Discussion
Sounds of Intent – halfway through a 16 week course
This was originally posted as a blog by Jon Hering, but it’s such a great example of how the Sounds of Intent framework can be used to assess musical activity […]
Category Archives: Learning & Participation
Showcase
‘Musical Adventures in Manchester’- featuring The Prospectors with Graham Massey
The Prospectors at Band on the Wall Oct 2012. Photo (c) Jessy Garcia
Monday, 24 February 2014
6.45pm
Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JZ
Admission: FREE
Discussion
Introduction to Music at Treloar School
In this short film students and staff from Treloar School share their experiences of taking Drake Music’sIntroduction to Music course. When SEN Music Teacher Jocelyn Watkins contacted Drake Music in 2010 […]
Discussion
Saul’s journey through the Bronze Arts Award
This short film documents Saul’s journey through the Bronze Arts Award. I began working with Saul in April 2010 after responding to an advert in Sound Sense from Saul’s mother […]
Discussion
Live Music Now’s Musician in Residence project
Live Music Now has been working in Princes Primary School in Liverpool since January 2013 as part of a Youth Music-funded Musicians in Residence programme. The programme aims to support […]
Discussion
My deaf child and learning to play music
Vijeeth and his dad Vijay tell us about his deafness and learning to play the guitar. Find out more about childhood deafness on our website: http://www.ndcs.org.uk/
Discussion
LooperDooper – musical ownership & access
The two short films below are from the MUSE ‘Listening Aloud’ project at New Fosseway School Bristol and Threeways School Bath (2013). The films show musical activity in school using […]
Updates
Music Teacher of the Year Award
Congratulations to Jocelyn Watkins for winning Classic FM SEN Music Teacher of the Year! Jocelyn teaches the Drake Music ‘Introduction to Music’ course at Treloar School, Hampshire.
Discussion
Music in other subjects in SEN schools
This short film is from the MUSE ‘Listening Aloud’ project at New Fosseway and Briarwood Schools in Bristol and Threeways School in Bath (2013). The film shows musical activity in school […]
Discussion
Open Orchestra
Open Orchestra is a project led by Drake Music together with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal College of Music. Together we are delivering a new schools project working with children from SEN and mainstream schools.
