Welcome to The Music Company - Publishers Who Are Passionate About Making Music Website Hosting Issues We apologise to our customers for an interruption in our online presence. Due to an unexpected service issue relating to the hosting company for our online shop, we are in the process of transferring to a new provider. This technical issue is taking time to resolve and we hope to be back online and fully operational by the beginning of next week. ORDERS STILL WELCOME! Despite the disruption of this technical issue, we welcome your orders. So if you require any music from our catalogue, please place your order by sending an email to orders@TheMusicCompanyShop.com, and we will be delighted to process it for you. Thank you for your patience with this frustrating hiccup. 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. One Small Step - New Award Winning Composition Now Available The Music Company (UK) Ltd is delighted to release this new composition by Andrew Duncan, inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landings. Commissioned by The Flowers Band, helping to lead them to their 'Most Entertaining Band' award-winning performance at the 2013 Butlins Mineworkers Brass Band contest, the piece has also just received the 'Best New Composition' award at the 2013 West Lothian Festival of Brass with its performance by The Co-operative Funeralcare Band. Emotive and programmatic in its content, it is an ideal concert feature and, as displayed by its commissioners and award-winning performances, perfect for entertainment contests; opening up opportunities to incorporate multi-media snippets of the associated Presidential speeches and video footage of the historic moment it depicts. Order Now Resplendence - New Solo for Mark Wilkinson The Music Company (UK) Ltd is delighted to release the solo and band accompaniment for an exciting new solo, commissioned by cornet virtuoso Mark Wilkinson, and composed by Lucy Pankhurst. The piece is being featured on Mark's new CD, released on 4th May 2013, and whilst the original is an appropriately challenging work to fully display Mark's versatility and technical prowess, an alternative solo part is also included which offers a more comfortable range for performance. It features a strong driving rock beat and uses some great optional effects (including an echo cornet), to produce an extremely refreshing new addition to the advanced cornet soloist's repertoire. A wonderful piece, composed by one of today's leading composers for one of today's foremost cornet players - a fine combination which is now available to share by cornet players around the world. ABRSM's New Tuba Syllabus - 'A Haworth Suite' Selected for Multiple Grades We are delighted to announce that Andrew Duncan's 'A Haworth Suite' has been selected for multiple grades in the new ABRSM Tuba Syllabus which commences in 2013. The set comes with a bound piano accompaniment and individual parts for Eb Bass (TC), Tuba (Concert Pitch) and Bb Bass/Euphonium (TC). The piece is a particular favourite of Andrew's and it takes its inspiration from the charming Victorian town of Haworth in West Yorkshire, home of the famous Brontë sisters. The suite has four short descriptive movements: Flying a Kite over Haworth Moor The Old Steam Railway A Lazy Summers Day at Brontë Falls A Cat and Mouse Chase Down Main Street! Each movement has been selected for a different Grade, covering Grades 3, 4, 5 and 7. We are thrilled for Andrew and for our publishing house - this is fine recognition of the quality of the writers and publications The Music Company (UK) Ltd represents. Order online ... YouTube Library Building - Music for Submissions We are pleased to be extending our YouTube library of performances of pieces represented through The Music Company (UK) Ltd. It's not only great for us to see the music being performed, but we also hope it may assist you in considering the works for yourself or your band/ensemble. We would like to continue building up the collection of clips and are offering a free set of music (published by The Music Company (UK) Ltd) in return for successful submissions. Simply email us with the YouTube link and your contact details so we can assess the clip. If suitable, we'll be in touch to arrange for your selection of a music set to be despatched! Visit our YouTube section Lots of New Releases! Our writers have been busy! We've got lots of new works for you, with new pieces being presented every month. Take a look at our 'New Releases and Featured Titles' section to see how you could spice up your concert and contest programmes. 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 ...