Showcase
Drake Music Commission: Florence Anna Maunders – ‘Harbingers of Change: Eight of Cups’
This piece is directly inspired by the imagery and classical interpretations of certain cards in a tarot deck.
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Drake Music Commission: Calum Perrin – ‘Peper Harow: Iain’s Story’
In the early 1970s, Iain, a young man with severe mental health difficulties was sent to Peper Harrow Therapeutic Community.
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Drake Music Commission: Rebekah Ubuntu – ‘Ecologies of Reflection: An Embodied Process’
This piece was created by Rebekah Ubuntu as part of their Drake Music residency of 2022.
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Drake Music Commission: Rufus Isabel Elliot – ‘An Consolation’
Around ten miles south-west from here the village of Caradal lies deserted.
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Drake Music Commission: Katy Rose Bennett – ‘Dissolution’
‘Dissolution’ is a musical reflection on grief and loss.
Updates
New commissions from Drake Music Collective
We are thrilled to unveil five new pieces of commissioned work from members of this year’s Drake Music Collective. Artists in Residence Katy Rose Bennett | Rebekah Ubuntu | Rufus […]
Discussion
Katy Rose Bennett – How I Made ‘Dissolution’
Katy Rose Bennett is a Drake Music Artist in Residence, 2022. Hello! This is a little video about the creative journey I’ve been on this year. I wanted to create […]
Discussion
‘What is it to be an artist?’ asks Katy Rose Bennett
Katy Rose Bennett is a Drake Music Artist-in-Residence for 2022. “I think it is to be an inventor of space. To create something that no-one has ever heard or seen […]
Discussion
Five Approaches to Inclusive Improvisation
The Community Music Gods were smiling on the day that we were invited by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and British Council Japan to return to Kawasaki, a city just south […]
Updates
Showcase success for our Ascendant Artists
On Wednesday 28th September, we were delighted to present a showcase of new work by members of this year’s Drake Music Collective. An enthusiastic audience joined us on Zoom to […]