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The 2024 Markham Saxophone Awards Announced

Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of The Markham Awards, proudly sponsored by Vandoren UK

04/09/2024

Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of The Markham Awards, proudly sponsored by Vandoren UK

Introducing Richard Scholfield as a UK Légère Reeds Artist

Classical Saxophonist Richard Scholfield joins the Légère Reeds Roster of Artist

02/09/2024

Classical Saxophonist Richard Scholfield joins the Légère Reeds Roster of Artist. Richard plays on Légère synthetic reeds across all his instruments.

Jazz Technique 'Pocket Practice Ideas' Season 2 with Dave O’Higgins

Series Two of Pocket Practice Ideas with renowned jazz saxophonist, educator and Vandoren Artist, Dave O’Higgins is here!

17/10/2023

Season Two of Pocket Practice Ideas with renowned jazz saxophonist, educator and Vandoren Artist, Dave O’Higgins is here! Dave returns in season two with a deep dive into Sonny Stitt's 'On the Sunny Side of the Street'. These are ideas you can dip into wherever you are, when you have a few minutes to practice.

Introducing Sacha Rattle as a Vandoren UK Artist

14/07/2023

Vandoren UK is delighted to welcome internationally acclaimed clarinet soloist Sacha Rattle to their artist roster. Sacha plays on a Vandoren B40 Lyre mouthpiece, Optimum Ligature and V12 Reeds.

Meet Saxophonist & Vandoren UK Artist Alex Clarke

INTERVIEW: Introducing jazz saxophonist Alex Clarke as a Vandoren UK Artist.

18/04/2023

INTERVIEW: Introducing jazz saxophonist Alex Clarke as a Vandoren UK Artist

New Album 'Soar' from Vandoren Artist, Alastair Penman

New Album 'Soar' from Vandoren Artist, Alastair Penman (saxophone) and Jonathan Pease (piano) Release Date: Friday 16th June

01/04/2023

New Album 'Soar' from Vandoren Artist, Alastair Penman (saxophone) and Jonathan Pease (piano) Release Date: Friday 16th June

Jazz Technique 'Pocket Practice Ideas' with Dave O’Higgins

Introducing Pocket Practice Ideas with renowned jazz saxophonist, educator and Vandoren Artist, Dave O’Higgins.

31/03/2023

Introducing Pocket Practice Ideas with renowned jazz saxophonist, educator and Vandoren Artist, Dave O’Higgins. These are ideas you can dip into wherever you are, when you have a few minutes to practice.

Vandoren Universal Sax Harness to the rescue!

See how this great harness helped pro saxophonist Dan Forshaw following a car accident.

04/02/2022

Following a nasty bump in the car, pro saxophonist Dan Forshaw was experiencing neck and back pain when performing with his usual sax strap. Cue the Vandoren Sax Harness to the rescue!

Study: Wind & Brass Playing not undue COVID risk

Could 'following the science' see a faster return to wind instrument teaching and performance?

02/07/2021

Ground-breaking study finds that playing woodwind and brass instruments generates less aerosol than vocalisation. Could this speed the return to normality for musicians?

Yanagisawa & Vandoren artist Jess Gillam awarded with MBE

“I feel extremely touched to receive this award..."

17/06/2021

It is the latest in a long list of achievements for the multi award-winning saxophonist following her Classic BRIT Award win in 2018 and having become the first ever saxophonist to exclusively sign a record deal with Decca Classics. Both her first album ‘RISE’ and her second album ‘TIME’ have reached No.1 in the Official UK Classical Charts.