Case studies
Our talented musicians share their stories and experiences of music making here at Drake Music!
Designing Inclusive Interactions
November 22, 2022
In 2015 Big Ears, a public engagement training scheme founded by Dr. Franziska Schroeder ran a collaboration with the Drake Music Northern Ireland.
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The event was held under the theme “Designing Inclusive Interactions” and launched the exciting new collaboration between SARC and The Drake Music Project Northern Ireland. PhD researcher Koichi Samuels curated the event. On the first day, the researchers met with the musicians from Drake Music NI, together they collaborative planned how they would create bespoke input devices for Ableton Live workstations. Their remit was to design accessible musical instruments. The prototype interfaces that were created included a hacked game controller, gestural video camera interaction using an LED glove, and touch sensors that were calibrated to the musician’s facial movements.
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The showcase performance to a public audience on the 27th March at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Queen's University Belfast. A recording of one of the improvised pieces from Big Ears 2015 was aired on BBC Radio Ulster.
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The project was sponsored by Queen’s Research and Development Training Fund and sponsored by major industry sponsors Ableton Live and Roland UK. (LOGOS)
Musicality at Beeches
November 22, 2022
Young man in a wheelchair playing the ukulele at the beach
Downright Brilliant – Newry
November 22, 2022
Tutor Nikos Petsakos assists a group of young musicians having a jam during a music workshop.
​Creativity with Brain Injury Matters
November 22, 2022
Participant Rene Boyd learning to play the Ukulele, accompanied by the tutor Carrie Brooklyn during the Brain Injury Matters workshop, at the BIM location in Belfast.
Wired Ensemble in Action
November 22, 2022
Musicians playing electronic instruments during a Wired Ensemble Session at Drake’s Belfast Studio
