Concert Items

• Mr Sandman (Ballard)
  • Best new arrangement - Brass in Concert 2007. Great fun for four campanologists & band! See YouTube clip!
• All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
  • Part of the winning 2007 Brass in Concert programme. Optional Mellophonium parts. See YouTube clip!
• Libertango (Piazzolla)
  • Spanish panache! Features 2nd tbu & rep. to start.

Original Works

• Roman Triptych
  • National Finals 2007, Butlins 2010 (4th Section)
  • Nominee for the Test Piece of the Year 2007 (Read full article at 4barsrest.com)
  • Recieved superbly well by bands, conductors, audience and adjudicators alike. 'A sword and sandals epic - Great fun!'

Solos

• Wild Mountain Thyme
  • Lovely arrangement of the Scottish Folk Song, recorded by Brighouse & Rastrick Band.
• Y Bore Glas (Blue Morning)
  • Traditional Welsh Air. Unaccompanied first verse then joined by quartet, followed by muted full band.

Tenor Horn

• Afton Water
  • Arranged for Melryn Bathgate - a beautiful Scottish Folk song.

Trombone

• Badinerie
  • The Bach showpiece arranged for Jonothan Pippen - This moves a bit!

Euphonium

• Spread Your Wide Wings
  • Swedish Folk song arranged for David Childs 'Prodigy' CD.

Baritone

• I Know Why (Harry Warren)
  • The Glenn Miller ballad with a great melody.
• Slane
  • The hymn song to "Be from My Vision" arranged for Helen Tyler for the "Baritones to the Fone" CD.
• Baritimes
  • Baritone Duet - Great fun! Lots of catchy tunes.

Tuba

• Bare Necessities (from Jungle Book)
  • Great fun for soloist and band. Winner of 2006 Brass in Concert - Best New Arrangement. Find it on YouTube!

• Agnus Dei
  • From Requeriem (Fauré)
  • Beautiful feature for standing back row and trombones - with a real "big" finish.

• Grace
  • An original solo written for Kirsty Abbotts (Cornet solo)
• God be in my Head
  • Walford Davies hymm (Cornet Solo)
• Erin Shore
  • A best seller! Based on the Corrs "unplugged" versio. Features percussion on Irish style tenor drums.
• Hope
  • Original Euphonium solo for Steve Miles. Lovely melody.
• All things Bright & Beautiful
  • Great arrangement for Euphonium soloist of the Hymm tune. Glorioso!
• So Deep is the Night
  • Chopin's famous melody for Euphonium soloist. A lovely arrangement.
• Down by the Sally Garden
  • Arranged for Kirsty Abbotts solo CD (Soliloquy)
  • Cornet solo of this Irish Melody - Not a dry eye in the house!
• Elegy
  • for Eddie Noble - a beautiful original work performed and recorded by Brighouse & Rastrick band.

• Ducky
  • Cornet solo in the style of Sugar Blues.
• Ring, Ring
  • the Abba hit - a fast tapper.
• So Many Lives
  • Millenium Peace prayer - features side drummers and optional bagpipes.
• Get Happy
  • the Harold Arlen classic. Sung by Judy Garland - a real show off piece for every section.

• Ar Lan Y Mor (Down by the Seashore)
  • Euphonium solo. Arranged for David Childs 'celtic' solo CD. Features by Hepworth at Brass in Concert and Butlins contests.