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MiMu Gloves Demo by Kris Halpin
Kris Halpin is a professional musician and singer songwriter. In 2014 Halpin, who has an impairment that is making guitar and piano playing increasingly difficult, approached Drake Music to work […]
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Graham Massey & The Prospectors
The Prospectors are a 12-strong band of disabled musicians who’ve been meeting once a week in Heaton Moor near Stockport for over 6 years to take part in creative music-making […]
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Ramp it up!
Ramp it Up! stands for Real Accessible Musical Participation for disabled children and young people. This is a Drake Music Learning & Participation project for mainstream and special schools. This […]
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Charlotte White plays Bach – Cello Suite No.1 Prelude (Abridged)
Charlotte first began composing and performing music when Drake Music began working at her school. As a teenager she performed the opening bars of the prelude to Bach’s cello suite. […]
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Disabled Access Day 2016
Disabled Access Day means a chance to visit somewhere new and give feedback on access.
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Electric Storm Ensemble performing live at Sanctum, Bristol
Electric Storm Ensemble are a group of disabled musicians who meet regularly in Bristol to play music and jam together. During these weekly sessions participants work together to create, rehearse […]
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Web We Want Hackmeet
Drake Music took part in the Web We Want festival at the Southbank Centre in London in 2015. The festival was looking at how we use technology and the internet […]
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Absorbed By Sound
Absorbed by Sound is a small inclusive, mixed-ability group session where participants can come together to create, perform and record music in the setting of a professional music venue. These […]
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Lovely feedback from a teacher
We have been working on a project called House of Mirrors with artist Rob Olins. It is an immersive sound installation which is touring special schools in the South West […]
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Assessment isn’t always glamorous but it’s a right
Assessment and Accreditation with SEN/D music education