• Drake at Windsor Castle – Celebrating Community Music Across the UK

    Drake at Windsor Castle – Celebrating Community Music Across the UK

    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…

  • Shine A Light – A Powerful Night at Stormont

    Shine A Light – A Powerful Night at Stormont

    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…

  • Ed Sheeran & Gary Lightbody jam with Drake Music NI’s musicians

    Ed Sheeran & Gary Lightbody jam with Drake Music NI’s musicians

    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 and Gary Lightbody visit Drake to show their support for Inclusive Music

    Ed Sheeran and Gary Lightbody visit Drake to show their support for Inclusive Music

    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…

  • Young musicians explore soundscape during brand new week-long course

    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…

  • Drake Music NI & The King’s Trust partnership launches new Music Production programme

    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…

  • Chasing a dream – Gary Lightbody’s visit to Drake’s studio ends up in a duet!

    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…

  • Performance without Barriers – Drake Music NI, SARC and Brain Injury Matters present the Bounce Festival

    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…

  • Drake Music NI 2023 Recap!

    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…

  • Drake Music NI on Sunday with Steven Rainey – BBC Radio Ulster

    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…

  • Musicians with disabilities embracing virtual reality

    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…

  • Music for fun, music for memory, music for company!

    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.