The New Oboe Collection Music

The New Oboe Music Project aims to promote existing new music for the oboe and encourage more composers to write for the instrument. Founded in 2015 by English oboist James Turnbull, the project has a number of aims:

1. To commission new oboe repertoire by raising money through existing charitable foundations and crowd funding donations.

2. To raise awareness of existing oboe repertoire written since the turn of the 21st century.

3. To encourage emerging composers to write for the oboe by establishing the Léon Goossens Oboe Prize. The inaugural prize is in 2016 and will run biennially.

ABOUT JAMES TURNBULL

Described by The Independent as 'a worthy champion' of contemporary oboe music, James has dedicated much of his performing life to promoting and extending the oboe repertoire. James has performed frequently throughout the UK and Europe including a solo recital at the Wigmore Hall in 2010. He has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and appeared as a soloist in numerous UK festivals including Oxford, Leicester, Cambridge, Thaxted, Ryedale, Machynlleth, Swaledale and, King's Lynn. James has released solo recordings for Champs Hill Records, Quartz Music and the ABRSM as well as featuring on a disc of Thea Musgrave's works for Harmonia Mundi USA. Gramophone Magazine described his debut recital disc, Fierce Tears, as a 'notable debut' and it was selected as the Editor's Choice Recording by Classical Music Magazine.