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Wonderful Support for our Curriculum Development Initiative (CDI)
We recently received a very generous donation, made in memory of Jason Morris, to support the development of Drake Music’s Curriculum Development Initiative.
Discussion
“It’s the creative, dynamic music teachers, stupid”*
(* Apologies to Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville) What is holding back increased participation and accreditation in music for disabled/SEN students in this country? It’s not the lack of […]
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Up and Running…..
Working as the Business Development Associate I’m really pleased to see this fab new website up and running.
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Inclusive by design? The future of Music departments
The music department in my first music teaching job in Bristol was situated on the second floor, not much use for students using wheelchairs (nor for delivery firms bringing up […]
Resources
‘Five films you must see before you teach another music lesson…’
Newspapers and magazines are fond of making lists of films that you absolutely, completely, without fail must see if you are ever to show your face in polite society again. […]
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Don’t call us, we’ll call you…?
I’m currently attempting to establish some dialogue with the major UK examining bodies around access issues for disabled musicians to GCSE, but it has not been completely plain sailing; navigating the jungle that is customer care, epic adventures through middle and upper departmental management structures, before, finally, many weeks of waiting for that elusive email…
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The kaleidoscope of provision: notes on the recent NAME conference
The recent experience of presenting on the Drake CDI at the NAME conference (enough acronyms?) has left us with food for thought.
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Everybody’s talking…
The three priorities for the CDI right now are ‘communication, communication, communication’ (apologies, of sorts, to T. Blair)…
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Drake Music CDI blog is go!
This is the first blog of many I will be making over the next three years…
Showcase
On the Go – Drake Music & Matthew Halsall
‘On the Go’ was a music production and performance course run by Drake Music North West in Spring 2015. It gave 3 disabled music producers the opportunity to collaborate with […]