We are very grateful for the support we get from the wonderful William Grant Foundation, not only in the form of regular funding from their Scottish Culture and Heritage Group but also the opportunity to join discussion forums to share and exchange ideas with other grantees, and to be profiled in blogs and articles outlining...

From Monday 13th  to Friday 17th April our Chief Executive Thursa Sanderson attended a combined event in Riga, Latvia. Culture Action Europe’s Different Times: New Solutions 2-day conference – part of Culture Action Europe’s Satellite Beyond programme – was programmed to coincide with Baltic Music Days Festival of contemporary music featuring new composition and performances from...

In November our Chief Executive Thursa Sanderson and Associate Composer Ben Lunn travelled to Helsingborg in Sweden to rendezvous with Nordic colleagues as part of our New Music ExChange collaboration aiming to advance equity and inclusion in the region’s contemporary music landscape and transform career development for disabled composers and musicians.  Working closely with our...

We are delighted to have gained support from the Greggs Foundation Community Grant Programme for our work in our local area of Craigmillar. This provides much-appreciated core funding towards two of our projects, MusicSPACE and Digital Orchestra: Youth at Castlebrae High School with young people with additional support needs. We love the way the Greggs...

MAKING WAVES the latest in our series of groundbreaking concerts with the renowned Hebrides Ensemble   This June, Drake Music Scotland is presenting not one but two thrilling concerts celebrating the work of UK-based disabled composers and musicians in collaboration with the Hebrides Ensemble and pianist Nicholas McCarthy, world leading exponent of work for left-hand only...

The latest event in our CREATE artist-led programme is the culmination of the Disabled Artist Network’s  Beyond Borders, Beyond Barriers project featuring new work by six composers from England, Scotland and Wales composed for outstanding Welsh pianist Siwan Rhys, a leading exponent of experimental contemporary work for her instrument: https://www.siwanrhys.co.uk     Through a series of creative...

Chief Executive Thursa Sanderson shares highlights of this summer’s memorable Create Programme   Call of the Mountains Clare Johnston’s Collaboration with Eegeru Ensemble, Kazakhstan – ‘An extraordinary multi-cultural union’ [Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman] Multi-talented composer, technologist and music educator Clare Johnston has been nurturing a link with the contemporary Kazakh ensemble Eegeru since 2021.  She...

Call of the Mountains a Drake Music Scotland Concert with Kazakhstan’s Eegeru Ensemble Queen’s Hall Edinburgh Sunday 27th August 7.30pm Tickets £10 + £2.50 booking fee If the ticket price is a barrier to you attending, please contact info@drakemusicscotland.org For tickets and how to book follow the link to the Queen’s Hall website: https://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/call-mountains Drake Music...