Am delighted that Kiddlington Concert Brass have accepted my commission - Scramble.  Written to commemorate RAF Kiddlington's contribution to WWII this work, for Solo cornet and brass band, depicts a young pilot being roused from troubled sleep to take to the skies.

The band will be premiering the work in the Autumn.  

Y Barcud Coch (The Red Kite) will be played by Crwbin during their entertainment programme at the National Eisteddfod at the end of July.  The work, inspired by the beauty of these magnificent birds takes the listener on a musical jouurny through the air; gliding, wheeling, swooping and chasing while also referencing their fragility and continued persecution from those who see them as a pest.  

The work will feature in a programme also containing music by John Williams, Mozart and Alan Fernie.

Am honoured to have been asked to write a new work for Kidlington Concert Brass.  The work, which will be a principal cornet features will be premiered in a forthcoming entertainment contest later this year.  Watch this space for more updates.

https://www.kidlingtonconcertbrass.org.uk/
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Delighted to be working with partners in the USA transcribing music for their new show - #Blessed

Delighted to Dep for this great new choir this week.  For two rehearsals they make an excellent sound!

Delighted with the second place performance from Crwbin Ban last weekend.

On to the National Finals in Cheltenham in September!

More great work from the folks at Larch Publishing.  10 works now online, professionally formatted, typeset and ready for purchase!

These are the latest two made available from today 

it's always nice to get something fun to do that needs no invention other than assigning of parts and as such I am delighted to be working with the Rackenford Rascals again and putting together music for their concert in support of the Devon Air Ambulance.  

Things have been pretty hectic since moving back to Wales.  The house sale is still taking an age so work on building our own home is on pause - on the plus side this means lots of time for musical activities!

I've been appointed conductor of Crwbin Silver Band for the forthcoming Welsh Regional Brass Band Festival and I couldn't be more proud of the efforts the band has gone to to get to grips with the test piece, Facets of Glass.  We are in great shape with nearly two months to go and looking forward to a fantastic day in the Brangwyn Hall.

Compositions I am working on at the moment include my submission for the Cory Composition Competition, a piece for Wind Band called New England Hauntings and a work for a string ensemble in America.  

Snippets of all works to be posted soon!