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

Applications now open for the fourth round of our Accessible Instrument Development Fund.

Join us at the magnificent LSO St Luke’s in London for this year’s Drake Music Artist Showcase!

Could you be one of 5 Disabled early-career music creators taking part in the next round of our programme?

Discover the brand-new Touch Timpani, the latest in our OrchLab accessible instrument collection!
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
As 2024 comes to an end, we’ve been reflecting on highlights of a busy and exciting year here at Drake Music!
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?
Join us at SODA for the final DMLab North-West of the year! Featuring a jam session with instruments new and old.
Discover how zen olenski created The _PhotoSYNTH 4D_, a holographic musical instrument that gives you radical new musical superpowers by observing and enhancing movement!
Discover how Nicola Woodham created Buffer Live, a wearable live audio sampler played via soft fabric sensors responsive to pressure and contact!
Discover how Lee Holder created The Calliope, which uses RFID tags to explore the gamification of music-making to engage young neurodiverse people!
Check out the progress of our 2023 grantees, and learn how 3 brand new accessible instruments were created.
We’re delighted to introduce 2 of our new Future Leaders, a programme for young Disabled musicians here at Drake Music.
Join us at our new home, SODA, as we continue to explore accessible music-making.