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75-77 Derby Road
Nottingham NG1 5BA
0115 941 0543
75-77 Derby Road
Nottingham NG1 5BA
0115 941 0543
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New - The Saxophone by John Harle
This seminal work by master saxophonist John Harle offers players of all levels the most in-depth approach to playing the saxophone ever published. In this beautif... read more
Margaret Frogson receives her MBE at Buckingham Palace
Windblowers co-owner, Margaret Frogson, has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday honours list. The citation rea... read more
Windblowers display at the regional round of BASBWE festival 2016
Windblowers were delighted to be involved with the regional heats of this years British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensmbles Festival on Sunday 27th Nov... read more
Nottingham High School for Girls - Junior School Music Festival 2014
Windblowers were delighted to be involved with the children of the Nottingham Girls High School, Junior School, Music Festival this year. Both Sarah and Margaret w... read more
SaxDay Weekend 2014
Details of the Nottingham SaxDay 2014 can now be found on their website at www.saxday.co.uk It falls over the weekend of February 22nd - 23rd 2014 at the Hayes Co... read more
A Musical Evening at St Margaret's - June 15th 2013
The 'Windblowers' concert was excellent. The evening was well attended and the orchestra got us off to a dramatic start with Shostakovitch's Festive Overture after ... read more
Nottingham Sax Day 2013
“Saxday .... the best day of the week” That sums up the feelings of everyone who attended the Sax Day at Nottingham’s Djanogly Art Centre on 10th March. Cou... read more
Equinox at the 16th World Sax Congress - the biggest ever!
Imagine around 1000 saxophonists, including some of world's most eminent and accomplished players, all clutching their congress programme and finding their way to m... read more
'Raw' Power at Windblowers!
On Friday 4th May top UK pro sax star Andy Brush will be in store to demonstrate and talk about the new Signature Custom RAW saxophone range. Come along and try the... read more
Concert reviews - NSWO November 26th and December 3rd 2011
Thoresby Park - The Riding Hall Sunday 26th November 2011 On Sunday 27th November the Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra took the opportunity to perform at Thores... read more
Local Musicians celebrate 25 years!
Local musicians, members of Nottingham Symphonic Winds, are celebrating reacheing their Silver Jubilee this year. Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra and sister gr... read more
A concert review by Keiron Anderson - Musical Director, Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra
2011 has been a very good year for NSWO. At the end of June I was considering ways to improve the group even more and the opportunity to make a recording at BBC Man... read more
NSWO feature on BBC Radio 3!
Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra trip the light fantastic on Radio 3 Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra (NSWO) were among the ensembles selected to participate... read more
NSWO to be recorded by BBC Radio 3
Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra to feature in BBC festival Nottingham’s unique award-winning group, the Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra (NSWO) are amon... read more
Nottingham Sax Weekend, 19th-21st March 2010, hailed a huge success by all!
Nottingham Saxophone Weekend The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire, March 19th - 21st 2010 More than fifty saxophonists from all over the UK enjoyed a packed program... read more
NSWO - Derby Cathedral February 2011
Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra (NSWO) put together a varied programme of classical music, perfect for the beautiful setting of Derby Cathedral. The concert op... read more
2010 Kidsophonic Magical Christmas Concerts
NSW Kidsophonic 2010 Magical Christmas More than 700 children and adults descended on Nottingham’s Albert Hall for the 2010 NSW ‘Magical Christmas’ spect... read more
NSWO - Summer Season Finale at Djanogly Recital Hall, Saturday 10th July 2010
NOTTINGHAM SYMPHONIC WINDS Lakeside Arts Centre Peter Palmer When, five years ago, Keiron Anderson first took charge of Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra, he... read more
Sellout concert brings in the dancing crowds
The 2009 Nottingham Symphonic Winds 'Strictly Kidsophonic' Saturday morning concert was a great success, selling out weeks before. More than 600 children and ad... read more
NSWO Christmas Concert raises money for Maggies Appeal
Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra joined forces with Tollerton Junior School Choir on Saturday December 5th 2009 at St Giles' Church West Bridgford. The annual ... read more
NSWO Wow Royal Concert Hall!
On Saturday 26th September, NSWO joined with the Lace City Chorus, Tollerton School and internationally renowned tenor, John Hudson in a special concert to celebrat... read more
Concert report: Equinox at Djanogly Recital Hall 4th April 2009
Part of the Nottingham University Lakeside Arts Centre, the 200-seat Djanogly Recital Hall has superb acoustics and has been described as "the best hall for ch... read more
NSWO Summer Finale Concert - 'Breathtaking performance.'
"Breathtaking performance." Review of 11 July concert by John Henshaw (July 15, 2009) NSWO are grateful to audience member John Henshaw who has sent th... read more
Snake Davis Concert has them Dancing in the Aisles!
Snake Davis's gig on Saturday 31st January at Arnold's Bonington Theatre was an amazing event. This was a masterclass in virtuoso playing, encompassing virtually... read more
Technicolour magic at the Albert Hall (December 20, 2008)
More than 650 children and adults were treated to a Christmas spectacular at the Albert Hall in Nottingham on the morning of the 20th December 2008. Not only was S... read more
Windblowers Celebrate 25 years in Style!
Windblowers celebrated 25 years of trading on Saturday 18th October 2008 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham University, with a Gala Evening featurin... read more
Music Industries Association Award
Windblowers have been presented with the Music Industries Association Award for Educational Initiative 2007, sponsored by Classic fm, for their development of music... read more
NSWO End of Season Finale a great success!
The following review has come from the Nottingham Evening Post (Peter Palmer) "This orchestra was already an accomplished ensemble before Keiron Anderson be... read more
Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra Triumph in Derby!
On Saturday 7th June 2008 Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra played to a virtually full house in the huge space of Derby Cathedral. The setting was perfect for an... read more
Equinox 'Partial Eclipse' CD review from CASS
Clarinet and Saxophone Journal Spring 2008 Partial Eclipse is the first CD by Equinox Saxophone Ensemble, formed by Alistair Parnell in 2005. The album compris... read more
Nottingham Symphonic Winds Twentieth Anniversary Workshops
Anniversaries are often a time to reflect and to take stock, as well as looking forward. In preparing for its Twenty Year anniversary, the members and organisers o... read more
First performance of new work for EWI and saxophone ensemble
The Equinox sax ensemble gave the first performance of Nigel Wood's 'Partial Eclipse' to a capacity crowd at the de la Beche theatre in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire on... read more
AKAI EWI4000S electric wind instrument
We are very excited to announce the arrival of the new Akai EWI 4000s Electric Wind Instrument. It’s sudden popularity in the Nottingham area may be partly att... read more
Bass saxophone is latest addition to Equinox lineup
Equinox are delighted to announce their most recent addition to the saxophone lineup! Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Windblowers Music Shop in Nottingham,... read more
New look Windblowers website
Windblowers are proud to launch their new look website. You can now browse our online shop at your leisure and place an order by ringing 0115 941 0543. We wi... read more
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