Crossing Into Yesterday is a cross-arts, participatory initiative striving to inspire SEND and primary school pupils and teaching staff to connect with the borough’s history and heritage, culminating in a performance at Rich Mix in May 2012.
Assessing the musical development of children with complex needs has long been a fairly unexplored area of education in this country. In special schools in particular it is common for music to be taught by non-specialists who lack the confidence, planning time and resources to bring out the potential in their students.
Ramp It Up! is Real Accessible Musical Participation for disabled children and young people in school.
Last November, Drake Music invited disabled young people and musicians, their parents/ carers and also all those involved in music education to complete an online consultation about barriers to formal music education in England.
The Stockport CP live music-making session happens twice a week in Heaton Moor, Stockport.
Ray deGrussa uses The Grid 2 software with Sibelius to write music for his composition degree at Sheffield University.
Jigsaw is a social and sports group for young disabled people living in Bury.
‘Hubs and schools need to break down barriers to music through innovative approaches to teaching and making music’
Since I began working for Drake in 2005, I can’t remember a period of time where the musical needs of SEN/disabled students was so firmly on the agenda.
Application by letter and CV to info@drakemusic.org
Deadline is Thursday 20th October. Interviews will take place week beginning 24th October in Manchester
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