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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 ...
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 …
This evening (1 October 2016) is the official celebration of Middleton Band‘s 140th anniversary, marked by a gala performance of ‘Perseverance’, which the band originally commissioned me to write for them almost exactly two years ago. Since then I’ve been lucky enough to be appointed as the band’s Musical Director, so as I write I’m Read More …
Friday 8 April saw a productive rehearsal on a new work for brass quintet. Ring’d with the Azure World… has been commissioned by the Harmonia Brass Quintet, five students at the University of Huddersfield, for performance at their final recital in May. The five instrumentalists in Harmonia Brass are all brass band players, and the Read More …
Morthanveld Publishing are delighted to announce the premiere of a new piece of music on Sunday 15 November – Morgan Griffiths and the Hammonds Saltaire Band have commissioned a new piece entitled strange geometry to perform as part of their exciting and innovative programme at this year’s Brass in Concert Championships, held at the iconic Read More …
Frriday 9 October was a good day for tenor horn fans in London as one of the world’s finest exponents of the instrument gave a recital at Regent Hall, a venue strongly associated with brass music down the years. As well as performing the piano accompaniment version of Dragon Dances Owen gave a couple of exciting Read More …
Early in July 2015 I had the pleasure of reacquainting myself with the mighty Middleton Band at the recording sessions for their latest CD. Back in 2014 the band started discussing commissioning a composition from me to mark their upcoming 140th anniversary in 2016 and after applying and winning Arts Council funding at the end Read More …