[This post contains affiliate links] I have to say, I feel a little bit of a fraud reviewing a book about the clarinet. I don't teach clarinet, and indeed my…

[This post contains affiliate links] If you don't know Pam Wedgwood's name, where have you been?! She has been a doyenne of the music world, not just throughout my own…

There are a lot of music theory books on the market. In the past, these have largely been driven by exam syllabuses, but there are nevertheless books which exist in…

[This post contains affiliate links] I get a lot of things sent to me for review. In fact, you may be surprised to hear that I get far more items…

The enthusiasm of the CBSO's Principal Guest Conductor, and Chief Conductor and Artist Advisor-elect, Kazuki Yamada, is infectious, and no more was this evident than in today's programme of which…

[This post contains affiliate links] Paul Harris is one of the UK's leading music educators. His name is known worldwide, and his brand new book, Unconditional Teaching, joins over 600…

Birmingham's Good Friday St Matthew Passion has become an iconic fixture of Passiontide, and what a joy it was to be gathered, once again, in Symphony Hall to hear it…

[This post includes affiliate links] I should probably disclose that in the early stages, I undertook some consultancy work for LCM on the new piano syllabus. That said, several years…

Every time I go to hear Birmingham Bach Choir, I have to remind myself that this is, to all intents and purposes, an amateur choir. Quite honestly, the standard of…

[This post contains affiliate links] I've reviewed a lot of sight-reading books for piano in my time, but never any for flute sight-reading. These new books from Trinity seek to…