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The Evolution Of Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine

  • 1976
  • 1987
  • 1998
  • 2008
  • 2016

  • 1976

    Launched in 1976, our humble magazine was known back then as CASS News with our first editor Paul Harvey. Who knew at the time this would lead to the 60-page content-rich magazine we know and love today.

  • 1987

    Our first ever A4 format magazine with a feature cover of Paul Sargeant with his vast collection of single reed instruments.

  • 1998

    The magazine has a facelift with a new design and a new editor. The magazine has grown to around 50 pages.

  • 2008

    Editor Richard Edwards has evolved the magazine into a 60-page with a striking and modern cover style

  • 2016

    CASSGB celebrates its 40th birthday, with new editor Chris Walters refining the format of the Clarinet & Saxophone magazine we know today.

Volume 48 Number 2

Summer 2023

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In our latest issue

Music for all
Introducing the saxophone to children with special educational needs
Rania van den Ouweland

Commissioning a concerto
Premieres of a new saxophone concerto
Gillian Blair and Lucy Armstrong

Rhapsody by Huw
Interviews with Huw Wiggin about his new disc
Alastair Penman

Susi Evans
How the discovery of ancient manuscripts led to her latest klezmer recording
Berdel Efe Gulsen

To Sweden, with love
A look back on an Erasmus year and the innovative concert it inspired
Emily Plumb

Dream Team
The story of commissioning two new pieces for saxophone and accordion duo
David Zucchi

Looking back
Reminiscences on Ian Mitchell's clarinet career
Margaret Archibald

It’s ace for bass
A reports from Sarah Watts’ Sheffield course for bass clarinet and bassoon players
Kat Browning

Scaling the heights
Our editor shares her saxophone progress, several months on
Catherine Smith

All Issues

Winter 2015

Volume 40 Number 4

Autumn 2015

Volume 40 Number 3

Summer 2015

Volume 40 Number 2

Spring 2015

Volume 40 Number 1

Winter 2014

Volume 39 Number 4

Autumn 2014

Volume 39 Number 3

Summer 2014

Volume 39 Number 2

Spring 2014

Volume 39 Number 1

Winter 2013

Volume 38 Number 4

Autumn 2013

Volume 38 Number 3

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All our members receive the quarterly Clarinet & Saxophone magazine, featuring:

  • Interviews with international soloists (John Harle, Eugene Rousseau, Julian Bliss, Rob Buckland, Basil Tschaikov), session musicians (Phil Todd, Scott Robinson), Jazz musicians (Bob Mintzer, Trish Clowes, Andy Sheppard), composers (Sally Beamish, Andy Scott, Ian Stewart), and the best of up-and-coming British talent
  • An on-going series on the clarinet sections of our major orchestras
  • Articles on technique and repertoire
  • Information on making and repairing instruments
  • Reports on all the major clarinet and saxophone events in Great Britain

Each edition includes:

  • Latest News.
  • Reviews of concerts, CDs, sheet music, and products.
  • ‘Where Can I Play’.
  • Classified Ads.
  • Quizzes.
  • Events calendar – the single most extensive calendar of single-reed events available.
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