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Memorial for John Whitfield

A Memorial Celebration for John Whitfield Many of you will have known and worked with John Whitfield – alongside him […]

Earlier this year eighty double-reed players joined junior members of the Royal Academy of Music in London in a commemorative […]

We have heard from Phil Westwell who has taken some interesting slow-motion photography of an uilleann bagpipe chanter double reed; […]

Oboists might be familiar with the abridged version of Silent Aria which appears on the ABRSM oboe syllabus; here is […]

The BDRS has been blessed with the generous gift of access to a repertoire of downloadable music for the rarer […]

Simmonds Music Closes its Doors With great regret we announce that bassoonist Tom Simmonds’ business, known as Simmonds Music, in […]

We are very sad to announce that a former Chairman of the Society – Anthony McColl – passed away on […]