Memberships

Ocarina Workshop Limited is a family owned business based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK and is an active member of organisations relevant to both the Music Industry and Music Education.

Ocarina Workshop manufactures Ocarinas and are publishers of Ocarina Music, Ocarina CD recordings and Ocarina Teaching Resources, supplying direct to Schools and Trade worldwide.

As British Educational Suppliers, we subscribe to the BESA Code of Practice which guarantees our UK-manufactured products are of a proper quality, safe and suitable for educational use, compliant with British safety regulations.

Music Education in Primary Schools is our passion and focus. We train teachers and lead workshops for children. Our primary aim is to give any class teacher the confidence and the method to teach whole classes to play musical instruments together.

Music Education in Schools and School Suppliers

BESA – British Educational Suppliers Association

NAME – National Association of Music Educators

SMA – Schools Music Association

GAWP – Guild of Adjudicators and Workshop Presenters

Musical Instrument Suppliers, Music Publishers and Business Networks

MIA – Music Industries Association

MPA – Music Publishers Association

MIPro – Music Industry Professionals

FSB – Federation of Small Businesses

Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce

Ocarina Research

David Liggins is a member of the Galpin Society, for research into the history, construction, development and use of musical instruments, and AMIS American Musical Instrument Society. He has written Ocarina articles for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Grove Music Online.

Thanks

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