The BBC’s prestigious young artist development scheme, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, welcomes six new ...

Goodman played the clarinet even "during the commercial breaks of the World Series," according to one of his daughters. Bettmann / Corbis In the hierarchy of musical instruments, the clarinet ...

The clarinet is played with a reed, which is a very thin piece of wood that vibrates when you blow through it. A relative youngster in the orchestra, the clarinet is only about 300 years old!

This year’s Year 7 cohort at Woodfields is the first year group to take part in the MiSST scheme and students are learning the clarinet or flute and are being taught to Grade 3 standard.