Showcase
Lord Mayor’s Show
Inga Tillere, our Regional Project Coordinator in London is here to tell you more about the Lord Mayor’s Show in London in November To mark the 20th anniversary of […]
Category Archives: Learning & Participation
Showcase
Sanctum Bristol
Two of our Bristol music groups – Electric Storm Ensemble and Absorbed By Sound – will be performing live at Sanctum in Bristol this November. Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates was […]
Discussion
Evaluation – DM’s Arts Cohort Experience
Since June this year Drake Music have been involved in an Arts Cohort run by Project Oracle. Now, you may be wondering what on earth that is, so did I […]
Discussion
‘Inspire, support, agitate and share’: Reflections on Drake Music & Exchanging Notes
The first year of our Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes project was ambitious, involved many unknowns and experiments, yet was a real success in terms of participant enjoyment, learning outcomes, […]
Discussion
Exchanging Notes: A Musical Adventure in Ealing
Drake Music are lucky to be one of ten organisations that are part of Youth Music’s Exchanging Notes programme. Each Exchanging Notes project (a partnership between a school and specialist […]
Resources
Working with Groups of Wide-Ranging Ability
From the 24th to the 29th August 2015 myself and fellow Drake Music Associate Musicians Caro Churchill and Fil Hill worked on a project called Summer Soundtrackers at Z-Arts in […]
Events
Fast Forward Festival – Bristol, 2015
Jonathan Westrup is Educational Manager for the Drake Music national team and is also an Associate Musician for the South West region. He recently attended the Fast Forward Festival at […]
Updates
Kilele – Rhythms from East London – July 15th 2015
Kilele: Rhythms from East London is a cross-artform project. We are working with 3 schools to tell the story of Tower Hamlets through music, drumming and Tabla.
Discussion
Kilele – Reflections from Tabla player Yousuf
Kilele: Rhythms from East London is a cross-artform Learning and Participation project. We are working with 3 schools in Tower Hamlets to tell the story of their neighbourhood through characters […]
Opportunities
Free accessible music project for learning disabled young people in Manchester
Drake Music is inviting learning disabled young people aged 11-25 from Greater Manchester to apply to be part of ‘SUMMER SOUNDTRACKERS’ a free week-long accessible music project at Z-arts, Hulme. The […]
