The late Sir Nicholas Shackleton (1937-2006), in addition to his outstanding achievements in earth science, made significant contributions to the clarinet scholarship, both through his own research and by forming a substantial collection of clarinets and other woodwind instruments. Sir Nicholas made his collection available to the international community of organologists. The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection was bequeathed to the University of Edinburgh who will continue Sir Nicholas's use of the Collection to support learning and research. A new display of the Collection will be inaugurated during this meeting.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 20 and THURSDAY JUNE 21

Meeting of the Musical Acoustics Network focussing on woodwind acoustics. This meeting is being organised by the School of Physics in the University of Edinburgh, and will be held on the University's Kings Buildings campus. Accommodation may be booked at the same time for both this meeting and for the Clarinet and Woodwind Colloquium.

FRIDAY JUNE 22, MORNING

8:50	Welcome and Introduction to the Colloquium

9:00	Clarinets by the Denner family of Nürnberg David Ross, University of Texas - El Paso, U.S.A.

9:25	The Viennese Wind Instrument Maker, Theodor Lotz (c 1747-1792) Melanie Piddocke, The Hague, Netherlands and Santes, France

9:50	Heinrich Grenser's Keywork Concepts Eleanor Smith, University of Edinburgh

10:20 :: coffee

Session, chair: Nophachai Cholthitchanta

10:50

The Origins of French and German Clarinets Eric Hoeprich, Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, the Netherlands and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris

11:20

The Basset Horn in France in the 18th Century Jean Jeltsch, Université de Lille 3 Charles-de-Gaulle, Lille, France

11:55

Clarinets of the Clinton Family James Joseph, Northumberland

12:30 :: lunch (on your own)

FRIDAY JUNE 22, AFTERNOON

Session, chair: Ingrid Pearson

14:00

Iwan Müller's Soprano Clarinet: Structural Evolution towards Adophe Sax's Bass Clarinet Juncal Diago Ortega, University of Valladolid, Spain José-Modesto Diago Ortega, Professional Conservatory of Music of Soria, Spain

14:30

The Bass Clarinets of Adolphe Sax and their Historical Importance Albert Rice, Fiske Museum, Claremont Colleges, California

15:05

Clarinets by Adolphe Sax Thomas Reil, Uhingen, Germany

15:35 :: tea

Session, chair: Marlowe Sigal

16:05

The Early American Clarinet: Makers, Sellers, Players Jane Ellsworth, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.

16:40

Boosey and Company: Trade in Clarinets in the Late 19th Century Kelly White, Albuquerque, New Mexico

17:05

Clarinet Resources in the Boosey & Hawkes Collection and Archive E. Bradley Strauchen, Horniman Musuem, London

17:30

The Clarinets in the Collection of the Royal College of Music, London Ingrid Pearson, Royal College of Music, London

18:30

Reception at St Cecilia's Hall, hosted by Dr John Scally, Director of University Collections. Aftwerwards there will be an opportunity to see the Raymond Russell and Rodger Mirrey collections of early keyboard intruments

SATURDAY JUNE 23, MORNING

9:00	The Gaida Bagpipe in the Evros region of Greek Thrace Haris Sarris, University of Athens

9:25	A Prescription for the Clarinet's Sore Throat: Throat B-flat Mechanisms as Illustrated by Clarinets from the Nicholas J. Shackleton Collection Deborah Check Reeves, National Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion

10:00

The Reform Boehm system: Right Compromise Between French and German Systems ? Luigi Magistrelli, Italy

10:15

Louf system: Belgian and French patents in Comparison with a Prototype in the Shackleton Collection Denis Watel, France

10:35 :: coffee

Session, chair: Anthony Deldonna

11:05

Stubbins SK System Clarinet Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences, University of Arkansas, U.S.A.

11:25

Clarinet Forked Eb/Bb; a New Approach John Playfair, U.K.

11:40

Geometry Versus Performance of a Clarinet Mouthpiece William Peatman, Berlin

12:10 :: lunch

SATURDAY JUNE 23, AFTERNOON

Session, chair: Arnold Myers

15:20

Nick Shackleton: Collector Extraordinaire William Waterhouse, London and Cheltenham

15:50

The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection in the Edinburgh Collection of Historic Musical Instruments: an Overview Heike Fricke, Berlin

16:25

Musical History: Historical Music Colin Lawson, Royal College of Music, London

19:00

Colloquium Dinner at the John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls. Aperitifs in the Duddingston Room, or on terrace (weather permitting); dinner in the Prestonfield Hall; after-dinner music by the Andrassy Trio

SUNDAY JUNE 24, MORNING

9:00	The Home Key of the Clarinet John Dick, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, U.K.

9:15	The Clarinet in the Edinburgh Enlightenment David Johnson, Edinburgh

9:40	The Clarinet in works of Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766-1803): Anton Stadler and the Mozartian example Martin Harlow, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, U.K.

10:05 :: coffee

Session, chair: Eric Hoeprich

10:35

The Late Eighteenth-Century "Dramatic" Clarinet in Italy: the San Carlo Opera Orchestra of Naples Anthony DelDonna, Georgetown University, Washington DC

11:05

The Neapolitan "School" of Clarinet Antonio Caroccia, Naples, Italy

11:30

Clarinets and Tárogatók used in the Viennese Court Opera under the direction of Gustav Mahler Beatrix Darmstaedter, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

12:00

The "Melba Gift": the Role of Woodwind and Brass Instruments in the History of the Stabilisation of Pitch Standards in Melbourne in the early Twentieth Century Simon Purtell, Norman Macgeorge Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia

12:15 :: lunch (on your own)

SUNDAY JUNE 24, AFTERNOON

14:15

Brazilian clarinet music by the composer Francisco Mignone and his "Concertino for clarinet and orchestra" Fernando Silveira, Rio de Janeiro State Federal University, Brazil

14:40

The Derivation of Contemporary Performing Techniques Ian Mitchell, Trinity College of Music, London

15:25

The New Clarinet in Japan E. Michael Richards, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

16:00 :: tea

MONDAY JUNE 25

Opportunity to view and study historic musical instruments in the University's collection, by appointment. Requests for items to be studied should be notified by e-mail in advance.

Accommodation

The reception on Friday 22nd is at St Cecilia's Hall marked on the same map.

Accommodation and the dinner on Saturday 23rd are at Pollock Halls. See Pollock Halls location map [PDF] and Pollock Halls local map [PDF].

The guaranteed check in time is from 14:00, although if the room is ready earlier or if there is a clear room then you will be able to have access before then. Check out is 10:30. There are staff in reception 24hrs so there is no latest check in time.

See www.ed.ac.uk/maps/edinburgh for a general map and more maps.

Further information

This page updated: 20.6.07; re-published 13.2.13