Camden Philharmonia Orchestra - Play Day:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIsvJgFZsA6iedkhGgyBSaA-iyuh3ZrzEfnO07BtNZEMPG2Q/viewform After the success of our last play day we will be scheduling another one in the autumn of 2024. Please join us for one full day of making music 10.30am – 5.30pm on Saturday 14th September 2024 at St Mary Magdalene Church, NW1 3PL. That is 5-6 hours of music with technique and ensemble tuition and guidance from our excellent professionals, Liz Worth (conductor) and Hannah Garty (leader). This is a great opportunity to meet the orchestra and experience what it would be like to be a regular member or else just an opportunity to play the specific pieces in an ensemble. Please fill in the online form (below) or else email info@camdenphilharmonia.org.uk to register your interest and / or book a place. |
Berkeley Chamber Sessions: London chamber music course:
www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk/education/chamber-sessions/ A non-residential weekend course in London giving amateur string and wind players the opportunity to play large-scale chamber music side-by-side with members of the Berkeley Ensemble |
Benslow Music in Hitchin:
benslowmusic.org/ Benslow offer a wide range of courses for wind players from near-beginners to advanced players. Accommodation is available for longer courses. |
Big Christmas Wind Orchestra:
www.bigchristmaswindorchestra.org/ An annual, charity fund-raising event in London for singers, wind and brass players for one afternoon of Christmas tunes and carols. Participants must register in advance, so Sign-up now! |
Berwang Music Holidays:
https://www.musicholiday.com/ Music courses in the Tyrol and in Derbyshire which mix music making and holiday activities. The courses usually have a choir, a string ensemble and a wind ensemble that spend some time working independently and some time in a variety of combinations. |
Big Double Reed Day:
https://www.bigdoublereed.com/about.php The BIG Double Reed Day offers a wide range of workshops, classes and concerts to inspire, encourage and entertain oboists and bassoonists of all ages and abilities. Teachers, performers and exhibitors are drawn from all over the UK and farther afield in this unique event, enjoyed by hundreds of participants each year. |
City Lit:
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/performing-arts The City Lit offers wind and chamber ensembles as well as workshop classes for clarinet and flute players from beginners to advanced players. |
CSSM Summer School of Music:
cssm.org.uk/ A residential music course including opportunities for wind chamber music and for playing in a wind, chamber or symphonic orchestra. This course is now based at Uppingham School in Rutland. |
Dartington Summer School & Festival :
www.dartington.org/whats-on/programme/summer-school/ Summer, residential music courses in Devon for all ages and abilities. The programme varies weekly but overall includes wind workshops and masterclasses, wind chamber music and a wind band. |
Flutes, Clarinets and Saxophones en Vacances:
flutesenvacances.co.uk/ Residential music courses, held regularly, for amateur flute, clarinet and saxophone players both in the UK and abroad. The courses are for all levels of players. Courses for adults are separate from those offered for younger players. |
Harrogate Summer Schools:
www.windstruments.co.uk/index.cfm Courses for saxophone, clarinet and flute players. These are residential courses in Harrogate (see 'Events' on the web site). |
Jackdaws Music Education Trust:
www.jackdaws.org.uk/wind/ Weekend courses for flautists, oboists, clarinetists and bassoonists. These are residential courses near Frome in Somerset. The Trust encourages musicians of all abilities to come together and learn from some of the most experienced tutors in the trade. |
Largo Music Courses:
www.largo-music.co.uk/courses.php Saxophone and Wind Chamber Music courses in Stirlingshire and in York. |
Malvern Wind Chamber Music Course:
www.malvernwinds.co.uk/ An established and popular summer course for amateur wind players in the beautiful Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, UK. This is a course for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn players of minimum Grade 6 to post-Diploma standard, to play in ensembles of graded ability with expert tutoring by experienced professional performers. |
Morley College, London:
www.morleycollege.ac.uk/ Morley College runs classes for winds including Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone. There are also opportunities for ensemble playing. |
Music 4People:
www.m4p.org.uk/ Music 4People (M4P) runs an annual residential course in North Yorkshire. The course provides opportunities to play wind chamber music, jazz and to perform with an orchestra, wind orchestra, sax ensemble or big band. |
Summer clarinet:
https://www.summerclarinets.co.uk/ A special feature is the opportunity to play some or all of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet will be a highlight , with the added bonus of doing the Brahms Clarinet instead. Alongside this opportunity will be a mixture of clarinet choir, quartets, seminars and lessons. All accommodation will be full board in en suite rooms. |
Wind Ensemble Retreats:
www.windensembleretreats.com/ With tutors predominantly from the orchestra of Opera North, these are summer retreats for woodwind & french horn players, in the idyllic setting of Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales. |
Wind Serenades:
laurenceperkins.com/wind-serenades/ Wind Serenades offers a range of courses for a wide range of playing standards in wind chamber music around the country. |
Zamzam Music:
zamzammusic.com/ Residential music courses, held regularly, for amateur flute, clarinet and saxophone players both in the UK and abroad. The courses are for all levels of players. Courses for adults are separate from those offered for younger players. |
June Emerson Wind:
www.juneemersonwindmusic.com/ A specialist on-line supplier of sheet music for wind instruments. Music from the very large range of titles is supplied by post within a day or two if in stock. |
Hummingbird and Maskarade:
https://www.hummingbirdmaskarade.co.uk/ Hummingbird and Maskarade publishes the compositions and arrangements of Edward Watson (Hummingbird) and John Meadows (Maskarade) for woodwind, saxophone and other instruments. |
Larry Clark Music:
www.larryclarkmusic.com/books/ Duets, trios, quartets by Larry Clark in a 'compatible' series that allows chamber groups to play together, no matter the instrumentation or who wants to play melody. A member recommends them as fun pieces. |
Portus Press:
https://portuspress.com/ From the Pink Panther to Praetorius – and Bach to the Beatles – Portus Press offers an extensive catalogue of arrangements and original music for a range of small woodwind ensembles that are varied, interesting … and fun. |
Sempre Music:
www.sempremusic.co.uk/ A specialist supplier of sheet music for woodwind, trumpet and mixed ensembles. Sempre Music gives instrumentalists the opportunity to play music arranged and composed as a result of many years experience of teaching in schools and performing professionally. |
Howarth of London:
www.howarth.uk.com/ Howarth of London are suppliers of oboes, bassoons, clarinets and saxophones. The London showrooms offer a comprehensive range of accessories and woodwind sheet music. |
DOTS, the Camden Music Shop:
https://dotsmusiccamden.co.uk/ A friendly shop that deals with everything musical: instruments, music, reeds, repairs, advice and help. Enterprising when it comes to getting hold of music that is hard to find. |
British Double Reed Society:
bdrs.org.uk/ A society for oboe and bassoon players. The society supports the interests of all double reed players, whether students, amateurs, professionals or teachers. |
The British Flute Society:
https://bfs.org.uk/ A society for flute players. Members come from all walks of life and include amateur and professional players, teachers, students, the flute trade, and people who simply love the flute. |
Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain:
https://www.cassgb.org/ A society for clarinet and saxophone players. Membership is open to all from beginners to serious students, keen amateurs and professionals and in all musical styles. |
Making Music:
www.makingmusic.org.uk/ The BMG is a member of Making Music which supports and encourages all kinds of music groups and individuals. We are insured through Making Music and value their guidance and information sheets. |
Amateur orchestras – London:
www.amateurorchestras.org.uk/olondon.htm A listing of amateur orchestras, concert bands and wind ensembles within the M25. |
London Wind Bands and Ensembles:
homepages.phonecoop.coop/snibbo/ A listing of concert bands, wind orchestras and wind ensembles within the M25. |