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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 […]
Tag Archives: accessible music technology
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Club Soda musical commission, in partnership with Southbank Centre
As part of our Connect & Collaborate programme we awarded a commission to Club Soda to create a piece of site-specific work (music/sound art) inspired by our partners, the Southbank […]
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From Theory to Feely
It has been my pleasure to co-facilitate a number of music technology workshops for Drake Music since the start of the year. This is an awesome job; meeting and creating […]
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Together With Tech
Our Learning and Participation team recently began working on an exciting new project, funded by Richard Reeve’s Foundation. Together With Tech involves Drake Music working with two schools over two school […]
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New Accessible Music Tech: Idea to prototype in four short weeks
Next week we are excited to launch our DMLab North West Challenge in Manchester. The DMLab North West Challenge has created the opportunity for four Disabled musicians to explore bespoke […]
