Discussion
Five Approaches to Inclusive Improvisation
The Community Music Gods were smiling on the day that we were invited by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and British Council Japan to return to Kawasaki, a city just south […]
Category Archives: Music Education
Opportunities
Young musicians! Join Soundbox in London
Are you a young person aged 11+? Do you enjoy making music and meeting new people? Soundbox is an all-ability inclusive music collective that brings together disabled and non-disabled musicians […]
Resources
Improvisation resources for the classroom
This blog post is part of a series of technology-based pieces from the Exchanging Notes project, in which we will share resources that have worked well in our accessible music sessions at Belvue School. See this […]
Updates
Over 200 entries in the Short Guide to Accessible Music Ed!
We are pleased to report that the award-winning Short Guide to Accessible Music Education has seen a big rise in the number of new entries. With now 200 entries to […]
Discussion
Rhapsody in Ealing: Ramping it up in collaboration with Ealing Music Services
As part of the four year Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes project, we’ve been collaborating with Ealing Music Services to deliver two Ramp it Up projects in local primary schools. […]
Discussion
Inspiration for music: a quality framework by young musicians at Belvue School
During the Rhapsody in Ealing project at Belvue School we have worked towards young musicians training each other and sharing skills. In doing so, I decided to share the Youth […]
Discussion
Using the term SEN/D
Drake Music is moving away from using the term SEN/D due to its broad meaning – it doesn’t provide the information we need, or that Disabled people identify with. We […]
Resources
Arts Award webinar – Using Arts Award to accredit music for disabled young people
On March 1st this year, Drake Music and Trinity College London hosted a one hour webinar on ‘Using Arts Award to accredit music for disabled young people’ as part of our series of […]
Discussion
Instrument development in schools: a portable switch box
We’re now in the final term of the Rhapsody in Ealing/Exchanging Notes project at Belvue School, and things are hotting up. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working with […]
Updates
Announcing: Think22 as part of the Alliance for a Musically Inclusive England
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding by Youth Music for a 4 year programme of inclusive music education work, as part of the new national […]
