Performances

Voice of one for millions | recording by Hannah Bowman | danced by Marie - Louise Flexen | 'Between Earth and Sky', Chapels of Rest, Stroud Preservation Trust

Rhythm of Light | Bjørsvik Brass, Magnus Brandseth, Nykirken, Norway

Diamond Fanfare | Södertörns Brass, Erik Westin | Ösmo Church, Nynäshamn, Sweden

Serenata | Södertörns Brass, Erik Westin | Ösmo Church, Nynäshamn, Sweden

Beyond the Light | Södertörns Brass, Erik Westin | Ösmo Church, Nynäshamn, Sweden

Hymn to the Cross| Södertörns Brass, Erik Westin | Ösmo Church, Nynäshamn, Sweden

Serenata | UniBrass BandCamp, David Thornton | Hesley Wood Scout Activity Centre, near Sheffield

Beside the Sea | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | The Kings Hall, Herne Bay

Ballad | Olivia Dance | St Briavels Memory Cafe, St Briavels, Gloucestershire

Beside the Sea | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | Shanklin Theatre, Shanklin

Beside the Sea | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth

Beside the Sea | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis

Surtaal Celebrates| Grimethorpe Colliery Band, RSVP Bhangra, Belinda Evans - soprano, Steve Phillips | Corn Exchange, Exeter

Enchanted Light| Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Belinda Evans - soprano, Steve Phillips | Corn Exchange, Exeter

Beside the Sea | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | Palace Theatre, Paignton

Beyond the Light | Regent Brass, Alan Duguid | Westminster Abbey Gardens

Slate, Sea and Sky | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Lode Violet, Paul Holland | Royal Welsh College of Music, Cardiff

Tide and Time | Flowers Band, Michael Fowles | Fanfares and Love Songs, Three Choirs Festival

Slate, Sea and Sky | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Lode Violet, Paul Holland | St David's Cathedral

Slate, Sea and Sky | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Lode Violet, Paul Holland | St Asaph Cathedral, Bangor

What the Lark Saw | Three Choirs Festival, children's choirs and ensemble | Gloucester Cathedral

Talk on the Jenner musical celebration [Jenner Project] | Three Choirs Festival | Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral

Beyond the Light | Regent Brass, Alan Duguid | St Saviours, Pimlico

Serenata | Besson Brass Quintet (Tom Stone, Roger Webster, Owen Farr, David Childs, Les Neish)

Beyond the Light | Regent Brass, Alan Duguid | St John's Smith Square, London

Shadow cast by the sun from Rhythm of Light | Lydbrook Band, Gareth Ritter, St Michael's Church, Ghent, Belgium

Landscapes and Shadow cast by the sun from Rhythm of Light | South Coast Brass, Ian Stewart, Towner Eastbourne

The Eagle | Hannah Roper violin, Valeria Kurbatova harp | St Nicholas, Standish

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips | Burton Town Hall

Silver Rose | Oregon Brass Society, Olin Hannum (conductor), Bill Hulings (narrator) | First Baptist Church of Eugene, Oregon, USA

Song from Silver Rose (world premiere in this version) | Laiton Trumpet Quartet, Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Linear Lines | Anne Howarth (french horn) | Boston Conservatory at Berklee, USA

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Steve Phillips| Melton Theatre

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Brett Baker | Selby Abbey

Linear Lines | Anne Howarth (french horn) | Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA

Hymn to the Cross (from 'Holding the Hill') | Cory Band, Philip Harper | Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Morley Town Hall

Serenata | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp | recording

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Ben Palmer | recording

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Ben Palmer | Royal Northern College of Music

Beyond the Light | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Christopher Binns| Dorking Halls

Serenata | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Ellie Slorach | Victoria Hall, Sheffield

Serenata | Lydbrook Band, Steven Sykes| The Church of the Holy Jesus, Lydbrook

Linear Lines | Anne Howarth (french horn) | New Music in the Mine, Houghton, Michigan, USA | International Society for Contemporary Music

Linear Lines | Anne Howarth (french horn) | New Music in the Mine, Houghton, Michigan, USA | International Society for Contemporary Music

Serenata | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Chris King | Octagon Centre, Yeovil

Air Balloon Song | Jenner Project tethered balloon event | Berkeley Castle

Serenata | Fulham Brass Band, John Ward | Regents Park Music Festival, Regents Park, London

Diamond Fanfare | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Philip Harper | Riverfront Theatre, Newport, Wales

Diamond Fanfare | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Philip Harper | Fishguard International Music Festival, St David's Cathedral, Wales

Diamond Fanfare | National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Philip Harper | Pontio, Bangor, Wales

Serenata | Regent Brass, Alan Duguid | Brass on the Grass, Westminster Abbey, London

Diamond Fanfare | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton | Kings Lynn Festival, Kings Lynn Corn Exchange

Antiphonary | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton | Kings Lynn Festival, Kings Lynn Corn Exchange

Serenata | Regent Brass, Alan Duguid | World Music Festival, Kirklade, Holland

Surtaal Unites (world premiere) | RSVP Bhangra, Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes | Proms in the Park, Speech House, Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

Serenata | Lake Wobegon Brass Band, USA, Michael Halstenson | Pontefract Town Hall

Diamond Fanfare | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton | Midsummer Spectacular, Driffield Showground

Serenata | Lake Wobegon Brass Band, USA, Michael Halstenson | Ashville College, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Serenata | Lake Wobegon Brass Band, USA, Michael Halstenson | Ripon Cathedral

Interludes for the Jenner Project (world premiere) | Jenner Project launch dinner | Berkeley community singers, Nicki Barnes (flute), City of Bristol Brass Band quintet, Ian Holmes, The Barn, Cattle Country, Berkeley

Pre Concert Talk | 8 Songs for a Mad King, Peter Maxwell Davies Research Network, Cardiff University

Diamond Fantasia | Francis Knights, Friends of Square Pianos, Chelveston, Wellingborough

Call | first performance in the brass quintet version | Bristol Brass Consort, Arnolfini, Bristol

Rhythm of Light | Movement 2 Shadow Cast by the Sun and Movement 3 Pavan and Galliard | Sunday Brass at Boarshurst Band Club | Hepworth Band, Ryan Watkins, Boarshurst Band Club, Greenfield

Innovation 216 | first performance in the brass band alone version | RNCM Brass Band Festival, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton

Linear Lines | Austen Larson (french horn) | The Horn around the World | 53rd International Horn Symposium

Robin Robin (broadcast) | Steven Mead, Brighouse and Rastrick Band, David Thornton | Ian MacMillan, BBC Radio 3

Linear Lines | Dylan Dukat | Sara M. Snell Music Theater, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam State University of New York, USA

Linear Lines | Jeff Snedeker | McIntyre Music Building Recital Hall, Central Washington University, USA

Rhythm of Light | Hepworth Band, Ryan Watkins, Wakefield Girls School

Diamond Fantasia | Francis Knights (clavichord), Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Linear Lines | Lynn Henderson | Music for the Moment, Wigmore Hall, London

Holding the Hill (world premiere)| Royal Forest of Dean Orchestra, Fiona Crawley, St Paul's Church, Parkend. Written to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imjin River.

Ghost Cinemas (world premiere) | Co-creation with Mark Vasey ('Wurley Bird'). Steven Mead (euphonium), Dildar Singh (Bollywood melodies and voice), Ronald Brooks (poems and narration), Nick and Imralis (mandolin and voice/guitar - Redpoint only). Discovering Bristol's cinemas which are now other venues. Commissioned by Bristol Ideas.

Performances at:

Redpoint Climbing Centre | Ambassdor/Odeon Bedminster (1936-1961) 

The Van Dyck Forum | Vandyck Picture House/ABC Fishponds (1926-1973) 

Co-op Ashley Down | Premier Cinema Theatre (1914-1964) 

Antiphonary | Manger Musikklag, Maria Nygård Molund, Lungegaardens Kulturarena, BrassWind Festival 2021

Hear the Call | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Proms at the Scarr Bandstand

Rhythm of Light (world premiere) | Hepworth Band, Ryan Watkins, The Hepworth Museum, Wakefield

Surtaal Celebrates | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, RSVP Bhangra, Belinda Evans, Carducci String Quartet, vocal quartet from The Royal Military Chapel (The Guards' Chapel), Darius Battiwalla | online

Hear the Call | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Priory Park, Malvern

Diamond Fanfare | Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton, Lichfield Festival, Lichfield Cathedral (afternoon and evening concert)

Hear the Call (world premiere) | Elland Band, Daniel Brooks, Service of Thanksgiving to the NHS, Halifax Minster, Halifax.

Commissioned by Brass Bands England for the first NHS Social Care and Frontline Workers Day.

Rhythm of Light (recording) | Hepworth Band, Ryan Watkins | Celebrating the life and work of sculptor Barbara Hepworth

Linear Lines | Emily Rushton (tenor horn) | Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music | online

Robin Robin | Ben Smith, Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music | online

Linear Lines | Lynn Henderson - french horn, Royal Academy of Music | online

Diamond Fanfare | Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band, David Thornton | workshop

Enchanted Light (broadcast) | Belinda Evans (soprano), Colin Booth (ottavino), Grimethorpe Colliery Band | audio Lukas Greiwe, video Sam Johnston, animation Gary Andrews | BBC Radio 3

Rainbow River (world premiere) | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes. Narration Rhys Trimble, audio Lukas Greiwe, animation Gary Andrews. Kapitol Cory Band Online Championships

Linear Lines | Anne Howarth (french horn), Radius Ensemble, Boston, USA | online

Linear Lines | Lucy Smith, Temple University, Philadelphia (online)

Family Band | NYMAZ brass band with Femmes Fortissimo and Siobhan Bates (tenor horn) | Musical ideas from consultation with the NYMAZ musicians, featuring a family argument and culminating with a kitchen percussion fight | online

River of Time | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Rhys Trimble (narration), Lukas Greiwe (sound), Gary Andrews (animation). Commissioned for the Wye Valley River Festival | online

Welcome to the Weather | Anthony Smith and Joanna Ainsworth | euphonium duet arranged from the song Welcome to the Weather | online

Barcarolle | Quasi Horn Quartet | online

Ballad | Claire Alsop (piano) | online

Bluebird | miniature songs from Liz, Belinda Evans and friends | Inspired by times of isolation and reflection, telling stories and finding a poetic path through troubling times.Connecting through creative collaboration | Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Diamond Fantasia | Colin Booth (ottavino) | online

Talking Brass Bands, Episode 2 - Liz Lane, podcast with James Alexander

Where do you get your inspiration from? ! Brass Bands England webinar

Song from Silver Rose | Quasi Horn Quartet | online

A different kind of urban | Open University Choir, Cantoribus Ensemble, Bill Strang, The Hub Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes *postponed*

Constellations (world premiere) | Cantoribus Ensemble, Bill Strang, The Hub Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes *postponed*

Innovation 216 | Lydbrook Band, City of Bristol, Lydbrook and Lydney Training Bands, Gurt Lush Choir, Bristol MAN Chorus, Ian Holmes, Aerospace Bristol, Bristol

Hall of Memory | Goring and Streatley Concert Band, Andrew McBirnie, Goring Village Hall

Serenade (world premiere) | Fanfare Repertoire Festival, Ede, Holland

Silver Rose | Lydbrook Band, Micha Lazurus (narrator), Ian Holmes, Trinity College, Cambridge

Slate, Sea and Sky | Richard Marshall (cornet) masterclass, Salford University

Silver Rose | Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band, narrator Samuel Snowden, Captain Peter Woffenden, Regents Hall, London

Silver Rose | Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band, narrator Samuel Snowden, Captain Peter Woffenden, Royal Northern College of Music

Silver Rose (world premiere in this version) | Newmains and District Brass Band, narrator Ian Sommerville, Katrina Marzella (baritone), Michael Marzella, Coltness Memorial Church, Newmains

Brightest Day a Cloud (world premiere) | Corde di Gioia, Holburne Museum, Bath

Brightest Day a Cloud (excerpts) | Corde di Gioia, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire

Innovation 216 | Lydbrook Band, City of Bristol, Lydbrook and Lydney Training Bands, Gurt Lush Choir, Bristol MAN Chorus, Ian Holmes, St George's Bristol

Surtaal Suite No. 1 | Lydbrook Band, RSVP Bhangra, Ian Holmes, Proms in the Park, Speech House Hotel, Gloucestershire

Robin Robin | David Thornton (euphonium), Keith Teepen (piano), The 15th Annual International Euphonium Tuba Festival, Georgia, USA

To sorte træsko from Brightest Day a Cloud | Corde di Gioia, Denmark

Brightest Day a Cloud (excerpts) | Corde di Gioia, Denmark

Tide and Time | National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, Bramwell Tovey, Wells Cathedral

Tide and Time | National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, Bramwell Tovey, Cheltenham Town Hall

Lecture: New music to commemorate the First World War: Two musical commissions from inception to peformance | Rotary Club of Cotswold Tyndale, Berkeley

Robin Robin | John Storey (euphonium), Caryl Congar (piano), The United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop, Fort Myer, Arlington, VA

Tide and Time | Foden's Band, Michael Fowles | RNCM Brass Band Festival

A different kind of urban (world premiere) | The Open University Choir and brass ensemble, Bill Strang, The Hub Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes

Antiphonary | The Open University brass ensemble, Bill Strang

Counting Stars | Nigel Howard (trombone), Andrew McBirnie (piano), Aston Tirrold United Reformed Church, Didcot

Diamond Fanfare II | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Forest Theatre, Coleford

The Grand Union Waltz (world premiere), Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Forest Theatre, Coleford

City Lights (world premiere) | South West Open Youth Orchestra, Bristol Youth Choir, Doug Bott, David Ogden, Breaking the Glass Ceiling symposium, Colston Hall

City Bridges | Bristol Youth Choir, Ashleigh Turley, David Ogden, Breaking the Glass Ceiling symposium, Colston Hall

City Bridges | Bristol Youth Choir, David Ogdon, St James Priory, Bristol

City Bridges (world premiere) | Bristol Youth Choir with Ashleigh Turley, David Ogdon, Bristol Zoo Event, Bristol-Hannover-Bordeaux 70th anniversary celebrations

Rivers of Song | Year 5 singers, Oasis Warndon Academy and instrumentalists, Worcester Cathedral grounds

Silver Rose | Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band, Ian Porthouse, Brass Splendour: Past, Present and Future, St Paul's Church, St Paul's Square, Birmingham

Silver Rose | Lydbrook Band, Brian Jackson (narrator), Ian Holmes, Stroud Subscription Rooms

Silver Rose (world premiere soprano version) | Lydbrook Band, Donna Lennard (soprano), Ian Holmes, Lydbrook Church Music Festival

Somewhere Unknown | Thornbury Orchestra, Chris Hill, St Mary's Church, Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

Begyndelse and To sorte træsko (world premiere)​ | Corde di Gioia, Classics for Peace, Denmark

Robin Robin | David Thornton, Ruth Webb, Sandbach concert series, St Mary's Church Hall, Market Square, Sandbach

Robin Robin David Thornton, Ruth Webb, Casino Maltese, Valletta, Malta

Brightest Day a Cloud | Corde di gioia, Heiliggeistkirche, Heidelberg, Germany

Innovation 216 | Triangle Radio broadcast

Lecture: New music to commemorate the First World War: Two musical commissions from inception to peformance | Hereford Music Circle lecture

Brightest Day a Cloud | Corde di gioia, Alderbridge School, Aldermaston, Reading.

The Grand Union Waltz (world premiere), Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, The Barn at Cattle Country (private event)

Antiphonary | Frank Renton's Brass Machine, Frank Renton, Butlins Mineworkers Open National Brass Band Festival, Skegness

Adam Lay Ybounden | Clifton Singers, Nicholas Barlow, Cotham Parish Church, Bristol

The River's Daughter Song | Bridge Song (Boats, Tunnels and Bridges), Sinfonia Cymru education project, Chepstow School and Thornwell Primary School, Chepstow School Arts Hall

Innovation 216 (world premiere) | Lydbrook Band, Gurt Lush Choir, Bristol MAN Choir, UWE Singers, City of Bristol Training Band, Lydney Training Band, Lydbrook Training Band, Ian Holmes, St Georges's, Bristol. Part of St George's Bristol Art of Flight: a celebration of fugue and flight in 2016. Commissioned by Bristol800.

Important Matters | Singing and Aphasia: Meet the UWE ReVoice Choir, Cathy Warner, Colston Hall Foyer

Dance where the Spirit Enlightens (world premiere) | Arts Council England 70 anniversary concert with Sir Christopher Frayling, Arnolfini, Bristol. Bristol Festival of Ideas

Antiphonary | Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Murcia Cathedral, Murcia, Spain

Counting Stars | Brett Baker, Peel Hall, Salford University

Slate, Sea and Sky (CD release) | Jim Hayes, The Co-operative Funeralcare Band, Michael Fowles

Recitative and Aria, Kammermusik, Oxford University, Oxford

Brightest Day a Cloud | Corde di gioia, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Silver Song | South-West Open Youth Orchestra, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon

Diamond Fanfare | Bands in the Park, Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Malvern Bandstand, Malvern

Diamond Fanfare | Queen's 90th birthday concert, Lydbrook Band, Ian Holmes, Forest Theatre, Coleford, Forest of Dean

Important Matters (world premiere, broadcast) | UWE ReVoice Choir, Cathy Warner, The Lantern, Colston Hall | BBC Radio 3

Silver Song (world premiere, broadcast)| South-West Open Youth Orchestra, Doug Bott, The Lantern, Colston Hall | BBC Radio 3

Antiphonary | Foden's Band, Michael Fowles, Bury St Edmunds Festival, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Call | Eastern Virginia Brass, ESO Arts Center, Belle Haven, VA, USA

Lecture: New music to commemorate the First World War: Two musical commissions from inception to peformance | Vega Probus, Ross on Wye

Antiphonary | Open University Choir brass ensemble, Bill Strang, St Mary and St Giles Church, Stony Stratford

Silver Rose | Lydbrook Band, IUWE Singers, South-West Open Youth Orchestra, Barry Farrimond (narrator), Alison Howell (organ), Ian Holmes (conductor), Bristol Cathedral

Call | Eastern Virginia Brass, Mildred McDaniel Concert Series, Newport News, VA, USA

Call​ | Eastern Virginia Brass, Cape Henry Collegiate School, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Slate, Sea and Sky (recording) | Jim Hayes (cornet), The Co-Operative Funeralcare Band, Michael Fowles

Antiphonary (broadcast) | Aldbourne Band, David Johnson | recorded at Immanuel United Reformed Church, Swindon |  Swindon 105.5 Community Radio

Antiphonary | ​Aldbourne Band, David Johnson, Immanuel United Reformed Church, Swindon