Events - past
We All Make Music – 9th March 2018
We All Make Music is an inspiring, inclusive music education festival taking place in London on 9th March 2018. If you work in music education, this is for you. We’ve […]
Resources
Understanding Disability: Part 4 – The Charity Model
Fourth in a series giving an overview of how we view Disability now, and how that was influenced by previous ideas
Showcase
Drake Music Podcast – Episode 1
Episode 1 of the Drake Music podcast features a conversation with musician Kris Halpin, talking about his experiences of music education as a pupil and a trainee music leader. Plus we […]
Updates
The DMLab team is growing…
5 years into the DMLab programme, the DMLab team is expanding to assist in the delivery of our innovative programme across Manchester, London and soon Bristol. Gawain Hewitt will remain […]
Updates
Announcing the first winners of the Emergent commissions!
We are excited to announce the winners of two important Emergent commissions for emerging disabled musicians. We put out a call for proposals for 3 commissions for emerging musicians and sound […]
Discussion
Drake Music’s response to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s shocking and appalling comments
Yesterday Philip Hammond stated that “it is almost certainly the case that by increasing participation in the workforce, including far higher levels of participation by marginal groups and very high […]
Showcase
Sounds of the Summer by Cedar Super Sounds
This track was created by disabled young people from Cedar College as part of a project with The Children’s Trust. You can hear it being played live at a mini-festival […]
Showcase
Ramp It Up: Creative music-making at Birtenshaw School
Birtenshaw School is a day and residential, non-maintained special school in Bolton. The school came to us to look at strengthening its music provision; boosting imaginative use of tech, creative ability […]
Discussion
Follow up on the Drake Music Panel at Music Mark 2017
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our panel discussion at Music Mark music education conference, both in the room and on twitter. We discussed the topic: Music Hubs […]
Discussion
Drake Music Panel Discussion at Music Mark 2017
Our Think2020 team are hosting a panel discussion at Music Mark 2017 to discuss how far the music education sector has come in terms of inclusion and what is still […]