Performathon 2025
November 14, 2023 – ABC World News Tonight with David Muir profiles Matthew Whitaker and the FMDG Music School
May 11, 2024 – PIX11 News interviews student Haowen Deng and reports on the FMDG Music School’s concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
February 23, 2020 – CBS News 60 Minutes “Meet the blind piano player who’s so good, scientists are studying him” Matthew Whitaker appears on 60 minutes with his teacher, Dr. Dalia Sakas of the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School.
July 14, 2019 – WestView News: “Envisioning Its Future: Challenges for the Country’s Only Music School for the Blind”
February 14, 2019 – Vision Monday: “The Music Keeps Playing at this One of a Kind School”
December 20, 2018 – New York Times: “Why a School for Blind Musicians Is Being Evicted at Christmastime”
Speaking Out for the Blind: Episode 347 – Piano
Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones (Executive Director) and Haowen Deng (Student)
BEST Together Podcast: Episode 33
Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones (Executive Director)
Eyes on Success: Episode 2413 – Music Education for the Visually Impaired
Interview with Dr. Dalia Sakas (Director of Music Studies)
CTA Foundation Chats 2021 interview with Dr. Leslie Jones, Executive Director.
Library of Congress: Piano Lessons Made-to-Measure: An Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones About Teaching Visually Impaired Students, Part 1
Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones (Executive Director)
Library of Congress: Piano Lessons Made-to-Measure: An Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones About Teaching Visually Impaired Students, Part 2
Interview with Dr. Leslie Jones (Executive Director)