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Are music teachers talking about disabled/ SEN students?
First, Marc Jaffrey’s recent article in Music Education UK magazine, then Mark Phillips (HMI Music inspector for Ofsted) at the recent FMS conference…
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Cash in the Music Department cupboard…?
I recently had an interesting chat with another Drake Music associate about vintage equipment we have come across in various schools across the Bristol area…
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Our pitch at PITCH
This week I attended Pitch in Milton Keynes. Pitch was on as part of the Sync South East programme.
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2011: the year the music changed?
I’ve just see the front cover of the first edition of Music Teacher UK Magazine’ and it certainly catches the eye.
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Three reasons why Music must stay in the National Curriculum
Like politicians in the House of Commons, I try to avoid using particular individuals to make a point.
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Bradley Warwick and the Drake Music ‘Introduction To Music’ course
Like many teenagers his age, Bradley Warwick is passionate about music. In this sense he is unremarkable; however, in 2010 he became the first student to pilot Drake Music’s Introduction […]
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Breaking the ‘glass ceiling’ to get a degree in music
I didn’t have the opportunity to gain accreditation in music at my special school, so it was 10 years before I finally got a place to study music at LIPA […]
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Charlotte White – Bronze Arts Award
In 2008 Charlotte White gained a Bronze Arts Award through working with Drake Music at St. Rose’s school, Stroud. While it was undoubtedly a really good thing to have her […]
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What’s it like teaching BTEC Music in a special school (part 4: The Performance)
Suddenly, it’s all going live…
After all the students’ hard work, a performance opportunity arrives…