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Celebrating 100 Years of Bärenreiter
12th Jul 2023
Bärenreiter is celebrating its 100th birthday! For the duration of the anniversary year Bärenreiter have presented us with nineteen jubilee editions.
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Chris Woods on Fingerstyle Guitar
3rd Jul 2023
With multiple albums and tours across the globe, Chris Woods has certainly mastered the art of fingerstyle guitar playing. Chris spoke to us recently about his latest publication First 50 Fingerstyle Patterns, fingerstyle and percussive acoustic guitar technique, his music education podcast, and more. Read the full interview here.
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ABRSM New Bowed String Syllabus
21st Jun 2023
ABRSM recently launched their new Bowed Strings Syllabuses for Practical and Performance Grades from 2024. Featuring refreshed repertoire lists, the syllabus includes a wide range of composers and a greater choice of music than ever before. Find out more here.
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Ann Bryant on Instant Primary Music Lessons
15th Jun 2023
Inspired by her training in Dalcroze eurhythmics, Ann Bryant has published a fantastic new resource for classroom music teachers. Ann kindly took the time to answer my questions about Instant Primary Music Lessons. Read the full interview here.
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Andrew Eales on Naoko Ikeda: The Graded Collection
8th Jun 2023
Naoko Ikeda has composed many appealing piano works, introducing the world to the essence of Japan through music. Find out more.
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Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero
30th May 2023
The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.
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Colin Matthews on The Planets
25th May 2023
In conjunction with the release of Faber Music's new facsimile score of The Planets, composer Colin Matthews talks about Holst's iconic orchestral suite, editing the facsimile, and his collaboration with Holst's daughter Imogen. Read the full interview here.
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Penelope Roskell: The Essential Piano Technique
23rd May 2023
Following on from her award-winning book The Complete Pianist, Penelope Roskell's latest series Essential Piano Technique is aimed at children in the early stages of learning the piano, helping them develop a strong foundation of healthy technique, and allowing rapid progression through the early stages of piano playing. Find out more.
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Sheet Music to Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
6th May 2023
Browse our selection of sheet music to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. Find out more here.
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Eric Whitacre at... 30!
3rd May 2023
Looking back over three decades of music, the world-renowned composer talks Whitman, musical hits and misses, and the correlation between a piece's length and the age of the composer's children...
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Daniel Grimwood on Adolph von Henselt
27th Apr 2023
Editor Daniel Grimwood is one of Adolph von Henselt's most highly regarded interpreters. After recently completing a new edition of Henselt's Etudes with Edition Peters, Daniel kindly took some time to talk to me about the new Urtext edition and the composer Adolph von Henselt.
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The Jazzin' About Piano Anthology
13th Apr 2023
The Jazzin’ About Piano Anthology celebrates Pam Wedgwood’s best-selling series in a collection of the author’s favourite pieces. Presented progressively for the first time in one volume, pieces range from early elementary to intermediate level. Find out more.
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Rachmaninoff 150
1st Apr 2023
April 1st 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. To celebrate we compiled a selection of some of our favourite Rachmaninoff sheet music publications. Find out more.
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Max Reger Complete Organ Works
31st Mar 2023
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Max Reger's birth. Breitkopf & Hartel have recently published a seven volume slip-case edition of Reger's Complete Organ Works; the perfect way to celebrate the 150th anniversary! Find out more.
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Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
28th Mar 2023
Omni Music Publishing presents the full orchestral score of James Horner's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Find out more here.
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Fiddle Time Duets
23rd Mar 2023
Fiddle Time Duets is an exciting and attractive collection for violinists of all ages by the award-winning educational composers Kathy and David Blackwell. The duets are suitable for established beginners through to intermediate violinists. Find out more.
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Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
1st Mar 2023
The Purcell Society’s major new redaction of Dido and Aeneas was first issued in 2021. The new vocal score edition from Stainer & Bell reflects the latest thinking in terms of source studies and historical musicology, is of impeccable scholarly provenance, and facilitates practical application for performers. Find out more.
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Piccolo Paganini, Volume 2
21st Feb 2023
Following the success of the first volume, Piccolo Paganini, Vol. 2 contains thirty original intermediate-level pieces for violin and piano. These rarely performed concert pieces provide appealing, accessible, and musically rewarding repertoire pieces. Find out more.
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The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers
6th Feb 2023
A landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented. This unique anthology seeks both to improve representation in the historical canon and to showcase the music of some of the best names in choral music today.
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Teachers' Choice, Selected Piano Repertory & Studies
26th Jan 2023
Containing popular choice pieces and alternative works from the ABRSM Piano syllabus, these pieces have been specially selected for examination purposes and general repertoire study. Teachers' Choice 2023 & 2024 offers teaching points and performance directions that help to develop technical assurance and stylistic awareness in the students.
