The CBSO Youth Orchestra is now inviting applications for 2020-21. This is a great opportunity for young people to receive […]
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Past BDRS and non-BDRS news and events.
Bassoon Inspired
Bassooning our way out of the coronavirus Free musical offerings every day to inspire and raise the spirits ~ A […]
Continue reading2020 Barbirolli International Oboe Competition
This event, which the BDRS is supporting, has been postponed to March 27th 2021. For further details and updates, please […]
Continue readingBill Winstead RIP
William Winstead, former principal bassoonist of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 For further details please click here.
Continue readingApril 2021 | Five-day Oboe & Bassoon Courses
**This course has been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic situation. Our apologies to all who were due to come […]
Continue readingDartington Music Summer School
***CANCELLED*** Dartington Music Summer School are delighted to be joined by the hugely talented Magnard Ensemble, who will lead coaching […]
Continue readingSubscription Increase
Increase in Subscriptions from 1st January 2020 As advised in the cover letter of the last Double Reed News (DRN), […]
Continue readingMemorial for John Whitfield
A Memorial Celebration for John Whitfield Many of you will have known and worked with John Whitfield – alongside him […]
Continue readingSound Festival Scotland
BDRS supported the 2019 Sound Festival, an annual festival in North East Scotland which aims to highlight contemporary music. In […]
Continue readingMusick for the Royal Fireworks 270th Anniversary
Earlier this year eighty double-reed players joined junior members of the Royal Academy of Music in London in a commemorative […]
Continue readingUilleann Bagpipe Chanter Double Reeds In Action
We have heard from Phil Westwell who has taken some interesting slow-motion photography of an uilleann bagpipe chanter double reed; […]
Continue readingSilent Aria: Suite for Oboe & Piano by Philip Herbert
Oboists might be familiar with the abridged version of Silent Aria which appears on the ABRSM oboe syllabus; here is […]
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