A Wind Chamber Music Celebration!
Back in March the Woodwind and Brass & Percussion departments held their annual Chamber Music performance day. With over thirty ensembles meeting every week to rehearse, including Duos, Trios, Quartets,...
Tag Archive: woodwind
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Celebrating 125 Years of Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) was one of the most important figures in the evolution of the woodwind genre. His patent of the saxophone in 1846 represents one of the most important...
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A celebration of friendship for Chetham’s Spring Music
Spring Music week is always an exciting time of year. As the new season dawns, students lay aside their text books and spend a week in rehearsals with our various...
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Woodwind Department collaboration with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
In late September staff, students and an alumnus from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland visited Chetham’s. We were thrilled to be joined by internationally renowned woodwind professionals and RCS lecturers,...
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Flute success through specialist music education
Five flute students completed their education at Chetham’s School of Music in 2018, all progressing to hugely successful higher education at leading international conservatoires. Their achievements demonstrate their own commitment...
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Chetham’s Saxophone Choir perform at The Bridgewater Hall
On Wednesday 9 May, Chetham’s Saxophone Choir performed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Under the leadership of Andrew Wilson, the ensemble played to a near capacity audience in the Hall’s...
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Bernstein at 100
Young musicians from Chetham’s joined forces with players from across Greater Manchester and Nina Bernstein Simmons, youngest daughter of Leonard Bernstein, to celebrate her father’s centenary. Born in 1918, Bernstein...
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Success at the Birmingham International Recorder Competition 2018
We are delighted to announce that Chetham’s recorder player Alastair Niven reached the final of the Birmingham International Recorder competition 2018. The competition, held at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on...
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Full set of William Walton scores donated to Chetham’s by the Walton Foundation
Chetham’s School of Music is grateful to have received a complete set of Sir William Walton’s scores, published by Oxford University Press, as a gift from the William Walton Trust...
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Chetham’s students release Don’t Look Back in Anger, six months after the Manchester Arena attack
Please support victims of terror across the UK through the British Red Cross UK Solidarity Fund Today, Wednesday 22 November, marks six months since the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena,...
