The Woodwind Instrument Specialists.
Since 1948, Howarth of London have been a world-renowned oboe-maker and long-standing seller of woodwind instruments and sheet music.
Manufacturers of Oboes since 1948.
Howarth | Junior Thumbplate System Oboe
Student
Howarth | S10 Thumbplate System Oboe
Student
Howarth | S20 Thumbplate System Oboe
Intermediate
Howarth | S40C Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
Advanced
Howarth | S6 Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
Professional
Howarth | LXV Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XM Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe d’Amore
Professional
Howarth | S30C Student Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
Intermediate
Howarth | S40C Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
Advanced
Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
Professional
Howarth | Junior Conservatoire Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Student
Howarth | Junior PLUS+ Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Student
Howarth | S20C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Intermediate
Howarth | S40C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Advanced
Howarth | S50C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Professional
Howarth | LXV Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XM Semi-Automatic System Oboe
Professional
Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Oboe d’Amore
Professional
Howarth | S40C Semi-Automatic System Cor Anglais
Advanced
Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Cor Anglais
Professional
About Howarth
Howarth of London is a specialist woodwind instrument maker and retailer. Known all over the world as makers of the finest oboes, oboes d’amore and cors anglais, our instruments are made in our dedicated manufacturing workshops in Worthing, West Sussex.
We use high-tech CNC machinery to make precision components for our instruments which are then hand-assembled by highly experienced technicians into our beautiful instruments.
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Instrument Rental
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to hire an instrument. Our rental options allow you to have an instrument in a range of situations.
Minimum 3 Month Hire
Long Term Rental
Hire an instrument while you discover about learning, without the up front cost of buying an instrument.
Minimum 1 Week Hire
Short Term Rental
Hire an instrument just for a week or two in case of an emergency or for a special concert.
Upcoming Events
Symphonie Fantastique
January 23rd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
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Symphonie Fantastique and Strauss Oboe Concerto
24/01/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H Meyerson Symphony Centre, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201, USA
Symphonie Fantastique
January 24th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
Click on the button below to purchase ticket.
Symphonie Fantastique and Strauss Oboe Concerto
25/01/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H Meyerson Symphony Centre, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201, USA
Symphonie Fantastique
January 25th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
Click on the button below to purchase ticket.
