Events
Drake Music at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2025
We are delighted to be recognised as one of thirteen flagship exhibitors at the Royal Society’s annual celebration of cutting-edge science.
Category Archives: Collaboration
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Drake Music at the 2025 ABLE Assembly Conference, Boston, USA
Find out about our time at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA!
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Sony Assistive Musical Instrument Hackathon – September 2024
What happens when you put 6 Paraorchestra musicians, 25 engineers from 6 Sony Group companies, and 12 UK-based technologists, musicians, and academics in one room for 3 days?
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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: zen olenski and The _PhotoSYNTH 4D_
Discover how zen olenski created The _PhotoSYNTH 4D_, a holographic musical instrument that gives you radical new musical superpowers by observing and enhancing movement!
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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Nicola Woodham and Buffer Live
Discover how Nicola Woodham created Buffer Live, a wearable live audio sampler played via soft fabric sensors responsive to pressure and contact!
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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Lee Holder and The Calliope
Discover how Lee Holder created The Calliope, which uses RFID tags to explore the gamification of music-making to engage young neurodiverse people!
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Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog launch! Discover the creations of our 2023-24 grantees
Check out the progress of our 2023 grantees, and learn how 3 brand new accessible instruments were created.
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Introducing 2 of our Future Leaders, a new programme for young Disabled musicians.
We’re delighted to introduce 2 of our new Future Leaders, a programme for young Disabled musicians here at Drake Music.
Opportunities
Open Call: Co-design a new accessible musical instrument for your own musical practice!
We are excited to offer a paid opportunity for one Disabled musician to co-design a new accessible musical instrument as part of a research project!
Resources
The Art We Share: Conversations with Disabled Artists
Drake Music proudly presents The Art We Share: Conversations with Disabled Artists, a documentary series produced by Ysabelle Wombwell during her 2023/24 residency with Drake Music
