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Buy: Nancy's Fancy |
A new arrangment of an old English Country Dance. Great one for the Bandstand or light concert. |
Buy: The Lady Armaghdale |
The Lady Armaghdale is a small 0-6-0 engine that started life by helping build the Manchester ship canal. It's now in the museum at Highley, on the Severn Valley Railway. Sections: 1: Manchester ship canal - An image of hard work and unfavourable conditions. 2: Released onto the SVR - I imagined this would be similar to a workhorse being retired into green pastures. 3: Jazzer (the nickname given to these locos) - The nickname arose as the small locos bounced around on the track when hauling heavy loads. 4: End of the steam era - a homage/requiem to the many dismantled locos. 5: Celebration of Preservation |
Moments in Brass are all examples of absolute music and is non-representational. The compositions develop from ideas I have found interesting and, in some cases quirky.
The pieces are grouped into sets of four; which allows for shorter pieces that still have musical value. Conductors should not feel compelled to perform all four together (although they do work well in that form) the moments are not movements, but individual pieces in their own right.
Many thanks to Jaguar Land Rover Brass Band for helping error check these for me |
Shrewsbury Lasses is a foot-tapping catchy melody suitable for bandstand or light concerts based on an old English Country Dance. |
Moments in Brass are all examples of absolute music and is non-representational. The compositions develop from ideas I have found interesting and, in some cases quirky.
The pieces are grouped into sets of four; which allows for shorter pieces that still have musical value. Conductors should not feel compelled to perform all four together (although they do work well in that form) the moments are not movements, but individual pieces in their own right.
Musical traits: I particularly like exploring shifting tonal centres, metre and the use of appoggiaturas. Hidden in a number of the Brass Moments is the use of a rising scale, inspired by the brass in the closing sections of Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
Many thanks to Jaguar Land Rover Brass Band for helping error check these for me |
Buy: A Floral Christmas |
A new collection of Christmas carols arranged into an upbeat, fun piece that even includes a hint of the Katy Moss classic "Floral Dance". Ideal for your Christmas concerts. Thanks to Rob and Carol of Avonbank Brass Band for the idea (Rob hates Floral Dance, Carol loves it... and so do I )
Christmas Carols include : The Holly & The Ivy, Jingle Bells, Hark!, The Herald Angels Sing, The Twelve Days of Christmas, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Deck The Halls, Carol of The Bells, Away In A Manger, Silent Night, Floral Dance, O Holy Night, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Joy To The World, O Come, All Ye Faithful, The Twelve Days of Christmas |
Living 3 miles from the River Severn, the longest river in Great Britain, I regularly cross it on the way to conduct Highley Colliery Brass Band.
Beneath The River Severn aims to capture not only the beauty of the river but also the dangerous undercurrents that lie under the calm surface. The length of the complete piece is 4 minutes 11 seconds
Musical Traits: Attempting to avoid stereotype water music, I started with sketches based on quartal harmony but inverted (so 5ths) For example, the first run on Euphonium starts on concert pitch G, Hrns = D, Bari=A, 1st Hrn=E etc. “A” represents the undercurrent, which has claimed many lives over the years. An 11-note salute to the greatest river piece, Smetana’s Vltava, is worked into this section. Suitable Section 4 Upwards |
Buy: Galopede |
Galopede is traditional English country dance arranged into a foot-tapping catchy melody suitable for bandstand or light concerts based on an old English Country Dance. |
Composers Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol - Live performance 1 Thanks to Emme O for this 360 performance! This arrangement for brass band was created particularly for the Caravan and Motorhome Club Concert Band, a wind band who will be performing as a brass band at the Whit Marches 2023 - Road march element. Members who play woodwind instruments are learning brass instruments for the event! It is designed with fairly simple but effective parts and an element of repetition enabling performers to also concentrate on marching, something they rarely do! With its catchy melody and the swing-style second section, this is a fun march to play. Self-published under the Hal Leonard ArrangeMe Site Included: Score, Parts in A5 march card size (2 per A4 sheet) and Landscape A4 size for concert performances. Supplied as a digital download pdf. Print as many copies as your band needs. |
Buy: Peppy |
Peppy - Adjective - Someone or something that is peppy is lively and full of energy
This high-spirited composition introduces a number of lively melodies before combining them all together. Suitable for light concerts and bandstands, there's something for each section in this piece. Even the basses take their turn with the tune before a frantic rush to the finish. Are you feeling Peppy? |
Buy: Reflection1 |
A descriptive and relaxed composition. Ideal before a church service or to slow the pace in a full concert. Unashamedly Baroque influenced. |
Buy: Resilience |
Resilience, A march presented in two forms. Concert - with a dramatic slowing towards the end followed by a build in tempo that an audience could clap to. Standard - For everyday performance on bandstands etc. Live performance 1 |
Buy: LMR600 Gordon |
One for the train buffs! LMR 600 Gordon, an engine form the Longmoor Military Railway now preserved on the Severn Valley Railway. An enormous engine it has a 2-10-0 design and was built in Glasgow in 1943. Gordon served on the Longmore Military Railway which terminated in the Hampshire village of Liss, the village where I grew up. I later moved to Kidderminster and discovered that Gordon was now on the preserved railway which starts in the town; The Severn Valley Railway. No longer in service, Gordon is on display in the engine house at Highley. This piece portrays Gordon in all his glory thundering along the tracks and with the time signature changes, crossing over points
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Buy: Tornado |
Another for the train buffs! LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
Completed in 2008 at the cost of around £3 million, it is the first newly built main line steam locomotive in the UK since Evening Star in 1960.
It is the only example of an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 locomotive in existence, the entirety of the original production batch having been scrapped. 60163 is named after the Panavia Tornado, a combat aircraft flown by the Royal Air Force.
In 2017, Tornado became the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph on British tracks for over 50 years.
A descriptive piece for brass bands of all levels
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Buy: A Scottish Visit |
A Scottish Visit (Brass Band). Written for performances at the Fringe Festival 2023 by the Caravan and Motorhome Club Concert Band. Suitable for light concerts and Bandstands. Downloadable pdfs or printed. Includes - Cock 'O The North, Wi' A Hundred Pipers and Scotland The Brave |
A fun new addition for your library. Based on the 12 days of Christmas but with carols replacing the items |