Links

Double Reed Links	Music Education Links	Midi Links
Single Reed Links	Instrumental Tuition Links	For those lighter moments...!
General Information Links	Links to customers & ensembles

Please click here for details of specialist dealers for Howarth instruments outside the UK.

Howarth of London is not responsible for the content of external internet websites. These links are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only. They do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by Howarth of London of any products, services or individuals.

Links to Customers & Ensembles

• Celia Craig
  including details of future concerts.
• Emily Pailthorpe, and the London Conchord Ensemble including details of future concerts.
• Linda Merrick
  including details of future concerts.
• Althea Talbot-Howard
  The international prize-winning solo recitalist and teacher’s YouTube channel contains a variety of performance and educational videos.
• Stefan Harg
  music, education, recording, articles...
• Stella Compton Dickinson
  Counsellor, Music Therapist, Cognitive Analytic Therapist
• New Noise
  New Noise are a unique oboe & percussion duo, who specialise in the performance of new music.
• Christopher Redgate
  International soloist & AHRC Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts, Royal Academy of Music, London.
• 21st Century oboe
  Christopher Redgate's website for oboists & composers dealing with 21st century microtonal and multiphonic issues - and Howarth's redesigned oboe...

Double Reed Links - General

• British Double Reed Society
• International Double Reed Society
• ADRS
  (Australasian Doublereed Society)

Double Reed Links - Oboe & Cor Anglais/English Horn

• Oboe fingering charts
  
• Martin Schuring's Advice and Tips page  (mostly relevant to USA) <\li>
• Oboe Fingering Chart
  Windows program (free!)

Double Reed Links - Bassoon & contrabassoon

• Wilhelm Heckel GmbH
• Bernd Moosmann Bassoons
• Püchner Bassoons
• Bassoon, Reeds and More...
  includes MIDI files of bassoon works
• www.contrabass.com
  If it registers on a seismograph when it plays...
• Contrabassoon discussion group

Double Reed Links - Other

• Heckelphone repertoire
• Renaissance Consort

Single Reed Links

• Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain
  CASS aims to encourage and develop the playing of both the clarinet and saxophone and to provide a major resource for its members.
• Clarinet Information
• The London Saxophone School - the only institution dedicated to saxophone tuition in UK.
• The London Saxophone Choir - based in Pimlico
• Lomax Classic mouthpieces
  Howarth are sole UK importers
• Clark W Fobes Clarinet products
  Howarth are sole UK importers
• Ramon Wodkowski
  high quality clarinet mouthpieces...
• Vandoren
  Vandoren make many essential products for clarinet players
• Selmer
  
• Buffet Clarinets
  Buffet clarinet page, with a brief history of the company
• Hans Zinner mouthpieces
• International Clarinet Asociation
• A fascinating insight into recreating a Grenser Clarinet once owned by Bernhard Crusell, by Pete Worrell.
  

General Reference and Information Links

• BachTrack"The world's best way to find live classical music!"
• Blackwood Conservation
• Cadenza.org
• Fingering charts for all woodwind instruments, incl trills
• IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project Sharing the world’s public domain music.
• Wind & String Quartets, Jazz Bands Quartets, Trios & Duos for weddings, dinners & corporate events throughout England, Wales & Scotland.

Music Education Links

• Music 'can boost wider learning' - BBC News article about the success of the UK Wider Opportunities programme, instrumental group teaching for primary age children.
• Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET) 2016 - report by Professor Susan Hallam MBE, UCL Institute of Education for Music Mark“ The UK Association for Music Education (Executive Summary).
• Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET) 2016 - report by Professor Susan Hallam MBE, UCL Institute of Education for Music Mark“ The UK Association for Music Education (Full Report)
• 'The power of music: its impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people' "Tune in - Year of Music" report by Professor Susan Hallam, Institute of Education, University of London.
• 30 benefits of learning a musical instrument - An article about the big advantages of learning to play an instrument - for guitar, but it applies to all musical instruments!!
• The UK Association for Music Education (Music Mark)
• Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (UK)
• Birmingham Conservatoire
• Benslow Music Trust. Residential and day courses for adult amateur musicians - including a number of courses for wind ensembles and individual wind instruments - throughout the year at the lovely campus in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK.
• El Sistema 'El Sistema' is an organization, origninally founded by maestro Jose Antonio Abreu in Venezuela, aimed at systematizing music education and promoting the collective practice of music through symphony orchestras and chorus as a means of social organization and communitarian development.
• The El Sistema music revolution. Jose Antonio Abreu, the visionary founder of this movement speaks about it. (In Portuguese with English subtitles.)
• Sistema England Sistema is described as "A visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through music. A new model for social change." There are currently 8 projects running in England.
• El Sistema USA "A visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through music. A new model for social change."
• El Sistema USA in action. This film is an example of an El Sistema project. "... a documentary about kids in a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where a music program dramatically changes their lives."
• Guildhall School of Music & Drama(UK)
• London Musical Arts Orchestra Mini Maestro Family Concerts. Treat your children to John Landor's Mini Maestro Family Concerts, a fun-filled hour of musical magic for young people from ages four to twelve. Where else can they have such hands-on fun with live music - sitting in the orchestra, conducting, beating the drums and clapping and singing along to the music?
• LSO Discovery LSO Discovery can give people their first encounter with an orchestra, add an extra dimension to an LSO concert, or simply bring people together to experience the power of music. LSO Discovery is the London Symphony Orchestra’s education and community programme.
• National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• Royal Schools of Music New website for the Royal Schools of Music. As world leaders in music education, the distinctive partnership between the Royal Schools of Music and ABRSM builds new opportunities for all to learn, create and embrace the transformative power of music.(UK)
• Royal Academy of Music (UK)
• Royal College of Music (UK)
• Royal Northern College of Music (UK)
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (UK)
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (UK)
• Sibelius Academy (Finland)
• Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basle, Switzerland)

Instrumental Tuition Links

• The Tutor Pages website "connecting UK tutors and students"
• First Tutors "Music lessons for most instruments from Grade 1 – 8, plus casual learning for those not interested in Grade Exams."
• MusicTeachers.co.uk "MusicTeachers.co.uk is a free service which aims to support musicians in every aspect of education and performance."
• Stars and Catz "Music teacher network UK."
• Tutorful (formerly Tutora) "Private tutors for any subject, any age, anywhere."
• Tutorfair "Tutorfair allows people to connect with relevant tutors in nearby locations."

MIDI Links

• Bassoon, Reeds and More...
  includes MIDI files of bassoon works
• Classical MIDI Archives

And for those lighter moments ...

• The official Hoffnung website