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Jackdaws tutors, performing groups, organisations & resources for musicians
Jackdaws Tutors (well - some of them)
Broadcast Artist, Recording Artist, Chamber Musician.
Professor and Fellow of the Royal College of Music
Oboist and Director of the London Harpsichord Ensemble
Professor and Fellow of the Royal College of Music
Oboist and Director of the London Harpsichord Ensemble
....... is passionate in sharing her enthusiasm for the instrument and its delightfully broad and varied repertoire in well planned, audience-friendly programmes for solo harpsichord with spoken introductions or entertaining contemporary readings to set the music in context.
..... passion for the guitar and their evident delight in performing brings the music vividly to life whether it be a baroque harpsichord transcription or a new commission.
David Owen Norris is Professor of Vocal Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music, and Head of Keyboard and Lecturer in Performance at the University of Southampton.
As well as being a concert pianist, Mark is a well known lecturer and academic running residential courses of a broad nature across the U.K. He has a private teaching practice, with a few vacancies for advanced pianists. As a festival adjudicator he has a growing number of engagements.
One of Britain's most creative and distinctive pianists, with an enormous and wide-ranging repertoire covering all periods. As a soloist and chamber musician working with a long list of distinguished instrumentalists and singers.
A soloist and chamber musician performing throughout Europe, North and South America and the Far East appearing with ensembles such as the English Concert, Sonnerie and the New London Consort, as well as the Palladian Ensemble.
Neil Jenkins has carved out a unique career, being equally at home as an Operatic, Oratorio and Recital singer; and combining this with an increasingly important role as a musicologist........
A busy teacher and giver of Master Classes. At the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, his primary teaching college, he teaches both German and French Song.
In 1995 he founded the chamber choir Coro Cervantes, under the auspices of the Instituto Cervantes. He teaches choral and orchestral conducting regularly since 1999 at the Conservatoire of Celaya, Mexico, and in 2002 has also taught conducting at the Conservatoire of Trujillo, Peru.
Margaret Fingerhut
Concert Pianist & teacher
Website
Margaret Fingerhut has performed in many different countries and has become well-known for her innovative and entertaining recital programmes which combine popular and unusual repertoire.
James Linsey
Concert Pianist & teacher
Website
James Linsey's musical integrity and pianistic command fuel a career that takes him seamlessly from concerto and recital soloist – to chamber musician, song accompanist and pianist director.
Roger Huckle has been the inspiration and guide for Emerald - Bristol's professional chamber orchestra, and a cherished musicians' collective of exceptional standard - since its foundation in 1994.
Graham Trew
Singer, teacher & adjudicator
Chairman of the Association of
English Speakers and Singers
www.aofess.org.uk/about.php
Graham Trew trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was winner of the Gold Medal, and has worked extensively as a singer especially in oratorio and as a recitalist, and was for many years a Gentleman of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal Choir at St. James’s Palace.
Performing Groups
Pavão String Quartet
www.pavaoquartet.com
www.pavaoquartet.com
Accomplished musicians providing recitals and workshops.
Eden Stell Guitar Duo
www.edenstell.com
www.edenstell.com
This passion for the guitar and their evident delight in performing brings the music vividly to life ..............
Canzona
www.canzona.co.uk
www.canzona.co.uk
One of England's leading ensembles specialising in the performance of baroque music on period instruments.
Music Organisations
Society of Recorder Players
www.srp.org.uk
www.srp.org.uk
For more than sixty years The Society of Recorder Players has been stimulating interest and enjoyment in the art of recorder playing.
The National Early Music Association of the UK
www.nema-uk.org
www.nema-uk.org
Bring together all concerned with early music and to forge links with other early music organisations in the UK and around the world.
Recorder Home Page
www.recorderhomepage.net
www.recorderhomepage.net
Links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide.
An ideal springboard for players, students, teachers, makers and researchers alike (Australian site).
An ideal springboard for players, students, teachers, makers and researchers alike (Australian site).
Clarinet & Saxophone Society
www.clarinetandsaxophone.co.uk
www.clarinetandsaxophone.co.uk
Founded in 1976, the Clarinet and Saxophone Society was formed for the benefit of everyone who has an interest in the clarinet or saxophone and their repertoire.
Early Music Yearbook 2003 (Peacock Press)
www.earlymusic.net
www.earlymusic.net
The Yearbook is the essential handbook of the flourishing world of early music in Britain and continental Europe.
Early Music News & Network UK
www.earlymusic.co.uk
www.earlymusic.co.uk
Monthly updates on news, concert events, and festivals for Renaissance, Baroque, Medieval and Choral music played on authentic instruments.
Winchester Early Music Festival
www.earlymusicnow.org.uk
www.earlymusicnow.org.uk
Concerts, Recitals and Workshops in the heart of Winchester in Early October.
Leicester Early Music Festival
www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk
www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk
"The Arts Festival with a difference" - Early Music, workshops, wine & whisky tastings, guided walks, Family Day and much more.
Diabolus in Musica
www.diabolus.org
www.diabolus.org
Costumed historical musicians based in the Midlands. The site contains various information pages on early instruments and performance
Midlands Early Music Forum
www.memf.org.uk
www.memf.org.uk
Society for anyone interested in early music in the Midlands - runs regular workshops and social events, and publishes a newsletter
Rhythmically Speaking
www.rhythmicallyspeaking.com
www.rhythmicallyspeaking.com
RHYTHMICALLY SPEAKING is a rhythm-based music education project focusing on Samba and Latin American music. Whilst primarily designed to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1 and 2, each workshop can be easily adapted for any age group.
Devon Performing Arts Festival
www.devonpaf.org.uk
www.devonpaf.org.uk
This is held in Exeter during February and March and there are competitions for Piano playing, performing on all catagories of other instruments, singing (both solo, ensemble and Choral), Dance, Speech (including poetry and prose) and Drama.
Irish Vocal Masterclasses
www.irishvocalmasterclasses.com
www.irishvocalmasterclasses.com
One of the premier European Summer Singing Schools. Every July in Dublin . Song classes, oratorio, staged opera scenes and much, much more.
Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS)
aotos.org.uk
aotos.org.uk
Concerned with the needs and demands of all professionals involved in the training of the singing voice. Through AOTOS we make our voices heard, keep in contact with our fellow-teachers, and broaden our horizons by exchanging ideas anti experience.
The Association of English Singers & Speakers (AESS)
www.aofess.org.uk
www.aofess.org.uk
The AESS is a registered charity and its members comprise performers, teachers and those with an interest in our core aim, which is 'to encourage the communication of English words, in singing and speech, with clarity, understanding and imagination'.
Resources for Musicians
John Packer Ltd
www.johnpacker.co.uk
www.johnpacker.co.uk
John Packer Ltd has been servicing the needs of woodwind and brass players, of all standards, throughout the UK for over 25 years.
Stainer & Bell
www.stainer.co.uk
www.stainer.co.uk
Music Publishers
The home of sheet music, books and resources for musicians and music teachers all available for online purchase.
Music Resource Directory
www.artistopia.com
www.artistopia.com
Database of music resources for the independent artist community.
Billerbeck Oboe Reeds
www.billerbeckoboereeds.co.uk
www.billerbeckoboereeds.co.uk
Crafted to order by Marjorie Downward
Wessex Woodwind Ltd
www.wessexmusic.com
www.wessexmusic.com
The sale & repair of musical instruments.
An organized alphabetical directory of internet music links and music related web site around the world with over 94,000 listing (based in the US).
Classical music community for both musicians and listeners.
Provides young musicians with an intuitive platform to showcase their musical lives, find new audiences and communicate with one another.
Extensive catalogue of information about classical composers, works and albums.
