Year: 2017

  • Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 7

    Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 7

    Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 4 in D major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Telemann: Sonata in G major Frederick the Great: Allegro from Sonata in B flat Spitta No 76. Serini: Andantino grazioso and Allegro assai from Sonata No 1 in D major Gluck arr Boehm: …

  • Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 6

    Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 6

    Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Drouet: Allegro Moderato from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 8 in C major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Vivace:  Allegro from Concerto in D major RV783 Gaubert: Madrigal Andy Scott: And Everything is Still John Frith: Arabesque  Paul Lewis: Lullaby…

  • Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 5

    Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 5

    Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! 300 Years of Flute Music Drouet: Rondeau from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Frederick the Great: Allegro assai from Sonata in A minor, Spitta No. 21 Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 10 in D minor from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Sunrise, Sunset from Roll Over Bach…

  • Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 3 and 4

    Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 3 and 4

    Wonderful music abounds at these two grades and the emphasis is on original music which is great for players at this level. There are also lovely tunes to enjoy, as well as a good helping of pieces in the jazz idiom. Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance Grade 3 Kopellmann-Martini (ed): Classical Music…

  • Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 1 and 2

    Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 1 and 2

    So here we are again! Astonishingly it’s 8 years since ABRSM introduced a selection of the music for each grade in one book. This seemed such a big event back then, but now we are all used to the format, like it or not! The marketing of the ABRSM volumes has been even more targeted…

  • Important New Regulations on Wooden Instruments

    Important New Regulations on Wooden Instruments

    Update December 2019: CITES regulations no longer apply to musical instruments. In January 2017, new rules came into force regarding the wood used to make some musical instruments. We’ve put the following advice together which we recommend reading carefully as it may affect you and your instrument. What’s happening? From January 2nd 2017 new regulations…