Showcase
Lord Mayor’s Show
Inga Tillere, our Regional Project Coordinator in London is here to tell you more about the Lord Mayor’s Show in London in November To mark the 20th anniversary of […]
Category Archives: Music Education
Discussion
Top 10 Needs for Music Hubs & SEN/D Music Provision
Today we are releasing a document sharing the Top 10 needs Drake Music has identified for music hubs and SEN/D provision. This year we began a new Youth Music funded […]
Discussion
Drake Music show how to open up your classroom using music tech
On Friday 23rd October 2015, Drake Music will be running a workshop at the Music Learning Revolution conference in London. The focus of the session is: ‘Explore how new technologies can […]
Discussion
Evaluation – DM’s Arts Cohort Experience
Since June this year Drake Music have been involved in an Arts Cohort run by Project Oracle. Now, you may be wondering what on earth that is, so did I […]
Resources
What is a TeachMeet?
You may have seen the word TeachMeet used in association with Drake Music at conferences and events and be wondering what it means. Here is a quick overview: A TeachMeet […]
Discussion
‘Inspire, support, agitate and share’: Reflections on Drake Music & Exchanging Notes
The first year of our Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes project was ambitious, involved many unknowns and experiments, yet was a real success in terms of participant enjoyment, learning outcomes, […]
Resources
Working with Groups of Wide-Ranging Ability
From the 24th to the 29th August 2015 myself and fellow Drake Music Associate Musicians Caro Churchill and Fil Hill worked on a project called Summer Soundtrackers at Z-Arts in […]
Resources
Figurenotes
Figurenotes is an alternative to conventional musical notation which has been used successfully by young people with learning difficulties (including some on the autistic spectrum) in Finland and Scotland. Figurenotes […]
Events
Fast Forward Festival – Bristol, 2015
Jonathan Westrup is Educational Manager for the Drake Music national team and is also an Associate Musician for the South West region. He recently attended the Fast Forward Festival at […]
Updates
Kilele – Rhythms from East London – July 15th 2015
Kilele: Rhythms from East London is a cross-artform project. We are working with 3 schools to tell the story of Tower Hamlets through music, drumming and Tabla.
