Events - past
DMLab North-West – 28 January
Join us at SODA for the first DMLab North-West of the year, as we prepare for March’s mini hackathon!
Updates
Meet our new grantees! Accessible Instrument Development Fund 2025
Meet our two new grantees, Hunaid Nagaria and Tom Fox!
Events - past
DMLab London: MiMU Gloves Special – Monday 27 January
Join us for the first DMLab London of 2025! We’re back with a MiMU Gloves special!
Discussion
Five years in Japan: Some questions and answers
Ben shares some key questions to ask when taking on a long-term workforce development programme, based on Drake Music’s five-year partnership with Kawasaki City and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Updates
2024 In Review
As 2024 comes to an end, we’ve been reflecting on highlights of a busy and exciting year here at Drake Music!
Updates
Sony Assistive Musical Instrument Hackathon – September 2024
What happens when you put 6 Paraorchestra musicians, 25 engineers from 6 Sony Group companies, and 12 UK-based technologists, musicians, and academics in one room for 3 days?
Events - past
DMLab North-West – 10 December
Join us at SODA for the final DMLab North-West of the year! Featuring a jam session with instruments new and old.
Updates
Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: zen olenski and The _PhotoSYNTH 4D_
Discover how zen olenski created The _PhotoSYNTH 4D_, a holographic musical instrument that gives you radical new musical superpowers by observing and enhancing movement!
Updates
Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Nicola Woodham and Buffer Live
Discover how Nicola Woodham created Buffer Live, a wearable live audio sampler played via soft fabric sensors responsive to pressure and contact!
Updates
Accessible Instrument Development Fund blog: Lee Holder and The Calliope
Discover how Lee Holder created The Calliope, which uses RFID tags to explore the gamification of music-making to engage young neurodiverse people!