Updates
Meet our new grantees! Accessible Instrument Development Fund 2025
Meet our two new grantees, Hunaid Nagaria and Tom Fox!
Category Archives: Commissions
Updates
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!
Updates
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!
Updates
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!
Updates
Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog launch! Discover the creations of our 2023 grantees
Check out the progress of our 2023 grantees, and learn how 3 brand new accessible instruments were created.
Updates
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
Opportunities
Exciting Opportunity: Accessible Instrument Development Funding
Seed funding to get your Accessible Instrument Designs off the ground!
Events
DMLab London – Monday 29th July
Announcing the next DMLab London, where we will open applications for this year’s DMLab grant scheme, inviting accessible instrument makers to apply for support the development of accessible instruments.
