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!

We are excited to further strengthen our existing partnership with Sony with the announcement of a new month-long campaign!

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 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.
We are excited to offer a paid opportunity for one Disabled musician to co-design a new accessible musical instrument as part of a research project!
Join us for the next DMLab London where we discover new perspectives of accessible music creation!
After a short hiatus, DMLab North-West is back! Join us at our new home, SODA, as we continue to explore accessible music-making.
We’re excited to open applications for our 2024 Emergents programme! Skip to information in alternative formats (text only, large print, Easy Read, Audio and BSL) What is on offer? The […]
Join our next DMLab London session where we explore accessible instruments in action!
Drake Music proudly presents The Art We Share: Conversations with Disabled Artists, a documentary series produced by Ysabelle Wombwell during her 2023/24 residency with Drake Music