Commissions
Connecting Across Difference: At the Roundhouse (2009)
Use the music player below to listen to a piece of music created and performed by young people at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, in workshops with composer: Ed Farmer, technologist: Nick Wilsdon and artists: Nick Laessing and Melanie Clifford.
Drake Music - Connecting Across Difference, Roundhouse, Camden, 2009 by drake-music
Connecting Across Difference: The Spell (2009)
Drake Music, in partnership with furtherfield.org, created by students from Arnhem Wharf, Beatrice Tate and George Green’s schools in Tower Hamlets, London with composer Kerry Andrew.
Please click here for more information about 'Connecting Across Difference: The Spell'.
Performing 'The Spell' at V&A Museum of Childhood. Video by Ellie Rees.
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Charlotte White: Havmannen’s Sønn (2008)
Please click here to read about the project, and to listen to / download Charlotte White’s compositions for 'Havmannen's Sønn', recorded by Elin Skogdal with musicians from Tromsø University and the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra. A collaboration with SKUG, Norway, facilitated by musician Doug Bott.
Please click here for Charlotte’s report.
Video of the performance:
Into the Light (2008)
Our recent London Season featured with ‘Into the Light’, a magical light and sound installation at Kew Palace, Surrey. Partnered for the first time by Historic Royal Palaces, Drake Music commissioned Chas de Swiet to create five haunting melodies to accompany a meandering, lantern-lit walk through the palace gardens. Click here to download an excerpt of the music for 'Into the Light' by Chas de Swiet and Violet Sometimes.
Into the Light
Musicians Showcase
Many talented musicians and students have worked with Drake Music over the years, and are an inspiration to other people who might wonder what is possible.
You can find out more about them, what they do and how they do it, and hear some of the music they have composed and performed. For more information about how to book one of our musicians or bands, please contact the relevant regional team.
Victoria Oruwari - London musician
Anya Ustaszewski - London musician
Melanie Clifford - London musician
