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. A Hebridean Suite - Butlins 2010 1st Section Test Piece A HEBRIDEAN SUITE, composed by Andrew Duncan, is available to purchase through The Music Company (UK) Ltd. Purchase Now Of the test pieces selected for the 2010 Butlins Mineworkers Brass Band Festival, organiser Brian Eggleshaw commented: "We have chosen these works as our tribute to the younger composers and arrangers in the banding movement today. We believe that there is such a great amount of talent and quality out there that Butlins has a duty to encourage and promote the very best of what we have to offer." SPECIAL LIMITED TIME OPTION - SAVE ON POSTAGE COSTS! As a special option for those bands competing at Butlins 2009, if you pre-order your band set for 'A Hebridean Suite' by Monday 12 January, you can collect the music in person at the contest - one of our key resellers, Just Brass will be hosting a tradestand in the Exhibition Village at the venue - your postage costs (charged at time of ordering) will then be refunded to you upon collection of the music. Purchase Now NEW! The Flexi-Collection 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. The Flexi-Collection is targeted at Training and Junior Brass Bands and school brass groups, but also lends itself well to bands of all standards that may require music for flexible instrumentation. Incorporating Andrew's own experience with the training/junior level player, each piece in the series provides clarity both in presentation and explanation. Each part includes rudimentary theory help on the reverse, all musical terminology is given a translation, playing range and rhythms are adjusted to maintain the style of the composer whilst ensuring they are appropriate for the level of ability of the player; world parts are supplied by default; each piece also incorporate optional percussion and a very easy Bb part to make the sets as inclusive as possible. To offer full flexibility to our customers, we have also introduced 'The Flexi-Collection Album' which offers a complete set of the series of eight titles with a saving of over 20% off the normal individual titles. [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 Concert 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. Music Company Sponsors Europeans 2008 Once again The Music Company was an official sponsor of the European Brass Band Championships and was delighted to support the Performers' Choice Award for the Conductor's Contest 2008. Grimethorpe Performs "Welsh Echoes" The new release, Welsh Echoes by Andrew Duncan was well received by band and audience alike at a concert in Wellingborough in April, performed by the world-famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band. The piece features 3 superb Welsh folk songs and cleverly entwines them with a feature for the Principal cornet with a beautifully scored version of David of the White Rock. The audience gave a very warm response, not least for the stunning performance the band itself made of the piece. It's a great new addition to the the brass band repertoire and Grimethorpe's rendition definitely establishes it as an ideal piece to freshen up your concert programme, whether you have celtic links or not! The Music Company Re-Dresses TP Music Titles Following the distribution developments between The Music Company and TPMusic, we are now delighted to inform you that all TP Music titles are now being formally published by The Music Company (UK) Ltd, including a livery overhaul and in-house production by us. Silverado Gains US Approval! Following its release, Silverado (arranged by Gareth Green) has gained transatlantic acclaim - The Brass Band of Battle Creek were delighted to feature it in their 2008 March showcase concert and confirmed that it was extremely well received by the enthusiastic audience. Lewis Music Press Merges with The Music Company Lewis Music Press merges with The Music Company (UK) Ltd. An exciting business development has meant that these two publishing houses have now joined forces to bring their customers a comprehensive catalogue of music to enjoy. [Read more ...] New 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 ...]