‘…good in places, and distinctly optimistic…’ (apologies to Henley Review, section 1.10)
I’ve read the Henley Review (no government researchers to brief me…) and I’m feeling very positive!
Jonathan Westrup’s blog
‘On coalitions…’
Coalitions are, obviously, much in vogue in this country at the moment. Despite the oncoming train that is the October 20th announcement on spending cuts, the public appears to be, in the main, relatively content with the Conservative/ Liberal pact.
GCSE Music success for Jordan!
Talented has achieved his goal of passing GCSE Music.
Music for music’s sake, or something else…?
What is music for? In a recent Q&A for the upcoming NAME conference, Dick Hallam, National Music Participation Director, was asked why he believed music education is important for all […]
Bradley breaks the glass ceiling!
Bradley, our pilot student for our NOCN ‘Introduction to Music’ Course, successfully passed last week (four units, all at Level 1) This is obviously a significant achievement for him personally, […]
Wonderful Support for our Curriculum Development Initiative (CDI)
We recently received a very generous donation, made in memory of Jason Morris, to support the development of Drake Music’s Curriculum Development Initiative.
“It’s the creative, dynamic music teachers, stupid”*
(* Apologies to Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville) What is holding back increased participation and accreditation in music for disabled/SEN students in this country? It’s not the lack of […]
Inclusive by design? The future of Music departments
The music department in my first music teaching job in Bristol was situated on the second floor, not much use for students using wheelchairs (nor for delivery firms bringing up […]
‘Five films you must see before you teach another music lesson…’
Newspapers and magazines are fond of making lists of films that you absolutely, completely, without fail must see if you are ever to show your face in polite society again. […]
Don’t call us, we’ll call you…?
I’m currently attempting to establish some dialogue with the major UK examining bodies around access issues for disabled musicians to GCSE, but it has not been completely plain sailing; navigating the jungle that is customer care, epic adventures through middle and upper departmental management structures, before, finally, many weeks of waiting for that elusive email…
