Showcase
Film: Ray deGrussa of Sheffield University uses assistive technologies with Drake Music
Ray deGrussa uses The Grid 2 software with Sibelius to write music for his composition degree at Sheffield University.
Updates
Music Education Hubs
Drake Music is a partner in a number of Music Education Hubs and we’re available to provide advice and support to many more…
Discussion
Drake Music’s response to the National Plan for Music Education
The Government’s long awaited National Plan for Music Education has now been published and includes a case-study on Drake Music’s accessible singing work. Read DM’s response to the National Plan…
Discussion
Jigsaw Performance at Bury Met
Jigsaw is a social and sports group for young disabled people living in Bury.
Discussion
Initial thoughts on the National Plan and SEN/disabled music provision
‘Hubs and schools need to break down barriers to music through innovative approaches to teaching and making music’
Discussion
Worcester Snoezelen Centre and LCM Leisure Play music exams
Like many I suspect, my first question about the small, Worcester-based charity ‘Snoezelen’ was ‘What does Snoezelen mean?’ The word – a mix of two dutch words for sniffing and […]
Discussion
A message to the hubs…
Since I began working for Drake in 2005, I can’t remember a period of time where the musical needs of SEN/disabled students was so firmly on the agenda.
Resources
P Scales Level Descriptors
P Scales are a format for assessing progress for students who are operating below National Curriculum Level 1. This useful document (which can be downloaded as a pdf file here) […]
Resources
The Grid 2 Music Resources
The Grid 2 is computer software that provides ‘an all-in-one package for communication and access’. Within formal music education, The Grid 2 can enable disabled students to use music software […]
Resources
ABRSM Performance Assessment
ABRSM offer the Performance Assessment as an alternative to their Graded Music Exams in acknowledgement of the fact that ‘an exam is not always the most appropriate kind of assessment’. […]