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Finding a Voice
I recently co-delivered a Ramp It Up! in Birtenshaw School in Bolton, alongside Fil Hill. Fil has written a blog post that gives a good overview of our experience at […]
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DMLab North show off incredible new projects at MakeFest17
Find out all about the DMLab North team’s adventure at Manchester’s MakeFest
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My Last Waltz at Belvue (Part 1 of 2)
This is part 1 of this blog series, looking at the challenges and highlights of my time working on the ‘ Exchanging Notes’ project at Belvue School. This is my […]
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WITCiH – Women in tech event
On the 14th June we attended the Women in Tech event hosted by the interdisciplinary musician and artist Bishi. WITCiH is an online platform and event series which aims to […]
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Ramping it up in Bolton!
I have recently completed a ten week “Ramp It Up” project for Drake Music at Birtenshaw School, along with fellow Drake Music Associate Musician Jonathan Hering. Birtenshaw is a day and […]
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Arts Council Funding Announced – Drake Music’s Response
Today Arts Council England (ACE) announced the results of their most recent funding round for National Portfolio Organisations (NPO’s). Drake Music is a NPO and has received an uplift twice […]
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Youth Music Conference: Unboxing Diversity.
If you’ve attended a talk presented by Drake Music in the last couple of years, you’ve quite likely heard of Youth Music. Investing in music-making projects with a strong social […]
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Taking space and raising a Raspberry Pi to Sophie Partridge!
“Sophie is not just a loss to the disability arts community, she is also a huge loss to female techie communities.” Last month I delivered a presentation for ‘Taking Space’ […]
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Teachers Talk Online
In my role as Development Manager for Drake Music, my primary function is to generate new funds from new sources. Critical to me being able to do that, I have […]
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How inclusive is the music education workforce?
Our think2020 strategic programme, funded by Youth Music, aims to boost inclusivity across the music education sector, increasing musical opportunities for disabled young people through partnership work. Over the past […]