Category Archives: Music Education
Absorbed by Sound: playing things our way
(The following piece is written by Drake Music Associate Tara Baggott, who plays bass guitar in this film) Absorbed by Sound is a group made up of young disabled musicians […]
Exploring music technology at Belvue School
The Exchanging Notes project is working with groups of young people at risk of exclusion or low attainment in music across four years, building partnerships between schools and specialist music […]
#DMLabChallenge supported by the British Council
The #DMLabChallenge is a 4 week accessible musical instrument making challenge. Instruments created will be showcased at an invited British Council event happening alongside Unlimited Festival at the Royal Festival […]
Tower Sounds – London Schools Project
Hi There. Over the last two school terms Drake Music have been delivering a primary schools project called Tower Sounds. Tower Sounds was an inclusive music ensemble, working with mainstream Tower […]
The Halfway Mark At Belvue School
We are now at the end of year 2 of our 4 year ‘Exchanging Notes’ Youth Music funded project at Belvue School in Ealing, London. There have been some significant […]
It ‘aPEERs’ to be effective – but for how long?
We are now in year 2 of a 4 year youth music funded project called Exchanging Notes, working with young musicians at Belvue school, Ealing developing peripatetic-style lessons. Read more […]
Think2020 Partners Sharing Day
On Wednesday 9th March, Drake Music brought the partners of our Think2020 programme together at the House of Illustration in London for a day of sharing knowledge & practice. Think2020 […]
Lovely feedback from a teacher
We have been working on a project called House of Mirrors with artist Rob Olins. It is an immersive sound installation which is touring special schools in the South West […]













