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The Internet - an educational tool?
John Woodford looks at one of the Internet's main drawbacks, the distribution of poor and inaccurate information.

Awards, examinations, publishers, promoters, recording companies, etc.


		There's enough music for the next forty years! Conductor Robert King gives an exclusive interview to MusicTeachers.co.uk editor John Woodford on the formation and work of The King's Consort.

		Did Beethoven suffer from lead poisoning? MusicTeachers.co.uk examine the evidence revealed by recent scientific tests on a lock of Beethoven's hair.

When musical worlds collide - an interview with Walter Reiter MusicTeachers.co.uk talk to violinist Walter Reiter about his experiences as one of Europe's leading period-music performers.

Composers and their music - Gerald Finzi Piano accompanist Gavin Meredith looks at the driving forces behind Finzi's inspiration and creativity.

Each month we ask music's high-flyers how they made it to the top.

Ros Holgate, Head of Music at the Northern Ballet School, talks to MusicTeachers.co.uk about her career.

New Recordings
-	Anthony Gilbert: Dream Carousels and other works Reynish/Rundell/Turner/RNCM Wind Band and New Ensemble (Recording of the month)
-	Red Priest: Priest on the Run Adams/Bishop/East/Rhodes
-	Antonio Vivaldi: Slave Regina and other sacred works Scholl/Dyer/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
-	JS Bach - Cantatas for the Feast of the Purification of Mary English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir/Tyson/Agnew/Harvey/Gardiner
-	Haydn and his English Friends Psalmody/Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
-	Strauss and Franck Sonatas for violin and piano Chen/Lenehan
-	Vaughan Williams: Along the Field etc Ainsley/Nash Ensemble
-	Leonard Bernstein: A White House Cantata
-	Bluebird: Music of Contemplation Choir of New College Oxford
-	Asturias: The Art of the Guitar Yepes
-	The Flower of Port William Chris Norman Ensemble
-	Chris Barber at the BBC - the Wireless Days
-	The Best of British Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club - Volume 1 Colyer/Bilk/Wallis
Books
-	The Cambridge Companion to Ravel ed. Deborah Mawer
-	The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz ed. Peter Bloom
-	The World Of The Bach Cantatas ed. Christoph Wolff
Music
-	Louis Andriessen: Dancing on the Bones
-	Leonard Bernstein: Leonardo's Vision
-	Jack Beeson: Songs and Arias for mezzo soprano and piano

-	So you want to teach the piano, eh? Well, before you start... In this fifth and final part of her series on teaching the piano, Alison Ruddock covers independent learning, exams and how children fail.
-	Edexcel analyses for Advanced Level Music MusicTeachers.co.uk presents the second in a series of analyses covering the set A level extracts.
-	Key Stage 3 Music Project: Polyrhythms A downloadable resource of rhythmic investigations consisting of a workbook, supporting teacher-notes and mpegs of musical examples. Suitable for years 7 upwards.