Updates
Announcing a new consortium to open up access to music
We are delighted to announce that we are collaborating with Creative United, OHMI and OpenUp Music to help tackle the crisis in music education. Together we are calling on the […]
Tag Archives: accessible music technology
Resources
Finding new ways to compose through improvising with technology
As we move towards the final year of peripatetic sessions at Belvue School, we have been looking for ways to use technology to enhance learning and playing. While the focus […]
Resources
Informing iPad play with movement in the classroom
Click here to download some example ThumbJam presets for school workshops. This video is an example of music sessions developed through the Exchanging Notes project at Belvue School. For the […]
Updates
2018 Music Teacher Magazine Award Winners!
We are thrilled to be able to say that Drake Music, in partnership with Drake Music Scotland and MEC, are winners of a 2018 Music Teacher Award for Excellence! The […]
Opportunities
DM Lab Hackmeets
We host regular hackmeets for our DMLab contributors. DM Lab is a chance for technologists and coders to come together with disabled musicians and our team to experiment and share […]
Discussion
Stay With Me: starting year four of Exchanging Notes at Belvue School
For the last three years Drake Music has been partnering with Belvue School (a SEN/D specialist school in Ealing) as part of the Youth Music funded Exchanging Notes programme. Through […]
Discussion
Finding a Voice
I recently co-delivered a Ramp It Up! in Birtenshaw School in Bolton, alongside Fil Hill. Fil has written a blog post that gives a good overview of our experience at […]
Resources
Using the Youth Music Quality Framework, part 2: collaboration
In part 1 of this blog post I presented the Youth Music Quality Framework as a way of developing reflective practice as a music leader, and how this influenced session […]
Discussion
Ramping it up in Bolton!
I have recently completed a ten week “Ramp It Up” project for Drake Music at Birtenshaw School, along with fellow Drake Music Associate Musician Jonathan Hering. Birtenshaw is a day and […]
Showcase
Absorbed by Sound at the Bath Festival
Absorbed by Sound, a group of young musicians from Bristol supported by Drake Music, took to the Bath Festival outdoor stage on Saturday 27th May for a performance of two […]
