Works for Brass Band
Grading: 1 = very easy  2 = easy  3 = moderately easy  4 = moderately difficult  5 = difficult  6 = very difficult

Alu
for solo baritone or euphonium with brass band
£24.95
Grade: band 2 / soloist 4

Alu was commissioned by Pat Herak for his wife Diana, for their 10th wedding anniversary. It was premiered by Diana and the Brass Band of Columbus, USA.

A reflective solo, Alu is suitable for players grade 6 upwards. All sets of music come complete with score, parts, with the soloists part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'05" - File Size: 878kb
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Also available with piano

Apex
for solo cornet/trumpet/flugel with brass band
£24.95

Grade: band 2 / soloist 4

Apex was commissioned by Mark Bousie and David Armitage (President of Sellers International Ltd.) for the Sellers International Youth Band to perform at the Action Research Entertainment Contest in Blackpool, 2007. It also features the percussion section, as well as singing from the band!

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 1'52" - File Size: 1.71Mb
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Also available with wind band

B of the Bang
for brass band
£24.95

Grade: 4

B of the Bang is a fast and furious concert opener commissioned by Luc Vertommen and Brass Band Buizingen, Belgium, for the Kerkrade World Brass Band Championships.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 1'25" - File Size: 1.13Mb
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Devil's Duel
for solo euphonium with brass band
£29.95
Grade: band 4 / soloist 6

Devil's Duel was commissioned by David Thornton. It was premiered by David Thornton at Leeds Town Hall in May 2006, accompanied by the Black Dyke Band, conducted by Dr. Nicholas Childs, and was the title track of David Thornton's second solo CD.

It comes with 2 versions - the original, as well as an easier alternative. All sets of music come complete with score, parts, with the soloists part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'22" - File Size: 2.16Mb
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Also available with wind band or piano

Elegie
for solo trombone or euphonium with brass band
£24.95
Grade: band 3 / soloist 4

Elegie opens with an unaccompanied passage, originally written as a short memorial piece, but later adapted as the basis of this more developed work for euphonium or trombone and brass quintet.

The work uses a variation structure, with both the soloist and the accompaniment changing throughout the piece; the harmony, rhythm and melodic lines leading somewhere new and different each time they are heard.

All sets of music come complete with the solo part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 1'25" - File Size: 1.31Mb
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Also available with brass ensemble or piano

Episodes and Echoes
concerto for tuba with brass band
£49.95
Grade: band 4 / soloist 6

Episodes and Echoes is a concerto in three movements for tuba. The title of the work relates directly to the way the composer approached writing the piece.

"Although the work is scored with piano and wind band accompaniments, Episodes and Echoes was originally written for tuba and brass band. I had several problems to overcome - the brass band contains 4 tubas, and 2 euphoniums, all of which could obscure the solo line, so I decided to write for the soloist in a manner that meant they were either playing alone, in episodes, or repeating/echoing phrases."

In addition to this, the composer combined the characteristics of the tuba with other instruments: in the second movement the tuba is similar to a singer performing an aria and a recitative, and third movement a bass guitar.

Episodes and Echoes was commissioned by, and dedicated to, Les Neish who premiered the work in 2005, accompanied by the Beaumaris Brass Band, conducted by Gwyn Evans.

The concerto has received many performances throughout the UK, as well as the rest of Europe. All sets of music come complete with the solo part in both bass clef concert and Eb treble clef parts.

Sound clip: Movement 1 - Click to hear it!! Duration: 53" - File Size: 0.83Mb
Sound clip: Movement 2 - Click to hear it!! Duration: 1'54" - File Size: 1.74Mb
Sound clip: Movement 3 - Click to hear it!! Duration: 48" - File Size: 0.76Mb

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Also available with wind band or piano

Fanfare for a Festival
fanfare for brass band
£19.95
Grade: 2

Written for Mark Bousie and the Sellers International Youth Band, this short fanfare has been used as part of their contest successes.

Fanfare for a festival features the cornet section, splitting them into two groups, each stood across from each other behind the band.

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Also available for wind band

The Irish Washerwoman
for solo tenor horn with brass band
£24.95
Grade: band 1.5 / soloist 3.5

Arranged for Julie Backhouse, this horn solo is a quick Irish blast for tenor horn, based on the traditional Irish folk tune, The Irish Washerwoman.

Lament (from Macbeth)
for brass band
£24.95

Grade: band 4.5

Macbeth was commissioned by the Scottish Brass Band Association for the 2007 Scottish Open Championship, and takes its' inspiration from the Shakespeare play of the same name.

The Lament is the central, emotional core to the work. Although the play tells of Macbeth not feeling the pain of his wife's death, this lament ponders not only her death, but the tale as a whole.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'03" - File Size: 1.9Mb
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Also available for wind band

Macbeth
for brass band
£59.95
Extra score
£11.95
Grade: 5

Commissioned by the Scottish Brass Band Association for the 2007 Scottish Open Championship, Macbeth takes its' inspiration from the Shakespeare play of the same name. Character portraits (Of the three witches as well as Macbeth himself), abstractions (The lament), and scenes (Macbeth's final battle with Macduff) make up the 9 interconnected movements:

i: Witches, ii: Dagger, iii: General Macbeth, iv: Contemplations of Lady Macbeth, v: Lament, vi: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, vii: A spell still cast, viii: Final Battle, ix: Not of woman born

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 3'57" - File Size: 3.53Mb
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Also available for wind band

Match Day
for brass band
£24.95

Grade: 4

Match Day takes it’s inspiration from a night in May 2005, when the team the composer supported from his childhood, Liverpool FC, won the European Cup in what was considered by many to be one of the greatest football matches of all time.

The piece is not only inspired by a football match, but also takes its musical material from chants and songs that you will hear at 3PM on a Saturday afternoon at any football ground in the country.

Match Day was written as a result of a commission from the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, and their Musical Director, Bramwell Tovey, to whom the piece is dedicated.


Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 1'08" - File Size: 1.03Mb
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Moz!
for solo euphonium with brass band
£21.95
Grade: band 2 / soloist 4

Moz! is a short (3 minute) solo, and was written as part of the 250 year celebrations of Mozart's birth. Moz! is a fun work, treating the listener to a collage of some of Mozart's most famous tunes.

A humorous, light hearted piece of music, Moz! is ideal for any concert programme, or as an encore to Requiem Paraphrases. All sets of music come complete with score, parts, with the soloists part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.


Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'35" - File Size: 2.5Mb
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Also available with brass ensemble or piano

Red Flame
for solo euphonium or baritone with brass band
£29.95
Grade: band 3 / soloist 5

Red Flame was commissioned by Katrina Marzella, and premiered by Katrina with the Fariey Band.

A reflective opening makes way for a fast funk fuelled ending, which is sure to keep the audiences foot tapping! All sets of music come complete with score and parts.

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Also available with piano

Requiem Paraphrases - On a Theme by Mozart
for solo euphonium with brass band
£49.95
Grade: band 4 / soloist 6

Written as part of the 250 year celebrations of Mozart's birth (1756), this is a solo guaranteed to please an audience, and be an enjoyable challenge to perform. Originally commissioned by and dedicated to Steven Mead, he described the work as "...Requiem Paraphrases will probably turn out to be regarded as perhaps the most important work for euph and brass ensemble ever composed...simply magnificent and if Mozart were alive today he would have enjoyed the funky middle section, I'm sure."

This effective 10 minute work is now also available with a brass band accompaniment that is sure to take any audience by storm. All sets of music come complete with score, parts, with the soloists part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'00" - File Size: 2.0Mb
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Also available with brass ensemble or piano

These Mist Covered Mountains
for solo soprano cornet with brass band
£24.95
Grade: band 2 / soloist 4

These Mist Covered Mountains was commissioned by Keith Johnson (KMJ Recordings) for soprano cornetist, Mandy Crowther, to whom the piece is dedicated.

In an age where we seem to be inundated with endless news cycles of various wars that we as a nation are involved in, and also those that we are not, it seems that war is now a constant, and we are in a never ending state.

This short piece is intended to represent the cyclic nature of war, and the way that war never seems to have a true conclusion.

All sets of music come complete with score and parts.

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Sound clip: Click to hear it!! Duration: 2'19" - File Size: 2.19Mb