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Musical Adventures In Manchester – a short film
The Prospectors are a 12-strong band of disabled musicians who’ve been meeting once a week in Heaton Moor near Stockport for over 6 years.
Category Archives: Learning & Participation
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The power of Arts Award in SEND settings
The Funky Pie Company are a diverse team of artists who love to share their skills, knowledge and enthusiasm with others (NB The film will begin playing automatically) The Funky […]
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Ramp It Up! @ Newfield School, Blackburn
The 10-week Ramp It Up! project took place on Monday afternoons at Newfield School in Blackburn. Newfield is a school for children and young people with a broad range of special educational needs.
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Katie O’Brien – Springwood Heath Artist’s Residency blog
My week with Drake Music brought about a number of ‘firsts’ for me: working with primary-aged children; working alongside disabled people; planning and leading design-based workshops.
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Using iPads to play ‘Seven-Nation Army’ by the White Stripes
Year 10 students at Great Oaks SEN School in Southampton use iPads to great effect in this rehearsal performance. Jonathan Westrup talks to their inspirational music teacher Kellyjo Peters. MORE […]
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VIDEO: Hansel & Gretel – an inclusive cross-arts production at Springwood Heath Primary, Liverpool
In March 2014 four disabled and non-disabled artists from across the UK visited Springwood Heath Primary School in Liverpool for a week-long cross-arts residency
Resources
Reflections on 4 Aspects of Music Session Delivery
For this latest blog post I am looking back at the work I did earlier in the year at Abbots Lea at Matthew Arnold, helping to introduce the Sounds of Intent musical assessment framework.
Events
Invitation to Songs For All Performance – April 2014
Drake Music in partnership with Daylight Resource Centre, Islington cordially invites you to the performances of Songs For All, a celebration of accessible song writing and performance.
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Follow the Leader
I was recently involved in a week-long project for Drake Music at Springwood Heath primary school in Liverpool. Springwood Heath is a school that caters for both mainstream pupils and those with a variety of needs, and for this project a team of four Drake Music associates were working alongside 19 pupils to develop and perform a production of Hansel & Gretel.
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Springwood Heath Artists Residency – Hansel & Gretel
I’ve been writing stageplays for over 10 years and have recently ventured into the “devised play”, so I was intrigued and excited to be working on this project. I’m also doing my MA in Playwriting at the momment, so it would be a great experience that I could take into that course as well. So it was great to have a commission that helps to validate my role as a writer and a director.
