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Future Leaders: End of programme blogs

Find out about the experiences of our Future Leaders on the second cohort of the programme, which finished in March 2026.

10 Apr 2026 Music Education

A Disabled adult sits in front of two timpani drums. They are sat in a large empty room.

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A closer look at the Touch Timpani

Discover the brand-new Touch Timpani, the latest in our OrchLab accessible instrument collection!

8 Apr 2026

A Disabled adult playing an adapted violin instrument that is mounted to a table top. They are smiling warmly.

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2025 in review

12 core memories of 2025 for the 12 days of Christmas!

24 Dec 2025 DM Team

A Black-Asian person in their early twenties with dark brown dreadlocks, a septum piercing and a black chocker with spikes. They are wearing a black veil, and are looking up at the camera.

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Meet our 2025-26 Emergent Artists

Introducing 5 early-career Disabled musicians who join us a part of the Drake Music Collective!

13 Nov 2025 Artistic Development

Pea, a young musician wearing a cowboy hat plays cor anglais into a microphone on stage alongside a drummer and bassist. An illuminated ‘Rough Trade’ sign is visible in the background.

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Introducing our 2025-26 Future Leaders

Meet the 7 young Disabled musicians on cohort 2 of our Future Leaders programme!

22 Oct 2025 Learning & Participation, Music Education, Training

A grey and black rectangular-shaped device with 2 rows of silver thumbprint shaped sensors. It sits on a messy workbench.

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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Tom Fox & Tim’s Palm

Discover Tim’s Palm, an accessible instrument designed by utilising remote measurement capture, ultra-affordable touch sensing and flexible software architecture, built by Tom Fox.

14 Oct 2025 Collaboration, Commissions, Research & Development

Midas modelled on a hand and wrist. A circuit board is attached to a wrist with orange and purple wires linking to fabric finger and thumb caps.

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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Hunaid Nagaria & Midas

Discover Midas, an adaptive, wearable controller that transforms any object or surface into a uniquely calibrated musical interface for people with muscle‑weakening conditions like muscular dystrophy.

5 Oct 2025 Commissions, Research & Development

A young boy sat at a desk in a wheelchair in a large, white festival tent. He is looking at an older man to his left, smiling. On the desk is lots of audio equipment: MIDI keyboards, sample pads, a Mac and cables. A facilitator is sat to his right.

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Big Malarkey Festival: City Sounds – July 2025

Back in the summer, we headed up to Hull for The Big Malarkey; Hull’s children’s literature festival, taking place in East Park. Drake Music were invited to deliver ‘City […]

2 Oct 2025 Collaboration, Learning & Participation