Latest news from @BirmCons Woodwind Department

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10 Jul 2019
We are delighted to share our new Woodwind Department film, which introduces our friendly and supportive department in the best way we know how – in the words of our wonderful students, staff and visiting tutors. 🎥 Oli Clarke youtu.be/Wqqm72D5jj8
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LEAP Youth Ensemble The Ash Tree in the Wild Garden Forty-five super talented young musicians, using music as a way of sharing a passion for how music brings people together. @BirmCons youtu.be/xSjfmPcwxVo #MusicForAll #MusicEd #MusicForSocialChange #Creativity
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4 Sep 2020
Kirsty Lovie, Tutti First Violin, and Emmet Byrne, Principal Second Oboe, play Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria. Watch more: cbso.co.uk/athome CBSO’s 100th Birthday Celebration. Streaming Sat 5 Sep at 7pm. Find out more: cbso.co.uk/cbso100 #cbso100
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Our tribute to the amazing musicians and music educators that inspire young people from Music Hubs, Schools and Community Orgs across the U.K. @musicmarkuk! @BirmCons is honoured to be working with @SheffMusicHub - this is @george_ezra Shotgun! youtu.be/MRkibgSC04I #MusicEd
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Students, staff and alumni of @BirmCons have been working with @leicsmusichub for Leics Make Music on 14/07/2020 at 3pm! Here's @RBCWWind Dougie Mitchell working with Clarinetists from Leicester and Leicestershire! #LeicsMakeMusic #MusicForAll #MusicEd #Creativity #2020Vision
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Want all the best bits of the 9 #Beethoven symphs? In under 2 mins? Played on #clarinets? Here you go! Twas lovely to collaborate with my past (and present) students of @RBCWWind, thanks @antonclarkeb @JPerryClarinet @Kt_Jenner and especially our video editor @emilyjenner 🥳
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Simply fantastic music from multi-talented multi-national Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Folk Ensemble in ⁦@Europarl_EN⁩ tonight. #NotLeavingQuietly indeed! Well done ⁦@EllieChownsMEP⁩ for bringing them here to share the joy even as Brexit threatens to squash it.
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We’re back and into some Lutoslwaski for our first symphony orchestra project of the year
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Really enjoyed coming to @RAFMusic in Northolt to teach @emilyjenner - and meeting other @BirmCons musicians along the way! Looking forward to hearing a great recital programme develop over the coming months 🙌
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27 Aug 2019
Catch our deputy head of woodwind, Dougie Mitchell, along with many of our VTs playing with @TheCBSO at @bbcproms on iPlayer now! 🎬
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Tune into BBC's The One Show at 7pm tonight to see full coverage of the world record-breaking @88Pianists project! The project was a collaboration between @BirmConLearning and @Cambridge_Eng!
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Term might be over, but the music never stops for our students and alumni! From Sherborne, Woldingham to Oslo! Here we have Archie, Leila and Jacob at Summer Academy Voksenåsen & Catrin and Nathan with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales (Part 1)
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19 Jul 2019
Are you aged 16 to 25, and play bassoon or trombone to Grade 8 standard or above? Then the CBSO needs you! If you are interested in joining us for our Youth Orchestra Academy next week please follow this link for more details and who to contact. cbso.co.uk/event/youth-orche…

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16 Jul 2019
Wonderful to hear Mark and Kate with Ensemble La Notte on Radio 3 this evening!
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Bassoon News! 🥳 We are delighted to announce that CBSO Section Leader Bassoon, Nikolaj Henriques will be joining our teaching staff here at @BirmCons from September 2019. We are very much looking forward to seeing the bassoon department continue to go from strength to strength!
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Great to hear our Associate Ensemble in Residence on the radio last night! Look forward to seeing you all again for the autumn term
Thank you for having us @BBCInTune ! We had a great time! #bbcintune #ateaquintet #atealove #livebroadcast #bbc
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26 Jun 2019
75-strong flashmob, and they're all French horns... 📯🎶📯🎶📯🎶 This is @JLloydWebber conducting French horn players from @BirmCons.
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28 Jun 2019
Listen to this episode of BBC Radio 3's In Tune to hear a track from RBC Woodwind students Mark Wilson and Kate Allsop's new CD! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00061k…

24 Jun 2019
And like that, another year is over! Huge well done to everybody that was involved in the end of year Symphony Orchestra concert. A special well done to Jacob Perry who made us all so proud with his performance of Weber Clarinet Concerto! 🎶
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A special Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra oboe reunion at tonight’s CBSO Concert! ❤️🎶 RLPO dates: Jonathan Small, Principal oboe - since 1984. Jenni Phillips, 2nd oboe 1988-93, now Head of Woodwind RBC. Rachael Pankhurst, cor anglais 2001-2013, now CBSO cor anglais
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