Drake Music NI had the incredible honour to be invited to a reception hosted by His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, celebrating the very best of community music across the UK. We were delighted to be invited to represent Northern Ireland alongside so many inspiring organisations from across the UK who share our belief…

Drake Music NI had the honour of supporting students from Parkview Special School in a live, workshopped performance at Calebs Cause ‘Shine A Light’ – a moving and empowering event held at Stormont, Belfast. Our team worked closely with the students to help bring their creative vision to life. Their heartfelt rendition of Snow Patrol’s…

An unforgettable day for Drake Music NI! Global music icons, and our new partners, Ed Sheeran and Gary Lightbody paid a special visit to us at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast, to connect with Drake Music NI‘s team. In a spontaneous and electrifying moment, the duo jammed to ‘I Don’t Care,’ featuring a live…

Ed Sheeran made a special visit to Northern Ireland on Friday, but this time, it wasn’t for one of his usual sold-out concerts. The globally acclaimed musician, along with Snow Patrol’s frontman Gary Lightbody, traveled to Belfast as part of the UK-wide launch of his new charitable initiative, The Ed Sheeran Foundation. Having founded his…

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…

– 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.