Welcome to The Music Company - Publishers Who Are Passionate About Making Music We're publishers and retailers of books and music for Brass Band, Training Band, Junior Band, Concert Band, Brass Ensembles and Brass Instrumentalists, written by both new and established writers. The Music Company (UK) Ltd is an ideal starting point for the inspiration you need to formulate your brass band, concert band or wind band concert and contest programmes, including music for brass instrumentalists, brass quintets and larger brass ensembles. We're the official music publishers for Brass Band Aid, sponsors of The Bone Blow 2009 trombone event, the official sponsors of The European Brass Band Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 and official partners for The Big Blow 2007 world record attempt. Introducing Sue Hopkins - A New Member of The Music Company Family We're delighted to welcome Sue Hopkins as a new writer at The Music Company (UK) Ltd. Sue is an accomplished lower brass player and started arranging at the age of 19. She graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006 with first class honours, studying composition, conducting and arranging. Specialising in the transcription for brass band of classical repertoire, we are delighted to be publishing her masterfully transformed version of Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wely's 'Sortie in E Flat' - a great new moment of classical entertainment for your concert/contest programme. Find Out More About 'Sortie in E Flat' "Welsh Echoes" Featured by Brighouse & Rastrick on Listen To The Band We were pleased to learn that Brighouse & Rastrick recently featured Andrew Duncan's 'Welsh Echoes' as part of their programme on BBC Radio 2's 'Listen To The Band' with Frank Renton (06/05/10). It was a great performance which highlighted the lovely detail that Andrew has managed to weave into this piece. The cornet feature of 'David of the White Rock' was particularly beautifully played and the wonderful linking sections between the three Welsh Melodies (Sospan Fach, David of the White Rock and Watching The Wheat) demonstrated the sheer quality of the band. Find out more about this piece ... Welsh Echoes was originally commissioned by the Charles Church Camberley Band as a 90th Birthday celebration gift for their retired conductor, Gerallt Hughes. It's proven to be a popular work for most levels of bands and because of the effective contrast of melodies, seems to be equally popular with audiences. Wired - Acclaimed Work of Lucy Pankhurst Now Available A fantastically funky new piece! So good it was featured on BBC television during the 2010 general election campaign coverage for the North West! Originally written in 2009 for Jason Katsikaris and the Leyland Band, this demanding work from Lucy Pankhurst has hit the banding world with gusto. It's an extremely effective composition which is strong on percussion and style! The strong rhythmical element to the piece makes for compulsive toe-tapping and the need to 'get into the groove'! Wired has been exceptionally well received by audiences and critics and given Lucy some well deserved exposure for her equally exceptional writing talents. Be sure to listen to the online soundfile (apologies that it's only an electronic one at present!) to get a feel for the great contribution this piece could make to your concert programme. SPOTLIGHT ON: Jon Bennett As part of our new series which spotlights our many writers, we are pleased to dedicate this session's focus to JON BENNETT. We feel that Jon has a natural talent for arranging the ageless swing classics and as you'll see from his background, he pulls on his extensive big band roots to achieve this so successfully. Jon started playing Trombone in a school brass band at the age of 13, moving to Soprano Cornet at age 15. His big band roots started when he played Trumpet in the school big band and since 1978 Jon has been running his own big band, which as well as performing in some top venues throughout the UK, has worked (amongst others) with Don Lusher, Steve Sykes, Clive Rowe, Paul Cox and Kenny Baker. Over the past 35 years Jon has played and worked as a musical director with a variety of Essex/London based brass bands. He started working as a professional musician at the age of 18 in a variety of venues including West End Shows, Cruise Ships, holiday camps and London Hotels and has previously worked as a Musical Director for Marti Webb, Bonnie Langford, Martine McCutcheon and Elaine Page. Jon's musical inspiration comes from big bands which he hopes is reflected in his arrangements, aiming to make them challenging, but first and foremost, enjoyable! Select "Jon Bennett" in the Arranger list of our Advanced Search facility to see the many titles we are delighted to be publishing. Fresh, New and Featured Titles The Music Company (UK) Ltd are delighted to highlight a collection of new and featured music to brighten up your forthcoming concert and contest programmes. Two latest releases include 'A Little Lucerne Scong' - a great new arrangement by Steven Drury featuring the lower brass (with a little visit by Soprano!) and 'She's Out Of My Life' - a beautiful flugel solo with band arrangement of this famous Michael Jackson hit. Take a Look in our 'New Releases and Featured Titles' section to see our current highlights The Flexi-Collection - A Complete Feast of Popular Classics The Flexi-Collection Series for Training and Junior Brass Bands/Groups. This refreshing and thoughtful new flexible range of music is playable by 6-600 brass instrumentalists. Sympathetically arranged by Andrew Duncan, the current Popular Classics Series presents eight titles from the great classical composers, offering a fun and interesting range of musical styles. [View available titles ...] The Music Company on YouTube.com Not only does The Music Company offer score samples and soundfiles for many of their titles, but they have now located a number of appearances on YouTube.com. You can now watch and listen to performances of Andrew Duncan's 'Freyja's Call' (concert band) and Tim Paton's "My Little Welsh Home", "Rachmaninoff Prelude" and "Meditation" (all brass band) by visiting www.YouTube.com and searching for the pieces, or follow the links we've already set up for you with the item entry in our Brass Band Titles section. We'd also love to hear from any other bands who have YouTube.com performances of any of our pieces. So, please email us at: youtube@TheMusicCompanyShop.com if you can provide more links to help promote our customers and our music. Composition Commission Service Many of our writers and others with whom we have strong links would be delighted to accept commissions to write bespoke pieces for customers. If you enjoy the style and approach of a particular composer, we will be delighted to introduce your project to them and help turn your ideas into a reality. [Find Out More ...] NEW CONTACT NUMBERS! Just a reminder, our contact telephone numbers have changed! Please make sure your address books are updated - we can now been reached as follows: Telephone: 0845 68 08452 Facsimile: 0845 68 08453 All other contact information (email, website, shop and postal address) remains the same.