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Drake Music Consultation Quoted in Lords Debate
Drake Music’s Consultation into Disabling Barriers to Formal Music Education quoted by Lord German during recent parliamentary debate on music education for SEN/D children.
Category Archives: Learning & Participation
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Brilliant Connections – A short film about music hubs and special schools
This film is called ‘Brilliant Connections’ and discusses how music hubs can best support special schools (NB: if you experience ‘buffering’ issues, click on ‘Pause’ button and wait approx. 45 […]
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Drake Music South West SoundSplash musicians perform at the Colston Hall.
Here’s a video of 5 young musicians from the Soundsplash group performing on Saturday the 12th of July.
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3 Schools – 1 Guitar Concerto – COLF 2014!
I was so pleased to be working on this year’s City Of London Festival and to also have the opportunity to be working with 3 of the same schools and pupils who also participated in last year’s festival. This year’s theme and brief was ‘Street Guitar Concerto and Performance’.
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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.
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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
