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Albrecht Mayer’s autobiography launched in English
In Birmingham, Glasgow, and Dublin, world-star oboist Albrecht Mayer reads from his deeply moving autobiography The Wonder of Sound: How the Power of Music Healed Me and enchants with his oboe playing.
In conversation with Heidi Friedrich (co-author), Albrecht gives a highly personal account of his life from a childhood beset by stuttering to the heights of musical greatness. His life gains new direction when his authoritarian father gives him an oboe with the edict that he learn to play it. He recounts the obstacles he faced and shows appreciation for those who helped him along the way. Despite his fame, Albrecht has never forgotten the stigma of living with an impairment. His autobiography is testament to the healing power of music and the endurance of the human spirit.
Albrecht Mayer’s autobiography launched in English
In Birmingham, Glasgow, and Dublin, world-star oboist Albrecht Mayer reads from his deeply moving autobiography The Wonder of Sound: How the Power of Music Healed Me and enchants with his oboe playing.
In conversation with Heidi Friedrich (co-author), Albrecht gives a highly personal account of his life from a childhood beset by stuttering to the heights of musical greatness. His life gains new direction when his authoritarian father gives him an oboe with the edict that he learn to play it. He recounts the obstacles he faced and shows appreciation for those who helped him along the way. Despite his fame, Albrecht has never forgotten the stigma of living with an impairment. His autobiography is testament to the healing power of music and the endurance of the human spirit.
Albrecht Mayer’s autobiography launched in English
In Birmingham, Glasgow, and Dublin, world-star oboist Albrecht Mayer reads from his deeply moving autobiography The Wonder of Sound: How the Power of Music Healed Me and enchants with his oboe playing.
In conversation with Heidi Friedrich (co-author), Albrecht gives a highly personal account of his life from a childhood beset by stuttering to the heights of musical greatness. His life gains new direction when his authoritarian father gives him an oboe with the edict that he learn to play it. He recounts the obstacles he faced and shows appreciation for those who helped him along the way. Despite his fame, Albrecht has never forgotten the stigma of living with an impairment. His autobiography is testament to the healing power of music and the endurance of the human spirit.
Gloucestershire Double Reed Day
GDRD2025 will take place on Sunday, June 29th at Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham. The event starts at 10:00am and will finish by 5.30pm. There will be a Big Band, Masterclasses and a Concert featuring all players, reedmaking classes, chamber music coaching, try a Cor/d’Amore/Contra/Baroque oboe opportunities and shopping at the Trade Stands!
Waterhouse Bassoon Day 2025
Oliver Ludlow is very pleased to be organising the Waterhouse Bassoon Day 2025, for which registration is now open. This event is being held owing to the great generosity of Elisabeth Waterhouse.
The day will comprise of a series of short talks from highly regarded bassoon professionals and experts, with demonstrations, time to ask questions and for discussion. Topics range from the baroque bassoon, mini bassoons, right up to the latest techniques in modern bassoon playing. There will also be a fascinating overview of the man William Waterhouse by his son Graham Waterhouse, and an introduction to the famous bassoon collection by James Kopp, curator of the collection.
The Waterhouse Bassoon Collection, acquired by the late William Waterhouse in his travels around Europe over many decades, contains bassoons from the baroque era through to the mid-twentieth century, many of them from the most notable makers of their period. It is the foremost private collection of bassoons in the UK and possibly anywhere in the world.
Under careful supervision, there will be an opportunity to not only handle but also play select historical bassoons from the collection.
Date: Saturday 26 April 2025
Time: 10am until 16.00pm
Entry: free - limited spaces available
Register: email Oliver Ludlow at enquiries@doublereed.co.uk
Location: The collection is housed in Gloucestershire, UK (the address and directions will be sent to attendees in due course)
Guest speakers include:
Graham Waterhouse, PhD, composer and cellist, son of the late William Waterhouse
Wouter Verschuren, PhD, Historical Bassoon Professor at the Royal College of Music, principal bassoonist of The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Nikolaj Henriques, Bassoon Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Section Leader Bassoon of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Will Peebles, PhD, Professor of Bassoon at Western Carolina University
Email enquiries@doublereed.co.uk if you would like to attend the 2025 event.
Places will be confirmed by Oliver Ludlow.
BDRS/RNCM Double Reed Festival February 2025
We’re thrilled to invite you to another fantastic BDRS Double Reed Day, this time in partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester!
This exciting event will feature a stellar lineup of world-class tutors and performers from the RNCM, offering a day packed with inspiring sessions, performances, and opportunities to dive into the world of double reed instruments.
BDRS/RAM Double Reed Celebration October 2024
Royal Academy of Music. What more could you want from a fabulous day of all things double reed?
We’re very pleased to be presenting this event once more, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, London!
Waterhouse Bassoon Day 2024
This year’s Waterhouse Bassoon Day will take place on Sunday 21 April at the home of the collection in Gloucestershire.
RWCMD/BDRS Double Reed Day
RWCMD, in partnership with BDRS, throws open its doors to double reed players across the country, for an action-packed day of concerts, classes, reed-making, and more.
Tailleferre Ensemble Chamber Music Coaching Day
The Tailleferre Ensemble are delighted to announce that they will be running a Chamber Music Day on the 18th of February in London
RCM Inaugural Double Reed Day
The Royal College of Music in London are holding their inaugural Double Reed Day on Sunday 21 January, beginning at 11:00. The day is aimed at anyone with a passion for double reed instruments, with opportunities for participation and observing.
BDRS/RAM Double Reed Celebration October 2023
What more could you want from a fabulous day of all things double reed? We’re very pleased to be presenting this event, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, London, building on the very successful double reed day we held together last October.
Guildhall Big Double Reed Day 2023
The Big Double Reed Day will be held at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London this October. A variety of activities is on offer, including masterclasses on solo pieces, technique classes, reed classes, and pedagogy discussion sessions for teachers
Wells Cathedral School Double Reed Extravaganza
‘Duck to Diva’ – A new approach! Liz Fyfe writes: “For a long time, and like so many other teachers, I have been seriously concerned by falling numbers of children taking up the oboe and bassoon, or even knowing of their existence at all.
BDRS/RBC Double Reed Festival May 2023
INNOVATIVE • INFORMATIVE • EXCITING • INCLUSIVE
What more could you want from a fabulous day of all things double reed?
BDRS/RAM Double Reed Day October 2022
A British Double Reed Society event in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Music, London. Come and renew old friendships and make new ones ~ Be inspired and enthused ~ Be part of this celebration of the UK double-reed community!
Booking opens for the BDRS Double Reed Discovery Day
We are pleased to announce our Double Reed Discovery Day, taking place at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on 18th September 2022, during the same weekend as the culmination of this year’s Leicester International Music Festival.
Oboists and Bassoonists – A fun afternoon at the Royal Academy of Music!
If you are at least a playing standard of Grade 6 then come along and learn the latest techniques and approaches to playing the oboe and bassoon
Oboists – A fun evening at the Royal Academyof Music!
Grade 6 or above? Come along and learn the latest techniques and approaches to playing the oboe.
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