The Association of British Orchestras has played an honourable part in bringing professional musicians and school pupils together. The Workbook - Volume 2 contains seven well-considered accounts of these projects and offers a fine opportunity to listen to the thoughts of such inspirational practitioners as Richard McNicol of the ondon Symphony Orchestra, bringing ideas of performance and discovery into happy and convincing partnership. The Workbook - Volume 2 costs pound;7 from the Association of British Orchestras, Pegasus House, 37-43 Sackville Street, London W1X 1DB Tel: 020 7333 0371. Website: www.abo.org.uk

Tom Deveson and Yolanda Brooks