Updates
Announcing a new consortium to open up access to music
We are delighted to announce that we are collaborating with Creative United, OHMI and OpenUp Music to help tackle the crisis in music education. Together we are calling on the […]
Category Archives: Disability issues
Resources
Understanding Disability: Part 5 – The Social Model
Part 5 of a series examining how we think about and understand Disability, focusing on the Social Model of Disability
Discussion
Drake Music response to Arts Council England Diversity Report 2016-17
This week Arts Council England (ACE) released their 2016/17 Diversity Report as part of the annual Creative Case conference. This data formed part of our research last year into the under-representation of […]
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Understanding Disability: Part 4 – The Charity Model
Fourth in a series giving an overview of how we view Disability now, and how that was influenced by previous ideas
Discussion
Drake Music’s response to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s shocking and appalling comments
Yesterday Philip Hammond stated that “it is almost certainly the case that by increasing participation in the workforce, including far higher levels of participation by marginal groups and very high […]
Discussion
Follow up on the Drake Music Panel at Music Mark 2017
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our panel discussion at Music Mark music education conference, both in the room and on twitter. We discussed the topic: Music Hubs […]
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Released: Think2020 Paper – Disabled people in the music education workforce
Research paper released regarding music education
Discussion
Guest Blog by Kent Music: The Challenges of Recruiting SEN/D Music Specialists
Kent Music are recruiting – hear more about the job and challenges involved here
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Youth Music Conference: Unboxing Diversity.
If you’ve attended a talk presented by Drake Music in the last couple of years, you’ve quite likely heard of Youth Music. Investing in music-making projects with a strong social […]
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Taking space and raising a Raspberry Pi to Sophie Partridge!
“Sophie is not just a loss to the disability arts community, she is also a huge loss to female techie communities.” Last month I delivered a presentation for ‘Taking Space’ […]
