Exchanging Notes is a Youth Music funded, 4 year project between Drake Music, Ealing Music Partnership and Belvue School, working with young people with SEND at KS3/4 with moderate or severe learning difficulties, and particularly those facing disabling barriers to music.
“ Conflict, difference of opinion, is the very essence of music: in the balance, in the dynamic, in the way that the music is written… Music teaches us our capacity to bring all the different elements together in a sense of proportion so that they lead to a sense of a whole, and this is what I feel in my own subjective way is one of the main lessons that I have learned from music” – Daniel Barenboim
A free TeachMeet event with Drake Music and Bristol Music Education Partnership, Tuesday 11th November 7-9pm, St Michael’s Parish Hall, Park Lane, Bristol. BS2 8BE.
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.
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 […]
Kevin Beardall sings ‘Stand By Me’ with the rest of Nice Touch, a band formed from Music Unlimited’s ‘Change the Music’ project.
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 […]
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.
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.
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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