Biography

Tony Cliff BMus (Hons), MPhil, ALCM, FLCM, Cert.Ed graduated from Royal Holloway College, University of London and his early career combined teaching, lecturing and professional performing. For many years Tony was Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Salford, specialising in jazz composition, arranging, history, and analysis and performance techniques and it was during his career at Salford that Tony’s music began to be published. Tony's work is published by several companies including Stainer and Bell, Faber Music, Studio Music, Kirklees Music and Winwood Music with music ranging from works for solo instrument and piano to choral pieces and works for brass band and jazz orchestra. Many of Tony’s compositions have also been recorded on CD and have been regularly broadcast. More recently Tony has established his own music publishing company where various new works may be purchased on-line directly from this web-site. Please click the TCM Sales link button above for further details. Tony is also a songwriter and if you visit www.tonycliffsongs.com there are original jazz, pop, folk and blues songs which are available to play and download.