Finding new ways to compose through improvising with technology
As we move towards the final year of peripatetic sessions at Belvue School, we have been looking for ways to use technology to enhance learning and playing. While the focus […]
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Informing iPad play with movement in the classroom
Click here to download some example ThumbJam presets for school workshops. This video is an example of music sessions developed through the Exchanging Notes project at Belvue School. For the […]
Stay With Me: starting year four of Exchanging Notes at Belvue School
For the last three years Drake Music has been partnering with Belvue School (a SEN/D specialist school in Ealing) as part of the Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes programme. Through […]
Boosting accessibility of iPads for music making in the classroom
This blog post is the first in a series of technology-based pieces from the Exchanging Notes project, in which we will share resources that have worked well in our accessible music sessions at […]
Using the Youth Music Quality Framework, part 2: collaboration
In part 1 of this blog post I presented the Youth Music Quality Framework as a way of developing reflective practice as a music leader, and how this influenced session […]
Developing reflective practice and collaboration through the Youth Music Quality Framework
My work as a Drake Music associate musician is often based in schools with schools identified as having a SEN/D focus, and involves co-leading with other music leaders in combined […]
Customising ThumbJam for accessible music
This blog post is part of a series of technology-based pieces from the Exchanging Notes project, in which we will share resources that have worked well in our accessible music sessions at Belvue […]
A musical Lazy Susan: Research and Development at Belvue School
Drake Music’s work on the Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes project is mostly based around classroom support and peri-style sessions at Belvue School (a SEN/D specialist school in Ealing). Last […]
Exploring music technology at Belvue School
The Exchanging Notes project is working with groups of young people at risk of exclusion or low attainment in music across four years, building partnerships between schools and specialist music […]
