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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 […]
Discussion
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 […]
Resources
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 […]
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DMResonate live at the ICA – Bold. Electric. Eclectic.
DMResonate was a live showcase and celebration of the bold, electric & eclectic talent of disabled musicians from across London. We were thrilled to share an exciting evening of live performances […]
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Understanding Disability: Part 3 – The Medical Model
Third in a series looking at how we conceive of and talk about Disability
Discussion
From Theory to Feely
It has been my pleasure to co-facilitate a number of music technology workshops for Drake Music since the start of the year. This is an awesome job; meeting and creating […]
Discussion
Drake Music response to Nick Gibb’s letter to Arts Council England
Drake Music were pleased to read Nick Gibb’s recent letter to Arts Council England, following a review of Music Hubs’ roles by the Department for Education. It is good to […]
Discussion
Together With Tech
Our Learning and Participation team recently began working on an exciting new project, funded by Richard Reeve’s Foundation. Together With Tech involves Drake Music working with two schools over two school […]
Updates
DMLab in Paris & Derry
Gawain Hewitt, our National Manager for R&D, is heading to Paris and Derry/Londonderry to present our DMLab work at two international conferences. Derry – Inclusive Creativity: Digital Practices – 31st […]