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Use this music sales page to have a closer look at the catalogue of music from Morthanveld Publishing Ltd – whether you want something for Christmas, a short concert item, an unusual solo, a major work to build a concert or CD around, or use for a contest, or something really off the wall, there’s Read More ...
In recent years I have received commissions to write or arrange new music for Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Gavin Pritchard, Owen Farr, Middleton Band, Hammonds Saltaire Band, Harmonia Brass Quintet and the Serenata Ladies’ Choir, amongst others, and welcome the opportunity to write music for any other groups that have a requirement for a new piece of Read More ...
Over many years of preparing my own scores for performance and publication (or, as a conductor, preparing other people’s for performance) I have gained a great deal of experience in typesetting and editing music, and I am now able to offer a comprehensive set of publishing services. This includes music typesetting using one of the music Read More ...
An amateur musician for over thirty years, Andrew Baker started playing the cornet with Northop Youth Band at the age of eight. He was a member of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales and played in the premiere performance of Alun Hoddinott’s Symphony No. 8 for Brass and Percussion in 1992 under the baton Read More ...
Officially published on 1 October 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of its first performance, Edward Gregson‘s Concertante for Piano and Brass Band is now available exclusively through Morthanveld Publishing. On of only a limited number of works for this particular combination, the Concertante for Piano and Brass Band joins works by Ray Steadman-Allen, Roy Read More ...
Over the years I have been involved in a number of successful bids for arts funding for the commissioning of new music and arts projects. While there is a generous pool of money available for the funding of this sort of artistic endeavour, it has a tendency to go to professional organisations who have the Read More ...
At Morthanveld we are very confident that years of experience in typesetting and printing music, and in the commercial print industry, mean that we can give a double guarantee of error-free, high quality, beautifully printed music every time. We believe you should expect nothing less, and hold your publishers to account if you receive anything less. Read More ...
Recently there was a tongue-in-cheek blog post from cornet player Liv Appleton’s always entertaining ‘itsnotatrumpet‘ blog entitled “10 Things We Wish We Could Tell Composers“. So, I thought it might be nice to respond with 10 things I think most composers would REALLY like to be able to tell performers. In the spirit of the original Read More …
Here at Morthanveld I’ve been delighted to discover that there are not one, not two but three recordings of Ave Maria now available! Commissioned by Dr David Thornton for Sheona White to play as part of Brighouse and Rastrick Band’s performance at the Brass in Concert contest in November 2017, Ave Maria is scored very Read More …
Morthanveld Publishing are delighted to announce that Paul McGhee’s Kjeden (‘dialogue for euphonium and brass band/brass ensemble’) is now available. Published and typeset by Paul himself, this work is printed and distributed via Morthanveld on his behalf. Kjeden was commissioned by Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen for the 2012 BrassWind Festival in Bergen, Norway. Written between June and August 2012 Read More …
On 27th January 2018 I was delighted to attend the 21st century premiere of Concertante for Piano and Brass Band by Edward Gregson, a performance that was not only attended by the composer but had been informed by his input from the start. As previously mentioned on these pages Gregson had been moved to publish Read More …
… love it or hate it, eventually every musician will end up playing some Christmas music at some point, often as early as bonfire night (even if that’s just starting to rehearse)! The difficulty is that often there are a lot of concerts crammed into a short period of time, and players have many other Read More …
At around this time every year, there is a significant milestone in the year for lovers of serious brass band music, and that milestone is the announcement of the programmes for the RNCM Brass Band Festival in January. Under its Director Paul Hindmarsh, the festival has become probably the most significant celebration of new and Read More …
Following on from the announcement that Morthanveld will exclusively print and distribute the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Edward Gregson Concertante for Piano and Brass Band from 1 October 2017, we are now delighted to announce the first two planned performances since the work was withdrawn by the composer in the late 1980s. Both are at Read More …
Morthanveld Publishing Ltd are delighted to have reached an agreement with renowned British composer Edward Gregson to print and distribute one of his earliest works, the popular and attractive Concertante for Piano and Brass Band. Composed in 1966 during his undergraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, it was later withdrawn by the composer in Read More …
In January this year I was delighted and privileged to attend the premiere performance of Lucid Perspectives, a new piece for brass band written collaboratively between Paul McGhee, Lucy Pankhurst and myself. Ever since, I’ve been meaning to blog about the experience, so here goes… Roughly a year ago I was contacted by a good friend Read More …
Middleton Band marked their 140th anniversary in 2016 by combining music and video in two special anniversary commissions. During 2016 I spent a lot of time working with them on their 140th anniversary piece ‘Perseverance‘. The piece was commissioned using lottery funds from the Arts Council of England, and the second part of the application was Read More …