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.
Four videos explaining the Howarth-Redgate Oboe
You can now follow me on Twitter @avantgardeoboe or on Facebook.
All information about events and concerts is available on my blog
New Music for a New Oboe: More.
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.
