Public Work
Performance, speaking, and storytelling shaped by adaptive musicianship, disability, and lived experience.
Amy Wang-Hiller is a violinist, educator, and founder whose public work brings together music, disability, healthcare, and access.
She collaborates with organizations, schools, arts spaces, and community events through performance, speaking, interviews, and interdisciplinary conversation.
Format:
Performance
Solo violin performances for arts, community, and mission-driven events.
Speaking
Talks, panels, workshops, and keynote-style presentations on adaptive musicianship, disability, advocacy, and healthcare experience.
Interviews & Podcasts
Conversations for podcasts, media, research, and public dialogue.
Community & Cross-Sector Events
Collaborations across arts, healthcare, education, and disability spaces.
Speaking Topics:
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Adaptive Musicianship
What it means to keep making music through disability, changing function, and evolving technique.
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Disability, Identity, and Artistic Life
Performance, career, and selfhood when the body changes. When we face a career change or maintain the artistry work.
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Complex Patients and Healthcare Advocacy
What healthcare systems miss, and what patient experience can teach clinicians, educators, and institutions.
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Access, Inclusion, and the Arts
How arts spaces, classrooms, and organizations can think more deeply about accessibility and belonging.
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Storytelling as Advocacy
Why personal narrative matters in medicine, disability culture, and public life.
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Adaptive Skills and Life in a Medical Odyssey
How adapting as a musician and navigating a long medical journey reshaped Amy’s understanding of skill, identity, and what it means to keep going.