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Colleges

  • Birmingham Conservatoire
    Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire, a full faculty of UCE Birmingham and a major concert venue for many of Birmingham’s principal concert promoters and organisations.
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    One of Europe's leading conservatoires, offering musicians, actors, stage managers and theatre technicians an inspiring environment in which to develop as artists and professionals.
  • Leeds College of Music
    Leeds College of Music is the UK's largest music college, with over 1000 full-time and 2000 part-time students.
  • Royal Academy of Music
    The Academy was founded in 1822, and ever since has trained versatile and resourceful musicians with the skills they need to enjoy life-long careers in the ever-changing profession.
  • Royal College of Music
    Founded in 1882, the RCM trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers and other significant leadership roles within the arts.
  • Royal Northern College of Music
    Formed from the merger of the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music, RNCM has, for many years been the first choice institution for aspiring professional musicians.
  • Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
    At The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama we believe that ultimately, it’s performance that lies at the heart of creative and artistic success.
  • Royal Welsh College of Music
    The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is the National Conservatoire of Wales, providing specialist practical and performance-based training.
  • Trinity College of Music
    Trinity College of Music richly deserves its international reputation as one of the premier institutions in the United Kingdom for the study of music.

Retailers

  • Barnes and Mullins Limited
    Based in the modern surroundings of a new 46,000 sqft warehousing and office facility in Oswestry Shropshire, Barnes and Mullins are now set to grow even further in the 21st century.
  • Boosey and Hawkes
    Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world.
  • Chimes Music Shop
    Instrumental and sheet music retailer for Barbican and South Kensington.
  • Dawkes Music Limited
    Over 40 years of experience bringing benefits to you...
  • Howarth of London
    Internationally known as makers of the finest oboes, oboes d'amore, English horns and clarinets. Also one of the world's leading suppliers of oboes, bassoons, clarinets and saxophones.
  • John Packer Limited
    John Packer Ltd has been servicing the needs of woodwind and brass musical instrument players, of all standards, throughout the UK for more than 25 years.
  • June Emerson Wind Music
    Specialist supplier of music for wind instruments, we carry a stock of more than 32,500 titles of music ready for despatch worldwide.
  • Peter Eaton - Clarinets
    Peter Eaton is in the unique position of being the only maker of clarinets and clarinet mouthpieces of the highest quality.
  • Reeds Direct
    Reeds Direct, Cambridge are a specialist single reed mail order supplier offering you great prices on all popular brands of clarinet and saxophone reeds.
  • Rico
    Everyone knows Rico reeds, and everyone knows that virtually every clarinetist or saxophonist has, at one time or another, played with a Rico reed.
  • Saxophones.co.uk
    sax.co.uk is the World's biggest saxophone store housing over 300 instruments in a 5,000 sq.ft purpose built facility, described by Courtney Pine as "the saxophone temple!"
  • Saxtrader.co.uk
    Sax Trader is here to help you buy and sell saxophones (and related gear).
  • Windblowers
    Nottingham's specialist woodwind and brass retailer
  • Wood, Wind and Reed
    We specialise in everything for the woodwind and brass player.
  • Woodwind Co
    Home of Superpads the finest clarinet pads and bassoon pads.
  • Yamaha
    Japanese manufacturer of student and professional musical instruments

Instrumentalists

  • A Good Reed Saxophone Quartet
    An all girl saxophone quartet available to play for weddings, corporate & private functions and both formal and educational recitals.
  • Andrew Roberts
    The Clarinet Web Site, home to clarinettist Andrew Roberts and the Clarinet Summer School.
  • British Clarinet Ensemble
    The British Clarinet Ensemble was formed in 1995 to tour to Finland as guests of the Finnish Clarinet Ensemble.
  • David Campbell
    David Campbell is well-known as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher who has given concerts and masterclasses in over 40 countries.
  • Delta Saxophone Quartet
    Formed in 1984 by Steve Cottrell, Pete Whyman, Colin Smith and Chris Caldwell, all pupils of Stephen Trier and undergraduates at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
  • East London Clarinet Choir
    East London Clarinet Choir is London’s most exciting wind ensemble.
  • Equinox Saxophone Ensemble
    Nine-piece saxophone ensemble directed by Alistair Parnell
  • Inner City Four Clarinet Quartet
    A professional chamber ensemble based in Central London.
  • Leslie Craven
    One of Britain's most respected and accomplished clarinettists.
  • National Saxophone Choir of GB
    A lively, talented and enterprising ensemble of saxophonists committed to presenting challenging but accessible music to as wide an audience as possible.
  • Nigel Hinson
    One of the UK's leading clarinettists.
  • Thameside Clarinet Choir
    The Thameside Clarinet Choir is a well-established group of around twenty players based near Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, UK.

Publishers

  • Brass Wind Publications
    UK publisher of sheet music for brass and woodwind music
  • Clarinet Classics
    The specialist CD label dedicated to the clarinet and saxophone.
  • Jazzwize
    JAZZWISE, the UK’s leading jazz magazine.
  • Latona Music
    Latona Music focuses mainly on original music for brass, saxophone, clarinet and wind ensemble and is aimed at players of all ages and abilities.
  • Lazarus Edition
    Lazarus Edition is making available masterpieces of nineteenth century wind music long since out of print.
  • Music Allsorts
    A new series of books for woodwind instruments.
  • Saxtet Publications
    Saxtet Publications (SXP) was established in 1990, and is a publishing company specialising in quality new sheet music for the saxophone.

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