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ROUND UP of Liverpool Sax Day 2020 - what to expect!
"THE HOTTEST SAX EVENT OF THE YEAR!"Liverpool Sax Day is back with an action packed day for ALL sax players. There really is something for everyone - whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, we've endeavoured to make the event as inclusive as possible for everyone!7 x SAXOPHONE WORKSHOPS:"Novice Sax Ensemble" with Phil Shotton - don't worry about your playing/ reading ability ALL levels catered for, get your sax out and join the fun. There will also be an "Advanced Sax Ensemb
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11th Jan 2020
Liverpool Sax Day 2020
LSD'20 and we're back bigger & better with an action packed day for ALL sax players!Click this link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-sax-day-20-tickets-768905687617 SAX Workshops & Ensembles, 3 LIVE performances, trade stalls ......whether you're a novice or pro, into jazz, classical, big band, electronic, funk - we've got you covered!SAX trade stalls by P Mauriat Saxophones, Yanagisawa saxophones, Trevor James saxophones, Curly Woodwind vintage horns, D'Addario reed
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26th Oct 2019
FREE Flute workshop with renowned international flautist Elizabeth Walker - Sunday 13th October 2-4pm - limited spaces so sign up quick!
FLUTE PLAYERS!We’re very excited to offer a FREE to attend workshop with the sublime British flautist Liz Walker. Suitable for players around Grade 5 standard upwards. Very limited spaces so book your space now! Sunday 13th October 2.00-4.30 at Curly Music School, Renshaw Street, Liverpool city centre.This will be an extremely useful workshop to gain some hands on technique, theory and experience from a renowned international artist and educator with many published books. To book
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24th Sep 2019
Fakes Fakes and Fakes
I was trawling the internet the other deal looking for some information about flutes when an sponsored advert came up for a flute for sale. The flute was a Muramatsu which retails for about £5000 but this was available to buy for just £150. A very short investigation confirmed that this was a cheap Chinese instrument that had been engraved with a pretty good copy of the Muramatsu logo and model numbers. So a £100 flute, dressed as a £5000 flute but selling for £150. This made me think about who
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3rd Aug 2019
SYOS - Shape Your Own Sound saxophone mouthpieces
The future is here!
A brand new concept in designing and manufacturing saxophone mouthpieces by new French company SYOS. With a host of well known international sax artists rushing to sign up and now playing them, it is hard to ignore the impact this brand are having on the saxophone community. Brilliant technology and personal design combined with accurate 3D print.
There are two categories of mouthpiece available:
1. An Artist model - choose a model the same as one of the SYO
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1st Mar 2019