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DM & Matthew Halsall ‘On The Go’
Live in Manchester, exciting work-in-progress premiere on Monday 23rd February 2015. Book FREE tickets NOW!
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Events
‘On the Go’ with Matthew Halsall & Drake Music – a work-in-progress sharing
‘On the Go’ is an exciting collaboration between Mancunian spiritual jazz composer Matthew Halsall; music & technology organsiation Drake Music; and four disabled music producers who have been developing their skills through sampling, reworking and performing elements of Matthew’s back catalogue.
Showcase
Change The Music: Kevin Beardall sings ‘Stand By Me’
Kevin Beardall sings ‘Stand By Me’ with the rest of Nice Touch, a band formed from Music Unlimited’s ‘Change the Music’ project.
Discussion
Drake Music South West SoundSplash musicians perform at the Colston Hall.
Here’s a video of 5 young musicians from the Soundsplash group performing on Saturday the 12th of July.
Discussion
3 Schools – 1 Guitar Concerto – COLF 2014!
I was so pleased to be working on this year’s City Of London Festival and to also have the opportunity to be working with 3 of the same schools and pupils who also participated in last year’s festival. This year’s theme and brief was ‘Street Guitar Concerto and Performance’.
Showcase
Musical Adventures In Manchester – a short film
The Prospectors are a 12-strong band of disabled musicians who’ve been meeting once a week in Heaton Moor near Stockport for over 6 years.
Events
Sonia Allori at XTRAX Shorts, GDIF 2014
Drake Music Artist Development and Innovation-commissioned composer Sonia Allori to present at XTRAX Shorts, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival 2014 Showcase Weekend, Saturday 21st June.
Events
Invitation to Songs For All Performance – April 2014
Drake Music in partnership with Daylight Resource Centre, Islington cordially invites you to the performances of Songs For All, a celebration of accessible song writing and performance.
Resources
Follow the Leader
I was recently involved in a week-long project for Drake Music at Springwood Heath primary school in Liverpool. Springwood Heath is a school that caters for both mainstream pupils and those with a variety of needs, and for this project a team of four Drake Music associates were working alongside 19 pupils to develop and perform a production of Hansel & Gretel.
Showcase
C&C Music Commission ‘Chinatown My Chinatown’
This Monday will see the beginning of a Drake Music Connect and Collaborate Music Commission.
