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Reed Music is pleased to have the following publications included on the 2010 VCE syllabus for baritone saxophone. These Australian compositions are available from our online store. The official list can be seen on the VCE website.

Baritone saxophone

RM252 Capricorn from Zodiac (12 pieces) Barry Cockcroft
RM095 Octennial Song Stuart Greenbaum
RM608 A Wordless Eulogy Greg Clarkson
RM003 The Autumn Cannon Ball Lachlan Davidson
RM042 Ritual 4 – The Son of the Dragon Paul Witney
RM004 One for Mum Lachlan Davidson
RM112 Perdy Perdy Lachlan Davidson
RM098 Scherzetto Tomasz Spiewak
RM429 Fandango Gregory van der Struik

Reed Music is pleased to have the following publications included on the 2010 VCE syllabus for oboe. These Australian compositions are available from our online store. The official list can be seen on the VCE website.

Oboe

RM077 Black Stick John Barrett
RM189 One for Mum Lachlan Davidson
RM421 Flight of Fancy Matthew Orlovich
RM092 Autumn Song Katy Abbott

Reed Music is pleased to have the following publications included on the 2010 VCE syllabus for alto and tenor saxophone. These Australian compositions are available from our online store. The official list can be seen on the VCE website.

Alto Saxophone

RM072 Curved Stick John Barrett
RM002 Black and Blue Barry Cockcroft
RM003 The Autumn Cannon Ball Lachlan Davidson
RM095 Octennial Song Stuart Greenbaum
RM059 Autumn Song Katy Abbott
RM038 When They Were Gone Greg Clarkson
RM004 One for Mum Lachlan Davidson
RM326 Strange Times Lachlan Davidson
RM025 The Lake and the Hinterland Stuart Greenbaum
RM335 Flight of Fancy Matthew Orlovich
RM214 Drive John Peterson
RM047 Black Swan Waltz and Lazy Blues from Blue Ride Collection
Tomasz Spiewak
RM046 A Little Serenade and Gavotte from Kaleidoscope Collection
Tomasz Spiewak

Reed Music is pleased to have the following publications included on the 2010 VCE syllabus for clarinet and bass clarinet. These Australian compositions are available from our online store. The official list can be seen on the VCE website.

Bb clarinet

RM069 John BARRETT Black Stick
RM478 Barry COCKCROFT Blue Tongue
RM428 Dindy VAUGHAN Del Espirito Santo no. 1 or no. 2
RM591 Greg CLARKSON A Wordless Eulogy
RM262 Lachlan DAVIDSON Mediterranean Blue
RM359 Lachlan DAVIDSON Perdy Perdy
RM346 Matthew ORLOVICH Flight of Fancy
RM106 Tomasz SPIEWAK Mazurka
RM356 Tomasz SPIEWAK Dawn

Bass Clarinet

RM255 Barry COCKCROFT Zodiac – 12 Pieces for solo clarinet, ‘Capricorn’

The 16th World Saxophone Congress will take place in St. Andrews, Scotland in 2012. Reed Music composer and saxophonist Barry Cockcroft has been elected to the International Saxophone Committee along with Claude Delangle (France), Kenneth Tse (USA), Andy Scott (UK), Shyen Lee (Thailand) and Thomas Liley (USA). Reed Music offers its congratulations to Richard Ingham (UK), director of the next congress and is looking forward to offering its support for this important event.

The university town of St Andrews is an exceptionally attractive location for an event of this sort. The university’s beautiful main concert hall seats nearly 1000 and there are convenient rehearsal facilities, a wide variety of performance venues of all sizes, and plentiful accommodation and restaurants all within easy walking distance in this charming and ancient coastal town. The congress proposal is supported by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, other UK conservatoires such as the Royal College of Music, The Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, leading soloists and composers, the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain and the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain. The World Saxophone Congress coincides with the University’s 600th anniversary celebrations and with the Olympic Games in London.

Reed Music composers Barry Cockcroft and Adam Pinto have just arrived for the 15th International Saxophone Congress in Bangkok Thailand. Held in a new location every 3 years, this significant gathering of saxophonists features concerts, lectures, information sessions and a chance to meet composers, performers and researchers of the highest calibre.

Barry will be performing his composition ‘Rock Me!’ for solo alto saxophone followed by ‘Crazy Logic’ for alto saxophone and piano by Sydney composer Matthew Orlovich. Barry will be joined by Perth pianist Adam Pinto who will also be performing with New Zealand saxophonist Mark Hobson. Other Reed Music publications being featured at the conference include a performance by English saxophonist and composer Tony Davis of Barry Cockcroft’s ‘Ku Ku’ played on tenor saxophone. Mark Hobson will be playing Maria Grenfel’s ‘Time Transfixed’ for soprano saxophone and piano.

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Reed Music and the AMCOS agreement

The AMCOS licence, established in 1991 allows Australian school teachers to make photocopies of print music publications under certain circumstances. Reed Music publications are not included in this agreement. Although Reed Music appreciates that you are using our publications and want to share them with your students… Read the rest of this entry »

Reed Music is continually searching for new ways to create quality publications with minimal environmental impact. As governments procrastinate worldwide, it remains the responsibility of individuals and business to make the small changes that can have a global cumulative impact.

Reed Music has begun the significant process of conversion to high quality recycled paper made from 100% post-consumer waste. All new publications are printed on this new paper and existing publications are in conversion as existing stocks are depleted. Laminated non-recyclable covers are being replaced with sturdy non laminated covers. All publications are printed locally saving on transport costs and carbon emissions. In our newest mass market books even the ink is vegetable based avoiding the use of petroleum products.

For fast, free & carbon reduced delivery, purchase directly from Reed Music – the choice is yours. Read the rest of this entry »

Reed Music composers Sam Seabrook and Barry Cockcroft attended the reading day at Sydney Girls High School organised by Engadine music.

Sam demonstrated her new band method Band Class 1 to many of the teachers there on the day while Barry talked to the teachers with HSC students about some of the fantastic Australian compositions now available and suitable for HSF. A recomended list for HSC is now available here complete with sample scores and recordings of many of the pieces.

Celebrating the launch of their new books, Australian composers Adam Pinto, Barry Cockcroft & Sam Seabrook took part in a 2-day series of presentations at Winston Music in Adelaide.

On Thursday 24th January 2008, Adam Pinto gave an fascinating presentation talking about the release of his 3 new books - My Favourite Piano Tutor Books 1, 2 & 3. Adam talked at length about the development process of these books. Adam recently returned from 3 months at the Banff Centre for the Arts where much of the creative process took place. He also gave a compelling performance of selected works from ’Fragments of Gratification‘, a collection of 20 Australian miniatures for solo piano. Read the rest of this entry »