Call for disabled musicians, makers, technologists, coders and hackers to attend DMLab North, launching Monday 26th October 2015 at Madlab, Manchester. Supporting the development of accessible musical instruments for disabled […]
Drake Music are lucky to be one of ten organisations that are part of Youth Music’s Exchanging Notes programme. Each Exchanging Notes project (a partnership between a school and specialist […]
Sonic Vistas is a project from Ivan Riches, funded by Arts Council England which involved bringing disabled artists, musicians and film-makers together for an exciting cross-artform performance at Liberty Festival […]
At Drake Music we are very aware of the number of barriers disabled musicians face when recording music, and the fact that there simply aren’t enough facilities which are accessible. […]
Earlier this year Drake Music took part in the Web We Want festival at the Southbank Centre in London. We held a hackathon to create new accessible instruments and also […]
As part of our Research and Development programme we are collaborating on the Mi.Mu Gloves project initiated by Imogen Heap. The gloves use cutting edge technology to create a wearable […]
Figurenotes is an alternative to conventional musical notation which has been used successfully by young people with learning difficulties (including some on the autistic spectrum) in Finland and Scotland. Figurenotes […]
Drake Music announce Imogen Heap as advocate for their work
Jonathan Westrup is Educational Manager for the Drake Music national team and is also an Associate Musician for the South West region. He recently attended the Fast Forward Festival at […]
Kilele: Rhythms from East London is a cross-artform project. We are working with 3 schools to tell the story of Tower Hamlets through music, drumming and Tabla.
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