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Young musicians explore soundscape during brand new week-long course
It has been a fantastic week filled with dedicated participants at the ‘Getting Started in Music production’ course, in partnership with The King’s Trust Foundation. Our young aspiring musicians have been challenged by our team of tutors explore new experimental ways to make music.One of this week’s challenge was based on a field recording, capturing…
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Drake Music NI & The King’s Trust partnership launches new Music Production programme
– GETTING STARTED IN MUSIC PRODUCTION – We are delighted to be launching our partnership with The King’s Trust for our Introduction to Sound Production training course, from the 25th to 29th of November. Our senior training team are all very excited to be working with some very creative young people as they commence their…
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Chasing a dream – Gary Lightbody’s visit to Drake’s studio ends up in a duet!
Celebrating a very magic moment! There can be no better cause for a smile – when a musician participant Conor Bruen in our Belfast studio space feels confident enough to come into a meeting happening in our studio office, and ask one of our best supporters if he would like to duet with him! Always…
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Performance without Barriers – Drake Music NI, SARC and Brain Injury Matters present the Bounce Festival
Performance without Barriers Drake Music NI, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) and Brain Injury Matters present the Bounce Festival on Saturday, the 5th of October. A collaboration between “Performance without Barriers” Drake Music NI, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) and Brain Injury Matters. “Through The Virtual Looking Glass” brings together musicians from Drake Music Northern…
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Drake Music NI 2023 Recap!
2023 was nothing short of amazing for us at Drake Musi NI, filled with harmonies, breakthroughs, and boundless creativity. Watch this 2023 wrap to relive some of the moments that made an extraordinary year! Please get in touch to join us for a fabulous year of music in 2024! Let’s continue creating harmonious memories, breaking…
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Drake Music NI on Sunday with Steven Rainey – BBC Radio Ulster
Our founder and CEO, Michelle McCormack, shared our story with Steven Rainey on BBC Radio Ulster this past Sunday! They dove into our long-time partnership with BBC Children in Need‘ charity appeal and the impact Drake Music NI has on personal and community development. Special guests Sean Gordon, a talented musician, and his mom Maureen…
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Musicians with disabilities embracing virtual reality
We take pride in our recent appearance on BBC NI News, where we had the opportunity to highlight the remarkable and ongoing efforts of our tutors, musicians, and partners at Drake Music NI. This project represents a partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and is a joint effort with Damian Mills, our senior tutor and PhD…
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Music for fun, music for memory, music for company!
Our workshops span a whole range of ages, interests, musical tastes and instrumental groups…We offer reminiscence workshops across Northern Ireland, in day centres, residential centres and arts venues. Music is a very powerful tool for unlocking precious memories, and provide a relaxing session for all involved.
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Want to be a musician?
Want to learn an instrument? Want to create and produce music with others? Want to listen and enjoy music with others? Then Drake Music wants to works with you! Drake Music NI is an arts charity that exists to enable people with and without disabilities to compose and perform their own music independently through the…