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Guest Blog: Commissioning – It’s time for a radical rethink
A thinkpiece from musicians Jo-anne Cox on the accessibility of the music funding and commissioning process.
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Sia – Why we need to start trusting autistic women
A frank discussion of neurodivergent experiences within the arts and music, and the need to trust autistic women.
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ON THE AiR: Sonia Allori – The Residency in Lyrics
An exploration of a year in residence with Drake Music, via lyrics.
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7 Principles for an Inclusive Recovery
Support anti-ableism in the arts – find out more about the 7 Principles for an inclusive recovery from COVID19.
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Guest Blog: Coventry Music talk musical inclusion and recruiting Disabled music leaders
Coventry Music hub lead Mark Steele talks to us about their work on musical inclusion and their drive to recruit more Disabled music leaders.
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Listening as Activism – Gareth Cutter
Gareth shares his response to considering listening as a kind of activism, bringing together disparate inspirations such as Ancient Greece and performance artist Dickie Beau.
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Listening as Activism – Sonia Allori
Sonia responds to the question of whether ‘Listening’ can ever be a form of activism with a new piece incorporating words, beats and an angry seagull sample.
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Listening as Activism – Elinor Rowlands
Read, watch and listen to DM Artist in Residence Elinor Rowlands’ response to this month’s creative prompt: “listening as activism”
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AiR Podcast Reflections from Elinor, Sonia and Gareth
Discussions from our AiRs of the process of collaborating to make a new kind of podcast.
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Inclusion and “the new normal”
When we started lockdown in March the leaves were barely budding on the trees (or this was the case in the Scottish Highlands where I live!) and here we are […]