Welcome to the 21st Century Oboe site...!
The site is intended for oboists, composers and musicologists as well as others interested in the oboe today.
Of special interest is the re-designed oboe the Redgate-Howarth oboe which is pictured here. The redesigned oboe has been developed specifically for the performance of contemporary repertoire but can be used for all of the oboe's repertoire.
JUST ADDED: a performance of Multiphonia from the launch event of the new oboe. See the bottom of this page.
Other video performances can be found on the video performance page including my own Sting of the Bee, Archbold's Fluxions and Gorton's Erinnerungsspiel.
The BBC broadcast a brief interview with me about the new oboe on Music Matters. The programme can still be heard and a podcast can be downloaded.
New Additions to the Site:
New Music for a New Oboe: More.
Composing for the 21st Century Oboe event.
The site also includes a great deal of important information for oboists and composers of a more general nature covering many of the contemporary oboe's techniques and sounds. Composer Basics has foundational information for composers about writing for the oboe today while many of the other sections give more in-depth information concerning the techniques: lists of fingerings, discussion about multiphonic notation etc.
The Video page has brief demonstration videos of the techniques - many of which can also be found in the relevant sections.
The Site Map offers a brief overview of the site with descriptions of the various sections.
The information on this site and the research offered, including the re-designed oboe has been created as part of my Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellowship: 21st-Century Oboe which I hold at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Details of my professional performing work can be found at www.christopherredgate.co.uk.
