Leslie's Latest News
Summer 2008 Lee Mottram not only won the Cardiff Violins Chamber Music Prize (beating strong competition from other clarinettists several years ahead of him at RWCMD) but also gained the highest mark in the wind faculty of all the first years at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in recent examinations.Well done again Lee
Alison Turriff who until recently studied with Leslie at Royal Welsh College (and returns for consultations regularly) had a huge success at the Glasgow Music Festival (playing a “Leslie Craven Model” Mouthpiece) winning the Woodwind and Brass Premier Award, Glasgow Music Festival Association Award, the Allie Cullen Memorial Award and the John Fyfe Trophy for the most outstanding performance of the festival (see pictures in teaching page).
LESLIE's BOOK is now available as a PDF file for only £12 - see book page for details.
HOT NEWS March 2008 Clarinet Classics have agreed to put a new solo CD recorded by Leslie in January on their label and it will be released in October this year - watch the composers page for sound clips of the works on the disc - you will be able to hear some of them soon.
Clarinet Convention 2008
The 2008 Clarinet Convention at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff was a huge success and a big thank you to all the sponsors and those who attended - look out for next year's event (if we can get sponsorships again)
The day proved to be a very smooth operation with lots of help and support from the Royal Welsh College Junior department staff.
Philippe Cuper played a brilliant recital and the whole day was a helter skelter day of classes and concerts and seemed to go by in a flash.
JUNE EMERSON PUBLISHING have agreed to publish many of Christopher Balls works for clarinet and some of his chamber works - and also the works by Daniel Bimbi on the solo disc to be released by Clarinet Classics in October.
Both the Concerto for Clarinet by Christopher Ball and the Flute concerto are now avilable from June Emerson Wind Music and also the Sonata for Clarinet Alone by Tom Jackson
March 2007 - CASS review of Chris Ball cd, including concerto for clarinet and strings
March 2007 Leslie's trip to Hong Kong - see gallery for pictures
June 2007 Hannah Morgan (Leslie's former student) Wins Henri Selmer Clarinet Prize at the Royal College of Music.
Hannah Morgan who studied with leslie (for over 7 years from the age of ten)has recently won the Henri Selmer Clarinet Prize at the R.C.M. a great achievement - well done Hannah (see picture in Teaching page of Hannah having a master class with Leslie )