This month, we are exploring four oboe compositions by English composer, David Knotts. The oboe repertoire that David has composed spans nearly two decades and includes both solo oboe, duo and trio works.…
The New Oboe Collection Launches
To celebrate 9 months since the New Oboe Music Project was started, we have some exciting news to tell you! The New Oboe Music Project and Composers Edition are very pleased to…
Premiere of the Léon Goossens Prize winner!
On 16th April 2016, James Turnbull premiered Black Soaring Birds by Piyawat Louilarpprasert. The premiere was given at the Colyer-Fergusson Music Hall as part of The Oboe in Concert, a day exploring the oboe repertoire.…
Colin Matthews
British composer, Colin Matthews has made a significant contribution to the oboe repertoire over a period of several decades. Below are a selection of his oboe works featuring programme notes written by…
Winner of the inaugural Léon Goossens Prize announced
We are pleased to announce that Piyawat Louilarpprasert is the winner of the inaugural Léon Goossens Prize for emerging composers. Piyawat’s piece for solo oboe Black Soaring Birds was selected by the judges,…
Ellen Lindquist
This month’s featured composer is one who has written particularly striking and beautiful music for the oboe. It was in 2007 that I heard Ellen’s piece Zosa performed by Laura Karney in Germany.…
Tansy Davies
Composer Tansy Davies has written several pieces to the oboe and cor anglais repertoire detailed below. Her website is comprehensive and features a number of exciting chamber music compositions that also feature the…
Rob Keeley
Rob Keeley has contributed a large number of works for oboe in recent years. In the text below he discusses each of his compositions and explains a bit more about the background for…
James MacMillan
In recent years James MacMillan has contributed three major works to the oboe and cor anglais repertoire. Most recently his Oboe Concerto, written for Nicholas Daniel, has been performed and recorded to…
Kim Ashton
Kim Ashton’s music has been heard in concerts and festivals in the USA, France, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Croatia, and throughout the UK. Kim’s love of the oboe dates back to the…