Wonderful Woodwind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this concert, we will meet renowned players Uchenna Ngwe on oboe and Rowland Sutherland on flute. If you were thinking of your child taking up a woodwind instrument you definitely need to know about the oboe and flute. With music from Peter and the Wolf, to Debussy (whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this year), to Jazz and music by lesser known composers such as Madeleine Dring, this will be a fantastically educational introduction to these instruments with the usual chances for children to respond with singing, dancing, drawing and asking questions.

“Flautist Rowland Sutherland has a superb sound and technique, and is undoubtedly one of the very best flautists on the British scene.” TIME OUT. 

Rowland regular plays music from classical to Jazz to World, Folk and pop and his concerts have taken him to venues such as Carnegie Hall, North Sea jazz festival and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. He has worked with artists such as Courtney Pine, King Sunny Ade and MC Solaar. He is a professor at Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Uchenna Ngwe is a London-based oboist. Raised in Tottenham in North London, her oboe performances have taken her across Europe as well as Africa and Asia. You can see her playing and talking about her career here. She also runs the company Cracked Reed helping musicians to link music, technology and education.