All Join In

Our All Join In programme provides high quality specialist music education for disabled young people and those with additional support needs of school age across Scotland. We deliver projects to more than 1,000 young people annually, and partnering with 14 local authorities and around 60 schools to deliver much needed provision.

Our team of highly skilled specialist freelance Associate Musicians based across Scotland, deliver our All Join In programme with both group and one-to-one sessions. Our musician team work on creative music projects with a combination of accessible music technologies such as iPad with Thumbjam and Soundbeam alongside conventional instruments with the accessible notation Figurenotes

In 2023-2024 we are working in partnership with local authorities; Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll & Bute, Dumfries & Galloway, Dundee, East Ayrshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Highland, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire; and partners and schools in Edinburgh, Inverclyde and South Lanarkshire.

Music making is often patchy in ASN schools and units in Scotland, with little to no regular opportunities for disabled young people to have sustained learning. Instrumental lessons are largely not offered as they are in mainstream settings, so the only opportunities for young people are group music making often on short term projects with no longer term learning and progression. In working with partners, our All Join In programme provides this much needed provision.

We are happy to deliver projects in partnership with schools, community groups, arts organisations and venues. If you are interested in receiving creative projects from us, please contact us at info@drakemusicscotland.org