ConcertStories™ Spring Stage Pilot – North Texas

Help fund InclusiVibe Foundation’s first ConcertStories™ pilot: a disabled-led series of adaptive performances and short films in Denton and Dallas that pair live music with the real stories of neuro-complex patients.

What is ConcertStories™?

ConcertStories™ is a disabled-led performance and film project from InclusiVibe Foundation. We bring together musicians, neuro-complex patients, and creatives to co-create works where live music and lived experience share the same stage. Each piece becomes a short performance-film that can be shown in hospitals, universities, and community spaces to change how people see “mystery” illness and disability.

The Spring Stage Pilot – Denton & Dallas

In our inaugural Spring Stage Pilot, we are exploring this innovative model in North Texas by:

• Showcasing a work-in-progress ConcertStories™ performance in Denton, collaborating with artists and partners affiliated with the University of North Texas (UNT)
• Organizing a mini-gala-style event in Dallas, which incorporates live performances, narratives shared by patients, and short film segments designed for a diverse audience of patients, healthcare professionals, and community members
• Accompanying one of the events with an insightful EDS/brainstem awareness workshop in Jan, ensuring attendees leave with both emotional resonance and a comprehensive understanding of the related medical conditions

These pilot events will enable us to discern what engages audiences and partners effectively while generating high-quality media assets. This will be instrumental in securing future grants and sponsorship opportunities.

Project Budget & Goal

The overall expenditure for the Spring Stage Pilot is approximately $40,000. This sum covers fees for artists and patient collaborators, the use of accessible venues, audio/visual and filming necessities, ASL/CART services, and promotional activities.

With generous in-kind support, including access to venues and discounts from partners, our cash fundraising goal stands at $25,000.

Your generous contribution will support:

• Ensuring that musicians, composers, and collaborating patients with disabilities are compensated fairly
• Providing accessible venues and rehearsal spaces in both Denton and Dallas
• Covering the costs of ASL interpretation, live captions, and additional accessibility requirements
• Recording and editing 3–4 ConcertStories™ segments along with a highlight reel that will be available for hospitals, universities, and advocacy purposes
• Widely sharing these narratives so that patients with complex neurological conditions are recognized as more than just “challenging cases” in medical records

Become a founding partner of ConcertStories™

This is the first time ConcertStories™ will be piloted in North Texas. Every contribution—whether it’s $25, $250, or $2,500—helps us prove that disabled-led, brainstem-aware performance belongs on major stages and in the training of future clinicians.

Thank you for helping us bring these stories to the stage, and for standing with neuro-complex patients and disabled artists.