Howard Snell's Music
THE SEASON’S GREETINGS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
As Angela and I know so many people in so many places there is something more seasonally chatty in NEWS and VIEWS for those interested.
This website has two main strands.
Firstly, it offers information about the music that I have written, about my compositions and arrangements. If further information is needed about any musical work of mine not covered on the site, please feel free to email.
My educational work is the other strand. Apart from the books and other materials that I have written over the years, the site will include material on learning and teaching, and is also illuminated by fragments of autobiography where appropriate.
Over the years I have changed career direction regularly, not only by direct choice, but in response to the requests and demands made on me. Some of the most unexpected opportunities have been the best and most stimulating: and I like to think that I have not finished yet.
Life has therefore left me with a diversity of musical interests more tempting than the best-laid table of food and drink. For those of classical music orientation the HOWARD SNELL MUSIC CATALOGUE is the link to follow.
For those whose interests lie in the world of Brass Bands the RAKEWAY MUSIC CATALOGUE is the direction to take.
NOTES about NOTES is the place for material on music performance where I will develop new subject matter on playing (having been a player), conducting (ditto), writing and arranging (ditto) as well as any else that might be of interest, while NEWS and VIEWS is just that, as well as introducing new publications from time to time, together with some contributions from other writers.
The ARCHIVE will contain older material, where everyone can see how right and/or wrong one can be over time.
DOWNLOADS of something unusual or new will appear occasionally as pdfs.
I hope you find the site useful but also interesting, unexpected and sometimes amusing. I will try to keep the material hype-free... hype is the stuff that people foist upon you so that, as soon as possible afterwards, they can insert their hand into your pocket and extract your cash.
I have included in NEWS and VIEWS a few short paragraphs on the scourge of FOCAL DYSTONIA with a link to a press article that may have some value to sufferers from this problem.
In the meantime, NEW in NOTES about NOTES are a few comments on the topics of musical sound and authenticity. Now complete, it finally came out in Four Slices, under the title of The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be.