The Sound & Fair Concert featuring Nicholas Daniel, The Haffner Reed Trio and Kathryn Stott – piano, took place in Cambridge on Saturday 28th May 2011.
The concert was directed by Sound & Fair Patron, Nicholas Daniel, who performed various pieces including Poulenc Sonate, Milhaud Suite D’apres Corrette and Schumann Fantasiestucke op 73.
Musicians performing at the Sound & Fair Concert in Cambridge on Saturday 28th May will be modelling a unique range of jewellery made from Tanzanian African blackwood and embedded with fair trade Malawian pink rubies and recycled gold.
The jewellery has been made by Candescent, a creative design platform with an interest in sustainability and the environment. (more…)
Sound & Fair and Hanson Clarinets are to be given an Outstanding Contribution Award by FSC UK in recognition of the work done in establishing a Chain of Custody for African blackwood and producing the world’s first FSC-certified woodwind instrument.
The award will be made by Charles Thwaites, Executive Director of FSC UK, at the Sound & Fair Concert in Cambridge on Saturday 28th May 2011. (more…)
Makala Jasper and Jonas Timothy from Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative in Tanzania recently visited London and whilst at Piccadilly Circus came across a pair of bagpipe players fully kitted out in kilts and all the accompaniments.
Makala and Jonas coordinate the responsible harvesting of African blackwood from community forest reserves in Tanzania.
Bagpipes are usually made from African blackwood and bagpipe manufacturers are the single biggest users of the wood in the UK.
Music fans can win a pair of tickets to the Sound & Fair concert with The Haffner Reed Trio in Cambridge on Saturday 28th May.
Competition entrants just need to friend the Sound & Fair campaign on Facebook:
And then post the comment ‘SEND ME TO THE CONCERT’. (more…)
UK clarinet manufacturer Hanson has made a commitment to produce all of its woodwind instruments from FSC-certified African blackwood by 2013.
Speaking at the Musikmesse conference in Frankfurt earlier today, Hanson Co-founder, Alastair Hanson said: “FSC-certified African blackwood is the future for the woodwind industry.
Sound & Fair is currently exhibiting at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, promoting FSC-certified African blackwood and lobbying instrument manufacturers to use legal, traceable and responsible sources of wood.
Sound & Fair will be promoting the responsible use of African blackwood by the music industry at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, 6-9th April 2011.
The music industry is the primary consumer of African blackwood, also known as grenadilla and mpingo, which is used to make woodwind instruments such as clarinets, oboes, recorders and bag pipes, and is often used as finger boards on guitars.
Sound & Fair’s call for the responsible use of African blackwood stems from the dramatic decline in the species’ East African range in recent years.
Sound & Fair Campaign Manager, Neil Bridgland, says: “the music industry is the primary user of African blackwood and is directly responsible for the species decline. (more…)
The Sound & Fair campaign has been granted an FSC® license to allow it to utilise the FSC trademarks to promote the use of certified sources of wood in the music industry.
FSC trademark licenses are typically only awarded to non-certified organisations or companies that sell-on FSC labeled products to the general public (not to trade).
However, Sound & Fair’s FSC license (FSC N001630) facilitates the campaign’s work in developing and promoting a chain of custody for FSC-certified African blackwood that so far includes:
- six community-managed forest villages in Tanzania;
- one Tanzanian sawmill – Sandali Wood Industries;
- one UK wood importer – Klicksi Ltd;
- one woodwind instrument manufacturer – Hanson Clarinets.
Oboist, conductor and Sound & Fair Patron, Nicholas Daniel, is directing a concert to raise awareness of responsible woodwind instruments made from sustainably harvested African blackwood.
Sound & Fair presents The Haffner Reed Trio with Kathryn Stott – piano takes place at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, UK, on Saturday 28 May 2011.
