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Useful Links
Useful information on the world of professional music, and in particular, helpful careers advice
Information on the exam courses is at:
OCR for A Level Music
EDEXCEL for Music Technology
IBO for Music as part of the IB Programme:
Conservatoires UK Admissions Service
Divertimento Music for recitals and special occasions
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music with details of syllabuses for all instruments, and lots of helpful information for students taking grade exams, and for teachers and parents.
Rhinegold Publishing
Details and ordering of Music (OCR) and Music Technology (Edexcel) study guides
Henley Youth Festival
Details of the Henley Youth Festival - events and projects
The Henley Festival
All the latest news regarding Festival events
Dolmetsch Online
A mass of useful information on music theory, composers' biographies etc and even free downloads of manuscript paper.
Music dictionaries and reference
Very useful music dictionaries and reference works.
Anyone with an Oxfordshire library card should be able to log-on here for free!
Access to Music (ATM)
ATM is the UK's leading provider of popular music courses
Gramophone Magazine
A great resource for Classical music news, reviews etc
Radio 3 programme Discovering Music
A fantastic resource with programmes looking at specific styles and composers
Howard Goodall TV series
Useful information on a variety of Howard Goodall TV series dedicated to aspects of music from his own website.
Naxos Music Library
Access to over 360,000 tracks of (mainly Classical) music. Free access is provided for Music and Music Technology students at the College.
Current (confusing / contradictory) trends in UK music education:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/education/8485690.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/education-11179448
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11108389
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11404018
A few other interesting developments:
http://www.procorda.com/index.php?pid=176&p=Pro_Corda_Plus__Jazz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11523197
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11491307
