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Access to Music/ Access to Sport…a watershed moment?
On July 19, 2011, Oscar Pistorius clocked 45.07 in Lignano, thus qualifying for the world championships and the London Olympics.
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Marc Jaffrey tweets: ‘It’s possible 50% of children with SEN don’t get proper music ed’
That may well be an underestimate. SEN covers such a huge spectrum of needs and certain groups within this spectrum, such as those facing physically disabling barriers to music for example, will typically be receiving even less provision relative say, to those with Autism.
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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 […]