Val’s Flapjack Recipe - A Favourite at June Emerson Wind Music

Our dear friend Valerie Watts, who passed away last year, used to make flapjacks and biscuits for the office almost every week. Her flapjacks were simply THE BEST flapjack we’ve ever had and we thought it would be nice to share her recipe:

photo: Rob Brewer

Val’s Flapjack

This flapjack is the best I’ve ever tasted. Obviously, after making it for years and years, Val was the master flapjack-baker, but it’s such a simple recipe that it’s hard to go wrong with it. To achieve the best results, it’s essential that you use jumbo oats and that you don’t overcook it – it should be gooey!

Ingredients:

• 4oz/115g butter
• 4oz/115g Demerara sugar
• 1 (generous) tbsp Golden Syrup
• 5oz/140g jumbo oats

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat the oven/Aga (Val always used an Aga) to 170oC/325oF/GM3
2. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan.
3. Stir in the jumbo oats.
4. Grease a baking tin and spread the mixture evenly.
5. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
6. Leave to cool in the tin a little before dividing into squares.

Emerson Edition Ltd New Publications - January 2011

"Long may Emerson Edition prosper and flourish!
They are a leading light in wind music."

- Leslie Craven, Principal Clarinet, Welsh National Opera

Emerson Edition Titles are all available from June Emerson Wind Music

	Flute & Piano Rondo John Field, arr. Anthony Hedges E577 £6.50 Grade 7 Duration 5’00” An arrangement of a lively rondo movement from one of John Field’s very attractive piano pieces. ISMN: M-57040-764-4
	Flute & Piano Two Little Pieces Eve Barsham E576 £4.50 Grade 3/4 Duration 4’00” ‘Dotty’ and ‘Wishful Thinking’ are two contrasting pieces that are as characterful as their titles suggest! ISMN: M-57040-763-7
	Oboe & Piano Serenade Charles Gounod, arr. Lionel Salter E616 £4.50 Grades 4/5 Duration 2’30” A delightful little piece, perfect for the younger player. Originally published by OUP, this is a well-deserved return to print. ISMN: M-57040-795-8
	2 Oboes & Cor Anglais Hautboy Suite Marion Holland E594 £12.50 Grades 6/7 Duration 26’00” A charming and effective suite of movements for oboe trio: Passacaglia, Scherzo, Sarabande and Carnival. ISMN: M-57040-78606 score & parts
	Clarinet & Piano Trio Movement (from Op.114) Johannes Brahms, arr. Chris Allen E606 £5.50 Grade 7/8 Duration 5’00” A piano reduction of the Andante grazioso (3rd) movement of Brahms’s wonderful Trio for clarinet, cello and piano. ISMN: M-57040-789-7
	Clarinet Choir Four Dances (from Op.174) Cornelius Gurlitt, arr. Russell Denwood E508 £12.50 Grade 6/7 Duration 7’20” This is a set of four tuneful and jolly dances from Op.174, ideal for the progressing clarinet choir. ISMN: M-57040-665-4 score & parts
	Alto Saxophone & Piano Bagatelles Chris Noble E603 £8.00 Grade 8 Duration 7’00” A challenging and exciting set of 5 short movements in a variety of moods. ISMN: M-57040-790-3
	French Horn Horn Warm-Ups Bob Ashworth E635 £5.00 All grades A brilliant little A5 booklet of daily warm-up exercises, designed to consolidate techniques and achieve a focused sound. Road-tested by the Opera North horn section! ISMN: M-57040-812-2
	Horn & Piano Elegy Norman Warren E590 £4.50 Grade 5 Duration 5’00” A beautifully lyrical piece, perfectly suited to the instrument, from this very English composer. ISMN: M-57040-791-0
	Clarinet, Violin & Piano Celtic Twilight Christopher Ball E619 £7.50 Grade 8 Duration 8’30” “A pastoral miniature in the best tradition of the English landscapists…” Fanfare magazine, USA ISMN: M-57040-796-5 score & parts
	Clarinet, Viola & Piano Eight Pieces Op.83, Volumes 1 & 2 Max Bruch, ed. Russell Denwood Vol.1: E629 Vol.2: E630 £15.00 each Grade 8 Duration 15’30” & 17’30” A new corrected version of this wonderful set of Romantic chamber pieces. Editorial commentary also available on request. Vol.1 ISMN: M-57040-798-9 score & parts Vol.2 ISMN: M-57040-799-6 score & parts
	Wind Decet Overture for Whethoryon Op.80 Judith Bailey E605 £14.50 Grade 8 Duration 5’00” An evocative piece for wind ensemble. Cornish for ‘blowers of wind instruments’. ISMN: M-57040-793-4 score & parts

Sheet Music Open Day at June Emerson Wind Music

10% DISCOUNT DAY at June Emerson Wind Music - Bank Holiday Monday 25th April from 10.30am to 4.30pm

We'll be open for anyone who'd like to come and browse through hundreds of feet of wind music on our beautiful North Yorkshire hilltop!

We're offering a 10% discount on everything bought or ordered by those present on the day.
If you'd like to play through some of the repertoire, bring your instruments along - we have a room available with music stands and an electric keyboard if required (please book in advance).

As usual, there'll be a warm welcome and regular rounds of tea, coffee and biscuits to keep you going...

For directions to the shop, please click on the Contact tab on our website. We look forward to meeting you!

Happy New Year to All

From all of us at June Emerson Wind Music,
we wish you a Happy New Year!

• We open again on Tuesday 4th January 2011, when all orders and enquiries will be dealt with promptly.
• We hope you are going to come to our next Open day on Saturday 8th January 2011 (10.30am to 4.30pm)
• Come and see us - browse through hundreds of feet of wind music on our beautiful North Yorkshire hilltop, accompanied by regular rounds of tea, coffee and biscuits.
• Discount - to make the day even better we're offering a 10% discount on everything bought or ordered by those present on the day.
• Don't just browse through it, play it - we have an adjoining room where you can play through the music. Stands and an electric keyboard are available if required. Please contact us to book your hour-long slot.
• For contact information and directions, click on the Contact tab on our website. We look forward to meeting you!
  

The Carter Wind Quintet visit June Emerson Wind Music

Carter Wind Quintet

June Emerson Wind Music had a visit on 9th December from the Carter Wind Quintet who are one of our Launchpad prize-winning ensembles for 2010.

They braved the snow and ice to come and spend the day playing through many of our wind quintets. As the surroundings here are so picturesque, particularly with all the snow, they also brought along their concert clothes and a camera, taking the opportunity to get some new publicity shots!

Jessica Lowe (flute), Mary Noden (oboe), Holly Reardon (bassoon),
Emma Whitney (horn) and Emily Heathcote (clarinet)

It was lovely to meet them all. They really enjoyed themselves and found lots of new music to add to their repertoire.

Snow at Windmill Farm

Snowfall and its effects...

Windmill Farm House

The view from the office window

Up here on our North Yorkshire hilltop, we're rather exposed to the weather and heavy snowfall means we're not always able to get to the office. We will always try to get here, even if we have to dig our way in and then dig ourselves out again to get home. If you call during office hours and get the answering machine, or email and don't hear from us as quickly as you would normally, it will probably be because of the weather.

Please be assured, though, that we will make every effort to keep June Emerson Wind Music running as smoothly as possible. Thank you for your patience and continued support!

Sax Day at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester - A Successful Day

We have returned from the 10th annual RNCM Sax Day. It was a well-attended day with sax players of all ages and standards taking part in the workshops, masterclasses, talks, recitals and concerts. We took along all our saxophone music – 44 boxes of it! – much to the delight of our customers who got a rare chance to spend time browsing through it all, discovering all sorts of new and interesting titles.

JEWM trade stand - 6 tables worth of sheet music

For us it was an exhausting day, as always, but we thoroughly enjoy going every year and this event was no exception. It was lovely to see some familiar faces and also to meet customers we’ve known for years by name, but have never met in person! The excitement and enthusiasm of all the sax players was infectious, and credit must go to Rob Buckland and Andy Scott who organise it and make it such a success every year.

We’re looking forward to the next one in 2011…!