Troupe is having it’s first live performance since 2019! OG Troupe, Troupe Jr, and Troupe Massive will be performing a host of songs that will make you want to jam! Join us at the Quiet Waters Park Holly Pavilion on July 26th at 3:30 pm for music, fun, and food. For more information or questions, feel free to reach out to us in the comments or via email at themusicalautist@gmail.com. We can’t wait to see you there! ID: A bright purple image with white text that says “Troupe Concert + Cookout”. 26 July, 2022. Quiet Waters Park, Holy Pavilion”. In the right corner, is a recording micropho ..read more

Support Troupe’s 2022 Scholarship Fund for Neurodivergent Musicians! Musical Autist Troupe is an inclusive group of individuals with and without disabilities, high school/college students, and mentor musicians. During weekly rehearsals at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, time is spent together doing song shares, rehearsing songs for community performances, and talking about neurodiversity, autistic advocacy, and empowerment. How awesome is that?! Click here to connect to our Facebook fundraiser. By using this platform for online giving, we are not charged any fees for accepting donations ..read more

Support Troupe’s 2021 Scholarship Fund for Neurodivergent Musicians! Musical Autist Troupe is an inclusive group of individuals with and without disabilities, high school/college students, and mentor musicians. During weekly rehearsals at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, time is spent together doing song shares, rehearsing songs for community performances, and talking about neurodiversity, autistic advocacy, and empowerment. How awesome is that?! https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthemusicalautist%2Fposts%2F4762022433818667&show_text=true&am ..read more

Pic ID: Acrylic painting in all pastel colors, of a woman sleeping by a tree, with a crescent moon above and a stream of colors and music notes coming down from the moon, then wrapping around a tree which then wraps around the woman sleeping. When I was 9 years old I decided that I wanted to start drawing faces. I had a regular number 2 pencil and some printer paper. I would look up faces in books and try my best to draw an accurate picture of what I saw. I came from a family of artists, my Grandma was a painter and my Grandpa drew faces. I always saw their art around the house or at my Aunt a ..read more

Hello again! Thank you so much to everyone who tuned into, shared, and supported our Songs with a Purpose Autism Acceptance Streamraiser, which took place on April 2nd, 3rd, and 4th! We are happy to report that across all three nights, we raised a grand total of $710, which means that we were able to donate $355 to both The Musical Autist and the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN). That is an amazing feat, and we couldn’t have done it without any of you, so once again and forever, THANK YOU! If you were unable to attend, but would still like to watch the streamraiser in all its glory, we wi ..read more

Description: Dressing room at Carnegie Hall with a Piano and a mirror with a Concert Dress In the news when you see a story about a Concert Pianist it usually starts off by talking about how the pianist started lessons at the age of 5, had a grand piano by the age of 8 and was performing Concertos at the age of 10. The pianist came from a life where they were able to be afforded those opportunities and had high grades in school as well as multiple college scholarship opportunities. These stories are inspirational, but they can also lead people to believe that you have to be born into a certain ..read more

I didn’t need people to become my best friend, but I wanted to feel a part of things. Jennifer Msumba 30th annual Florida Film Festival sign at the Enzian theater in Orlando, Florida Let’s face it, we can’t spend our whole lives hiding. I mean, technically maybe we could, but it wouldn’t be much of a life. And if you aspire to be a professional artist- whether that be a musician, filmmaker, writer, designer etc, eventually you are going to have to get out there and meet people. Standing in front of the Enzian theater while actor John Amos is being interviewed This week I had both ups and down ..read more

Original event logo, designed in a prism shape of red, orange and blue hues, reading “In The Light, A Celebration of Acceptance” In May 2017, The Musical Autist collaborated with Anne Arundel County Public School’s Performing Visual Arts program to put on a huge fundraising concert event at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. This event was called, In The Light, based on Jordan Smith’s original song, Stand in the Light, which was performed as the concert’s finale. This piece was custom arranged for full orchestra and choir. We had over 200 performers on stage, side by side, with and without d ..read more

Pic ID: Text reads “Celebrating 10 years!” The TMA logo is in the center, which is a negative space image in white and purple, meant to resemble a flapping hand and a musical note. Some people also see the flapping hand as reminiscent of a kokopelli. The Musical Autist is exactly 10 years old today. At least the domain name and the start of the blog. We didn’t get our 501c3 nonprofit status until 2014, whew that took some work. When I launched the website exactly 10 years ago today, I had no idea this thing would turn into a full fledged nonprofit organization. You can read the 4/1/2011 post h ..read more

Pic ID: a young white male with brown hair, winking with a kind of half smile and looking at the camera. His hand is closest to the camera lens, with his index and middle fingers creating a partial frame around his face, which gives the effect that he is peering through at you behind his hand. My name is Mitchell Matthews, and I’m an autistic singer-songwriter from St. Louis, MO, currently based in Springfield, MO! Two years ago, in August of 2019, I read about Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president of Brazil, facilitating the intentional deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which would di ..read more