Showcase
Drake Music on BFI Player
BFI (British Film Institute) feature soundtrack created by Drake Music artists on their BFI Player screening of silent film ‘Fugitive Futurist’ (1924).
Discussion
“Challenging the way we work to grow what we do”
I’ve recently been having meetings to look at Drake Music’s strategy for the next three years and beyond. In some senses this blog post is me thinking aloud, and it might sound like that, but I think it is important to share my thinking about the evolution of this wonderful organisation.
Discussion
Making music with EyeGaze in the real world
This blog post charts the continuation of my work with BBC Performing Arts Fund fellow Bram Harrison a.k.a DJ Eyetech. Bram describes himself as living with ‘locked in syndrome’ and we’re working together to enable him to make music on his EyeGaze computer…
Updates
Drake Music Consultation Quoted in Lords Debate
Drake Music’s Consultation into Disabling Barriers to Formal Music Education quoted by Lord German during recent parliamentary debate on music education for SEN/D children.
Discussion
Brilliant Connections – A short film about music hubs and special schools
This film is called ‘Brilliant Connections’ and discusses how music hubs can best support special schools (NB: if you experience ‘buffering’ issues, click on ‘Pause’ button and wait approx. 45 […]
Events - past
Seasons 4.0 work-in-progress sharing, Friday 05/09/14
Seasons 4.0 is an experiment in dance, music and interactive technology. Please join us for a work-in-progress sharing in London, Friday 5th September at midday.
Showcase
Connect and Collaborate London: 3rd Commission
Following the success of Drake Music Connect and Collaborate London’s music and video commissions In Motion and Ethnomusicality, we recently commissioned DM Associate Musician Gary Day to direct a reinterpretion/re-imagination of an existing song/piece of music, working with a small group of disabled musicians using assistive music technology (AMT).
Events - past
Drake Music at Liberty Festival this summer
Our very own Drake Music (London) band will be playing live to a BFI (British Film Institute) archive film ‘The Fugitive Futurist’ at the Mayor of London’s Liberty Festival, for National Paralympic Day 2014.
Showcase
Chinatown My Chinatown
I was recently commissioned by Drake Music’s ‘Connect and Collaborate’ strand (C&C) to reinterpret an existing piece of music, working with 3 experienced disabled musicians to compose and record the new piece over 3 sessions, using assistive music technology (AMT).
Discussion
Connecting colleagues and amplifying our work – experiment analysis
For the past 18 months, I have been working with Drake Music on its use of social media tools to help market what the organisation does and also to help colleagues stay connected.