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.
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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.
Showcase
Change The Music: Kevin Beardall sings ‘Stand By Me’
Kevin Beardall sings ‘Stand By Me’ with the rest of Nice Touch, a band formed from Music Unlimited’s ‘Change the Music’ project.
Discussion
What Drake Music shared in June 2014
I’ve just compiled a Storify of what Drake Music shared in June 2014. I really should rename the Storifies ‘A month in the life of Drake Music’ as that is what they are.
Discussion
Drake Music South West SoundSplash musicians perform at the Colston Hall.
Here’s a video of 5 young musicians from the Soundsplash group performing on Saturday the 12th of July.