Works for Wind Band
All European sets of music come complete with euphonium and trombone parts in bass clef and treble clef Bb, tuba parts in bass clef, treble clef Eb and Bb, and horn parts in Eb and F.

Grading: 1 = very easy  2 = easy  3 = moderately easy  4 = moderately difficult  5 = difficult  6 = very difficult

Apex
for solo cornet/trumpet/flugel with wind band
£49.95

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 brass band

Autumn Falling
for wind band
£49.95

Grade: 3

Autumn Falling is a short tone poem for wind orchestra. The work reflects on Autumn in the home city of the composer, Manchester, England - a time where almost everything falls. Leaves falling from trees is normal in autumn time, as is the rain falling from the skies - but it is the later the composer is referring to in the main - Manchester is known as the city that receives the most rainfall in the United Kingdom.

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Devil's Duel
for solo euphonium with wind band
£59.95
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 brass band or piano

Episodes and Echoes
concerto for tuba with wind band
£89.95
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.

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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

Also available with brass band or piano

Fanfare for a Festival
fanfare for wind band
£31.95
This short and exciting fanfare was written for Mark Bousie and the Sellers International Youth Band and has been used as part of their concert and contest successes.

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Lament (from Macbeth)
for wind band
£59.95

Grade: band 3.5

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 with brass band

Macbeth
for wind band
£119.95
Extra score
£13.95
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!! Brass band version. Duration: 3'57" - File Size: 3.53Mb
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These Mist Covered Mountains
for solo alto saxophone with wind band
£49.95
Grade: band 2 / soloist 4

These Mist Covered Mountains is an alto saxophone feature with wind band accompaniment.

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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