Events
Drake Music at Decibel Performing Arts Showcase
Last week Gemma Nash (NW regional programme manager) and I attended the Decibel Performing Arts Showcase in Manchester http://www.decibelpas.com/.
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Drake Music’s ‘Introduction to Music’ course: a short history in three acts…
The Introduction to Music course is now available! See the web page for details. Meanwhile, here’s how it came about.
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DM Education launch
I’m really excited about launching DM Education this week. Four year’s work on what was the ‘Curriculum Development Initiative’ is finally coming to fruition! Check out the new DM Education […]
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Supporting a disabled undergraduate music student
I recently assisted Ray De Grussa, a disabled student, with the first year of a Music and Creative Media degree course at Sheffield University. As a result of his achievements, […]
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Ars Electronica 2011 – Pixelspaces – The One-Handed Musical Instrument (OHMI)
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to attend one of the world’s leading Media Art Festivals, The Ars Electronica Festival.
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Access to Music/ Access to Sport…a watershed moment?
On July 19, 2011, Oscar Pistorius clocked 45.07 in Lignano, thus qualifying for the world championships and the London Olympics.
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Marc Jaffrey tweets: ‘It’s possible 50% of children with SEN don’t get proper music ed’
That may well be an underestimate. SEN covers such a huge spectrum of needs and certain groups within this spectrum, such as those facing physically disabling barriers to music for example, will typically be receiving even less provision relative say, to those with Autism.
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Are music teachers talking about disabled/ SEN students?
First, Marc Jaffrey’s recent article in Music Education UK magazine, then Mark Phillips (HMI Music inspector for Ofsted) at the recent FMS conference…
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Cash in the Music Department cupboard…?
I recently had an interesting chat with another Drake Music associate about vintage equipment we have come across in various schools across the Bristol area…
