
P. O. Box 6422
Folsom, CA 95763-6422
(916) 351-3032

Yvonne M. Ryall
114 Killbuck Trail
Winchester, VA 22602
(540) 877-2069
yryall@aol.com

Victoria Scarborough
529 Silverbrook Drive
Danville, KY 40422
(859) 236-7249 (home)
(859) 236-3863 (work)
famserv@netburner.net

Mary Schwartzbart
10951 Oklahoma Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 998-5414
nans815@cs.com

Lyale Shellman
Folsom Project for the
Visually Impaired
c/o Officer Bob Schmitz
P.O. Box 6422
Folsom, CA 95763-6422
(916) 351-3032

Lawrence R. Smith
(April - November)
440 North Arlington Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
(269) 381-4648
(December - March)
68 Midge Court
Bradenton Beach, FL 34217
(941) 778-7974
musicbrl@earthlink.net

John J. Strangis
51-40 30th Avenue
Building H1B
Woodside, NY 11377
(718) 726-7181

Ruth Nodder Wallace
2500 West Henderson Avenue
Apt. 225
Porterville, CA 93257
(559) 789-9304
RNW1942@netzero.net

Lindy Walton
4925 Paul Avenue
Madison, WI 53771
(608) 273-4457
lindywalton@tds.net

Moonset Yu
664 Larkin Valley Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
(831) 331-7546
yus9@yahoo.com

Charlotte Zeman
1608 Zika Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
(319) 396-8666

Associate Transcriber of Music Braille*

Mujahid Latif
Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund
3510 North Elm Street
Jackson, MI 49201
(517) 780-5096
Email contact through Francelia Wonders at francelia.wonders@mi-braille.org
or
Cindy Olmstead at cmvddo@aol.com.

*Associate transcribers of Music Braille are certified by the Library of Congress to transcribe only single line music, instrumental or vocal, not piano or organ.

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Posted on 2008-08-06

NLS Music Circulars

Circular Number 4 Braille Music Transcribers

Circular Number 4
Braille Music Transcribers