Events - past
Planted Symphony at Liberty Festival 2017
This year’s edition of Liberty Festival, presented by the Mayor of London and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, takes place on 15th July. Visitors can enjoy arts performances & activities, as […]
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Drake Music Commission: Andreas Lopez ‘An Odyssey’
Artist: Andreas Lopez Title: An Odyssey Sound engineer: Charles Matthews Partner: WAC Arts Drake Music was pleased to award, in partnership with WAC Arts, the ‘Emerge’ Commission for musicians aged […]
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Absorbed by Sound at the Bath Festival
Absorbed by Sound, a group of young musicians from Bristol supported by Drake Music, took to the Bath Festival outdoor stage on Saturday 27th May for a performance of two […]
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Club Soda musical commission, in partnership with Southbank Centre
As part of our Connect & Collaborate programme we awarded a commission to Club Soda to create a piece of site-specific work (music/sound art) inspired by our partners, the Southbank […]
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In Memory: Sophie Partridge
It was with the greatest sadness that we learnt that one of Drake Music’s Associate Musicians and friend, Sophie Partridge, passed away on Monday 5th June. This is heart-breaking news […]
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Teachers Talk Online
In my role as Development Manager for Drake Music, my primary function is to generate new funds from new sources. Critical to me being able to do that, I have […]
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Drake Music Commission: Club Soda ‘Echoes in Time’
Echoes in Time is inspired by the brutalist architecture of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank and the early concerts that were staged there. It is simultaneously a ‘look […]
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How inclusive is the music education workforce?
Our think2020 strategic programme, funded by Youth Music, aims to boost inclusivity across the music education sector, increasing musical opportunities for disabled young people through partnership work. Over the past […]
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Drake Music Commission: Cina Aissa, “Memory Circus”
Artist: Cinarama Title: Memory Circus Sound engineer: Charles Matthews Partner: Upswing Arts For this Drake Music Commission, artist Cina Aissa collaborated with our partner Upswing to create a new soundscape […]
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Youth Music’s SEN/D Adapted Quality Framework… in Review
Q: When is a framework not a framework? A: When it’s a bridge. The Youth Music SEN/D Quality Framework is helping special schools and music organisations to talk together and […]