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National Plan for Music Education
03/01/2012*The Importance of Music for children in schools* is emphasised in the new National Plan for Music Education and in proposals to keep Music as a Foundation Subject in the English National Curriculum for Years 1 to 8..... read more
Teachers endorse Ocarinas
14/10/2011*The Schools Music Association* enjoyed playing ocarinas together and discussing the National Plan for Music Education. David and Christa shared how they discovered ocarinas nearly 30 years ago and how they have developed the English Ocarina for Whole Class Music..... read more
Suppliers of the Year 2011
12/10/2011*Ocarina Workshop has been shortlisted* in the 2011 Music Industries Association (MIA) Awards, appearing in the Best Supplier (Small) category..... read more
Return to the Andes
01/09/2011*David and Christa Liggins *arrived home yesterday after two and a half weeks researching and playing ocarinas in the Peruvian Andes..... read more
Ocarinas – all over the world
28/03/2011From Switzerland to Senegal, Italy to Japan, Ocarinas bring peoples of the world together. Listen to our Japanese friend's Ocarina song composed to remember the families suffering as a consequence of the Earthquake and Tsunami in *Japan*. Our friend asks that we "please pray for peace". Listen here.... read more
Ocarina Award
18/03/2010In recognition of the first 100 years of Kettering Music Eisteddfod and the popularity of ocarina classes in recent years, Ocarina Workshop has donated the Ocarina Workshop Ocarina Award for most promising ocarina player in the Junior Key Stage 2 Music Class..... read more
ITN Ocarina film released Cameras, Action, Roll!
27/03/2009Well actually there’s only one camera… and a very busy cameraman!.... read more
CD-Rom short-listed for Award
27/02/2009The Ocarina-Teaching CD-Rom has been short-listed for the Education Resources Awards at this year’s Education Show..... read more
Ocarina in Parliament
27/01/2009ED Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, introduced an Ocarina to the House of Commons yesterday. The Guardian Newspaper reported:.... read more
Ocarina Concerts in Brazil
10/01/2009Our Brazilian friend, Marcia Contador, wrote to us from her home near Sao Paolo about twelve ocarina concerts that she presented in 2007. She commented: "the acoustic inside the church was heavenly. My Bass Ocarina filled the whole church and echoed beautifully, especially when played on the rear balcony"..... read more
Best Selling iPhone App
20/12/2008The latest application for the Apple iPhone turns it into an English Ocarina. Breathe into the microphone and cover the virtual holes to play it; touch the globe icon to hear others around the world practising on their iPhones with varying degrees of success!.... read more
Christmas Carols In Suffolk
10/12/2008Thanks to Carol Taylor at St Mary’s Primary School, Mildenhall, who reports that she and her pupils are having “so much enjoyment” playing ocarinas. Their school Carol Service 2008 included Year 2 children playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Year 3 playing Little Donkey and Year 4 playing Ding Dong Merrily on High. “They were a great success and I was very proud of them all” enthuses Carol..... read more
Stars of the Show
23/11/2008Lunch was served to welcome the Bangladeshi Olympic Organising Committee to Harrow Arts Centre today. And the best dish was a musical one!.... read more
Kent Teacher Training
27/09/2008When it comes to supplying ocarinas and music to schools, business doesn’t just stop there for Ocarina Workshop. A request for a keynote address at a Music Coordinators’ Conference resulted in David & Christa Liggins teaching all 106 delegates to play the Oc® from scratch. “No time for making notes, let’s get playing” was David’s approach in this all-action session..... read more
Sound of Music
18/08/2008The hills are alive with the sound of… ocarinas! We couldn’t resist tooting in the footsteps of Maria and the Von Trapp family on our 2008 Bavarian summer holiday. And once home, it was time to entertain guests at David’s niece’s wedding in Pateley Bridge. Summer sun and four-part ocarina harmonies – the perfect companions for a wonderful time!.... read more
NEW Ocarina-teaching CD-Rom
10/04/2008Ocarina Workshop's long-awaited ocarina-teaching software is now ready. During the two and a half years of the project, prototypes were tested in primary schools in the UK and around the world, receiving positive 'wow' reviews from children and teachers alike..... read more
Eisteddfod Ocarinas
27/03/2008Ocarina classes were well attended in the 2008 Kettering Music Eisteddfod and ocarinas were played for the first time at the prestigious Saturday night Gala concert. Well done! Are there any ocarina classes in your part of the world? We'd love to hear about them..... read more
Ocarinas on the BBC: 3 times in 9 months
03/03/2008To appear live on the Radio 4 Today programme was exciting enough… to then chat with Chris Evans on Radio 2 and supply ocarinas to the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a Radio 3 UK premiere performance was quite amazing. How did it all happen?.... read more
Government counts ocarinas in
21/11/2007A UK government press release from the DCSF, Department for Children, Schools and Families, appeared today heralding new Wider Opportunities funding for Primary School Music. It includes reference to Ocarina Workshop ocarinas in the figures:.... read more
Have ocarina will travel
10/08/2007'Have ocarina will travel' is the Liggins motto after two musical trips to scenic destinations. In April 2006, David and Christa were invited to lead school ocarina performances in Switzerland. Since their daughters had already finished school for Easter, the whole family set off with hand luggage bulging. Airport security were alerted by the 'gun-shaped' ocarina in David's pack; and so began the first performance of the tour, at the security desk, to the amusement of lines of holiday makers. .... read more
Gibraltar Festival Ocarinas
10/12/2006Ocarinas featured strongly in the Gibraltar Festival for Young Musicians 2006. Adjudicator Paul Harris enjoyed a myriad of ocarina ensembles in the local school competitive classes, with entries from all over the 'Rock'. Thank you for the DVD and "Rock on" kids!.... read more
Ocarinas on the BIG stage - Outstanding!
14/07/2005Masquerade Ocarinas from Kettering achieved high recognition and praise in July 2005 as they played to perfection at the National Festival of Music for Youth, winning for themselves the Outstanding Performance Award at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Selected from over 45,000 performers who participated in regional festivals, Masquerade Ocarinas were chosen to be one of 38 Junior Groups in the National Festival..... read more
Our brilliant NEW Oc® is here!
25/03/2005Received with delight by teachers at the 2005 Education Show, our new-improved Oc® is already enjoying a dazzling response amongst pupils. It really is easier to hold, handle and play!.... read more
International flute players wowed by ocarinas
23/08/2004Ocarinas sounded everywhere at the 2004 British Flute Society International Convention in York. The sweet and subtle tones of the ceramic ocarina sang out bird-like in the midst of their more powerful gold and silver relatives; the Duet ocarina particularly attracted international attention..... read more
Liverpool ocarina winners play to Dalai Lama
15/07/2004Year 4 ocarina players at Blessed Sacrament Junior School Liverpool won the Primary Music Band class at the Liverpool Festival of Music and Drama. After this second successive win in the class, they were invited by Liverpool City Council to play and sing to the Dalai Lama on his visit to the city in July 2004. Their music teacher, Lynette Bennett, was impressed that the Dalai Lama took time out of his rushed itinerary to listen to and talk with the children, congratulating them on their performances..... read more
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