Music Publications
I have a growing number of published compositions including works for solo instrument and piano, choral music, ensemble and chamber works as well as music for brass band and for jazz orchestra. Many compositions have been regularly performed, recorded and broadcast and a number have been specially commissioned and my music has often been selected for Associated Board, Trinity Guildhall and London College practical examination grade syllabuses. My music is published by companies including Faber Music, Stainer and Bell, Studio Music, Winwood Music, Kirklees Music and Wright and Round.
I also established his own company to publish selected musical works and these may be viewed by clicking on the TCM Shop and available to purchase directly from this web site. Clicking on a cover design image or TCM Publication title link from this page will take you to the appropriate page in TCM Sales for viewing, auditioning or purchasing music. Alternatively simply browse the various page categories within TCM Sales for music which may be of interest.
A number of my works are published with CD recordings enabling the soloist to perform with full instrumental backing tracks or with piano accompaniment. Piano Grooves (Stainer and Bell), for example, is a collection of eight original jazz-influenced pieces for piano which also contains informative text to assist with the development of improvisation skills. The included CD contains both full versions of each piece and also the backings alone which enable the player to enjoy playing along with a full rhythm section accompaniment. Other works published with integral CD recording include Travels With My Flute (Stainer and Bell), Swinging Seasons (Tony Cliff Music) - for trumpet/cornet and Illusions (Tony Cliff Music) - for french horn/tenor horn. I typeset my compositions using the Sibelius music score-writing program but I am also currently learning rival program Dorico which looks very exciting.
I also established his own company to publish selected musical works and these may be viewed by clicking on the TCM Shop and available to purchase directly from this web site. Clicking on a cover design image or TCM Publication title link from this page will take you to the appropriate page in TCM Sales for viewing, auditioning or purchasing music. Alternatively simply browse the various page categories within TCM Sales for music which may be of interest.
A number of my works are published with CD recordings enabling the soloist to perform with full instrumental backing tracks or with piano accompaniment. Piano Grooves (Stainer and Bell), for example, is a collection of eight original jazz-influenced pieces for piano which also contains informative text to assist with the development of improvisation skills. The included CD contains both full versions of each piece and also the backings alone which enable the player to enjoy playing along with a full rhythm section accompaniment. Other works published with integral CD recording include Travels With My Flute (Stainer and Bell), Swinging Seasons (Tony Cliff Music) - for trumpet/cornet and Illusions (Tony Cliff Music) - for french horn/tenor horn. I typeset my compositions using the Sibelius music score-writing program but I am also currently learning rival program Dorico which looks very exciting.
Selected Publications
Four Sketches for trombone and piano (Studio Music 1985) – selected as Guildhall and Trinity College examination piece and featured on both the 1990 and 1992 BBC TV Young Musician of the Year Brass Final. Currently selected for the 2017 - 2020 ABRSM Grade 8 Trombone Syllabus and the current Trinity College of Music Grade 8 syllabus. The suite was recorded in 2007 by the virtuoso trombonist Brett Baker for the CD The World of the Trombone vol. 1 (Polyphonic Reproductions QPRZ 026D) and also by renowned Japanese trombonist Hiroyuki Odagiri for his 2005 CD recording Scaramouche (CD No: MM-1185) Meister Music Co Ltd www.meister-music.com. Below are some mp3 excerpts from this latter recording.
Showtime (Studio Music 1987) six jazzy pieces for trumpet or cornet and piano.
Slap Happy (Studio Music 1989) work for jazz orchestra.
Landscapes (Studio Music 1989) three movement suite for E flat tenor horn and piano - intermediate to advanced performance level.
Salford Keys (Studio Music 1989) for jazz orchestra featuring solo trombone. Commissioned for the 1987 Lowry Festival and first performed by the great trombonist Don Lusher.
Ragtime and Other Dances for tenor horn/french horn and piano (Studio Music 1989) – selected as examination pieces for both Associated Board and Trinity College performance grade examinations.
Three Dimensions (Kirklees Music 1989) suite for brass quartet.
New York Impressions for tenor horn and piano (Kirklees Music 1992) - commissioned by tenor horn virtuoso Gordon Higginbottom. Here are some mp3 excerpts from Gordon's CD recording Aria made in 1994 (Kirklees KRCD 1016)
Slap Happy (Studio Music 1989) work for jazz orchestra.
Landscapes (Studio Music 1989) three movement suite for E flat tenor horn and piano - intermediate to advanced performance level.
Salford Keys (Studio Music 1989) for jazz orchestra featuring solo trombone. Commissioned for the 1987 Lowry Festival and first performed by the great trombonist Don Lusher.
Ragtime and Other Dances for tenor horn/french horn and piano (Studio Music 1989) – selected as examination pieces for both Associated Board and Trinity College performance grade examinations.
Three Dimensions (Kirklees Music 1989) suite for brass quartet.
New York Impressions for tenor horn and piano (Kirklees Music 1992) - commissioned by tenor horn virtuoso Gordon Higginbottom. Here are some mp3 excerpts from Gordon's CD recording Aria made in 1994 (Kirklees KRCD 1016)
Feeling Mellow (Kirklees Music 1993) flugel horn feature for brass band originally commissioned by Fairey Engineering Band and has often been performed and broadcast. The mp3 excerpt here is from the Brighouse & Rastrick Band CD recording entitled Aria (Kirklees KRCD 1012) featuring soloist Nigel Ridler.
Cool Contrasts (Winwood Music 1994) for trumpet, cornet or flugel horn and piano
Suite Syncopation (Winwood Music 1995) 3-movement suite for tuba and piano.
Jazz Silhouettes (Studio Music 1995) is a three movement suite for trombone and piano. The first movement opens with an arching 4/4 theme and a lyrical section in 3/4 time. The central movement marked 'Moderato e Misterioso' sets an atmospheric minor modal mood and alternating between 4/4 and 7/8 metre. The final movement is in a contrasting major mode featuring frequent shifts between three and four time. The work is features on the 2010 CD recording The World of the Trombone Vol. 2 (Polyphonic Reproductions QPRZ 027D) featuring trombone virtuoso Brett Baker.
Suite Syncopation (Winwood Music 1995) 3-movement suite for tuba and piano.
Jazz Silhouettes (Studio Music 1995) is a three movement suite for trombone and piano. The first movement opens with an arching 4/4 theme and a lyrical section in 3/4 time. The central movement marked 'Moderato e Misterioso' sets an atmospheric minor modal mood and alternating between 4/4 and 7/8 metre. The final movement is in a contrasting major mode featuring frequent shifts between three and four time. The work is features on the 2010 CD recording The World of the Trombone Vol. 2 (Polyphonic Reproductions QPRZ 027D) featuring trombone virtuoso Brett Baker.
Serenata (Kirklees Music 1998) Euphonium feature for brass band, recorded by Cory Band with soloist Nigel John for the 2001 CD entitled Men of Stone (Kirklees KRCD 1034) (mp3) excerpt
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Star Stream (Tony Cliff Music 1995) for solo harp (recorded on CD by Patricia Spero) is a lyrical three-movement suite for solo concert harp of about Grade 7/8 standard. A melodic yet challenging solo concert work for orchestral pedal harp, Star Stream has a performance duration of approximately 11 minutes. Please click to see sample pdf pages play the following mp3 excerpts taken from each movement. This work is available directly from TCM shop here. ISMN M9002114 6 0
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Three Jazz Interludes (Kirklees Music 1997) for euphonium and piano was premiered at the Tuba and Euphonium Festival at the Birmingham Conservatoire in 1997. The published score for soloist and piano also includes a CD featuring the full recording with euphonium soloist and also separate piano accompaniment and rhythm section-only recordings for enjoyable play-along practise or for use in concerts. Three mp3 extracts are included below.
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Travels With My Flute (Stainer and Bell 1998) comprises 5 entertaining and jazzy pieces for flute and piano contrasting in style and ideal for concerts. The integral recording includes both piano and full rhythm section accompaniments for play-along mode as well as the full versions with an accomplished flute soloist playing on the CD. There is also a fully notated piano part and the work is suitable for flautists of grade 4 and above. Please find the two mp3 excerpts below.
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Dreams & Aspirations (Wright and Round 2001) for brass band (Duration 12 minutes) selected as a test piece for the Victoria State brass band contest, Australia in 2002 and for the Australian National Band Championships, March 2005 (Grade A Junior Section).
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Too Cool for School (Tony Cliff Music 1998) A collection of 20 jazzy pieces of about grade 4/5 standard with detailed fingering for each offering a wide range of styles from funk to ballad, from blues to rock and from jazz to Latin and all designed to be both fun to learn as well as challenging. Click the icon following to see some sample pdf pages and below for several mp3's taken from the collection. The book is available to purchase directly from TCM Shop here. ISMN M9002114 3 9
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Piano Grooves (Stainer and Bell 1999) A collection of eight jazzy pieces for solo piano with an integral CD recording containing both full performances and rhythm section band accompaniments alone for the piano soloist to play-along with. There is also helpful text about jazz chord structures, performance techniques, phrasing and improvisation. Piano Grooves is suitable for players of grade 5 and above. Below are two mp3 excerpts taken from the collection.
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Ebb and Flow (Tony Cliff Music 2001) for junior brass quartet.Scored for 2 cornets, tenor horn and euphonium this work opens with a bright and thythmic first movement followed by a more lyrical 2nd movement and a then lively final movement. It is ideal as a concert or test piece for junior brass quartet. Duration around 6 minutes. This work is available to purchase directly from TCM Shop here. Click here for some sample pdf pages and below for three mp3 excerpts. ISMN M9002114 5 3
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Kernow Kool (Tony Cliff Music 2007) is an up-tempo brass band composition in a lively jazz/blues style and will provide an ideal concert opening item. It has a performance duration of approximately three minutes and has been designed to be quite straightforward to perform whilst at the same time fun for both player and audience. This work is available to purchase directly from TCM Shop here. Here are some sample pdf pages and mp3 excerpts to play. ISMN M9002126 4 1
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Swinging Seasons (Tony Cliff Music 2002) for trumpet/cornet and piano with integral CD recording featuring both piano accompaniment and full rhythm section backings with brass, woodwind and strings and also fully performed versions with solo trumpet. This entertaining collection, with a performance level of Grade 5/6, is ideal whether for concerts or just enjoyment the collection has a duration of approximately 15 minutes. Available to purchase directly from TCM shop here. Click for some sample pdf pages or play the mp3 excerpts below. ISMN M9002114 8 4.
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Illusions (Tony Cliff Music 2004) Four movement suite for french horn or tenor horn and piano with integral CD recording containing both piano accompaniments and full rhythm section backings with brass, woodwind, strings and drums enabling play-along. The movements are written in a popular and jazz-influenced idiom and feature plenty of syncopation in the lively movements with contrasting lyrical style in slower movements. Why not listen to the mp3 excerpts below or view the pdf score examples. The work is available directly from TCM Shop here. ISMN M9002114 4 6
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Spring Tides (Tony Cliff Music 2004) for junior brass quartet. Scored for 2 cornets, tenor horn and euphonium, this 3-movement work starts with a bright opening with a more lyrical central movement and a very lively Finale. Ideal as a concert or test piece with a duration of about 6 minutes. The work is available to purchase directly from TCM Shop here. Click for some sample pdf pages or play the mp3 excerpts below. ISMN M9002114 7 7
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Summer in the Park (Tony Cliff Music 2006) for clarinet with piano accompaniment is a four movement suite with a performance standard of about Grade 7/8. The tranquil and lyrical opening movement is followed by a more lively bossa nova 2nd movement. The 3rd movement is a slow lyrical minor mode piece whilst the finale is lively and rhythmic featuring syncopation and metre changes. Please listen to the mp3 excerpts below and see the sample pdf pages. The work is available directly from TCM Shop here.
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The Wreck of the Anson (Tony Cliff Music 2005) for Male Voice Choir. This evocative work was a prize-winning entry at the 2005 Cornwall International Male Voice Choir Festival Composers' Competition. With a duration of three and a half minutes, the work relates the tragic story of the events of 1807 when the forty-gun frigate 'The Anson' was wrecked just off the Cornish coast with huge loss of life. Please see the sample pdf and listen to the mp3 from a recording made by PM Sound and included by kind permission. This work is available directly from TCM Shop here. ISMN M9002114 0 8
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Crackers at Christmas (Tony Cliff Music 2005) is available for either Mixed Choir (SATB) or Male Voice Choir (TTBB). This is a humorous work relating the tale of an idyllic dream of a perfect Christmas which is rudely awakened into a sharp reality where just about everything possible goes wrong. It is an entertaining concert piece with a very amusing text and guaranteed to delight any audience. The performance duration is just over 4 minutes. Please listen to the mp3 below of the mixed choir version performed by The Goonvrea Singers (with kind permission. There are also some sample pdf pages showing the dream and the reality Christmas. This work is available directly from TCM Shop here.
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Fingerprints new series published by Faber Music in 2006. Tony was recently commissioned by Faber Music to contribute new pieces for three new volumes in this exciting series for young players. 'Cruise Control' in the Fingerprints Alto Saxophone collection, 'Game Over' in the Fingerprints Trumpet collection and 'Lover's Lament' in the Fingerprints Clarinet Collection.
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Night Breezes (Tony Cliff Music 2006) is a three-movement suite for french horn or tenor horn and piano with a duration of just over 12 minutes. The performance level is grade 8+ with dramatic and virtuosic writing for the soloist in the outer movements and many shifts in metre between five, four and three with the central movement being much more lyrical in nature. The work includes transposed parts for both french horn and tenor horn and a fully notated piano part. This work is available directly from TCM Shop here and is also published with a string orchestra edition as shown in the next item listed. Please listen to the mp3 excerpts below and view the sample score pages.
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Night Breezes (Tony Cliff Music 2006) is a three-movement suite for french horn or tenor horn and string orchestra with a duration of just over 12 minutes. The performance level is grade 8+ with dramatic and virtuosic writing for the soloist in the outer movements and many shifts in metre between five, four and three with the central movement being much more lyrical in nature. Apart from the full score, the work includes transposed parts for both french horn in F and tenor horn in Eb with full set of parts for string orchestra (violins I & II, violas, violincellos and double basses). This work is available directly from TCM Shop here. Please listen to the mp3 excerpts below and view the sample score pages.
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Funky Flora (Tony Cliff Music 2006) Alto saxophone solo feature for big band/jazz orchestra with a duration of around 4 minutes 30 seconds. This work is a lively and funky piece, scored for full big band (5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones + rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass and drums) comprising fully detailed spiral-bound score and complete set of individual parts. The central jazz solo section may be lengthened and adapted as desired for the performance and includes written 'improvised' solos for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet and trombone for players less confident in improvisation. In each case solo parts also include chord symbols to facilitate genuine jazz improvisation. Funky Flora may be performed by any competent school or college big bands. Please listen to the mp3 below and pdf sample pages. This work is available directly from TCM Shop here.
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Tony contributed pieces in each of the two new volumes for Trumpet entitled The Light Touch published in 2007 by Stainer and Bell. The fourteen new pieces in The Light Touch for trumpet and piano capture the energy of popular music and the fascination of its ever-changing boundaries. There are two volumes, graded Easy to Intermediate and Intermediate Plus, with accompaniments also available as free downloadable MP3 files. The collection has been compiled and edited by noted soloist Deborah Calland, who has showcased the work both of leading composers and exciting new talents.The contents are wide-ranging, from funk, jazz and blues to ragtime, Latin American and minimalism, with additional scope for cross-curricula study. A major resource for players and teachers, the two albums will encourage fresh and revealing encounters with popular music in its many forms, while charming audiences with the allure of The Light Touch. See the Stainer and Bell web site for more information.
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Whenever There's a Life to Save (Tony Cliff Music 2007) for male voice choir (TTBB) with piano accompaniment). This dramatic work won first prize at the 2007 Cornwall International Male Voice Choir Festival Composers' Competition. With a duration of just over three minutes, it is a tribute to the courage shown by lifeboat crews all around our coastline who are dedicated to saving lives at sea. A percentage of sale proceeds and any other royalties will therefore be donated to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The work was premiered by the famous Cornish St.Stythians Male Voice Choir on May 7th 2007 at the Final International Gala Concert at the Hall for Cornwall and their performance of the work is featured on the Festival CD recording. Please play the mp3 below (from a live concert recording made by PMSound and included by kind permission) and see the sample score pages. The work is available directly from TCM Shop here. ISMN M9002126 3 4
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Timesteps (Studio Music, 2016) is a four-movement suite for trombone and piano specially commissioned by Japanese virtuoso trombonist Hiroyuki Odagiri. This challenging work is also featured on his 2008 CD recording Timesteps (CD No: MM -2026) Meister Music Co Ltd www.meister-music.com. Here are audio excerpts taken from each of the four movements.
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