Trumpet Solo
Trumpet Carols (SP539) available from Spartan Press
Various, arr: Goddard
Twenty seven of the most popular carols laid out in a simple solo manner with optional chord symbols. Completed: 7th October, 1999
Trumpet and Piano
Easy Jazzical Trumpet (SP574) available from Spartan Press
Various, arr: Goddard and Widger
15 TOP classical themes made EASY for Bb trumpet with jazzzed-up piano accompaniments. Includes Beethoven 5 Theme, William Tell Rock, Mozart 40, Polovtsian Dance etc. Completed: 30th July, 2000
Party Pieces (SP168) available from Spartan Press
Fresh and energetic pieces in which the piano part has been kept fairly simple, while allowing gifted pianists potential for improvisation. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Songs without Words (SP1306) available from Spartan Press
Songs Without Words is a set of three short pieces, each inspired by a classic twentieth century poem. There is an underlying theme of ‘School’. 1. School Bell The music urgently moves forward within an anxiously breathless waltz lest we be late for school. Originally inspired by Eleanor Farjeon’s famous poem ‘Nine O’clock Bell’ where pupils hustle and bustle to school in the morning: Some of them scurrying, others not worrying, Carelessly trudging or anxiously hurrying. 2. A Blitz of a Boy With an affectionate nod to Charles Causley’s sad tale about ‘Timothy Winters’ who ‘hasn’t heard of the welfare state’. He sleeps on a sack on the kitchen floor, and they say there aren’t boys like him anymore. Although the music is laden with pathos, there is insuppressible energy too, portraying that lovable ‘Blitz of a Boy’! 3. A Lesson You’ll Never Forget! Roger McGough’s black poem ‘The Lesson’ was the catalyst for this piece. The teacher (and later even the headmaster) set upon a notoriously rowdy class with various lethal weapons, systematically murdering all the pupils! He picked on a boy who was shouting and throttled him then and there, then garrotted the girl behind him (the one with grotty hair). The baroque style recitative passages represent the school ‘establishment’, and are contrasted ludicrously with savage harmonic ‘stabs’ and terrifyingly anxious ‘chase scenes’ around the class room; this poem is not for the squeamish! Completed: 11th May, 2015
Trumpet and Organ
Circles (Op. 42) more details
Printed facsimile of the original manuscript (score and part). Completed: 15th January, 1982
Horn In F and Piano
Party Pieces (SP166) available from Spartan Press
Fresh and energetic pieces in which the piano part has been kept fairly simple, while allowing gifted pianists potential for improvisation. Completed: 22nd May, 1990
Horn In Eb and Piano
Party Pieces (SP165) available from Spartan Press
Fresh and energetic pieces in which the piano part has been kept fairly simple, while allowing gifted pianists potential for improvisation. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Trombone and Piano
Buffoonery (SP142) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 4-5 minutes. This piece was originally written for the trombonist Michael Skitt, as the final ‘prank’ movement of a concerto for trombone and orchestra. By popular request, the piece has been given a separate piano part, and has since been proved equally entertaining for trombone, bassoon or cello! Within a month of its publication, Buffoonery was set for trombone grade VIII on the Oxfordshire Instrumental Examinations Syllabus. Completed: 11th December, 1989
Concerto for Trombone (SP114) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 20 minutes. Solo Trombone with piano (Orchestral material on hire). Commissioned by the Burford Orchestra for the trombonist Michael Skitt. Five movements. Manuscript form. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Party Pieces (SP167) available from Spartan Press
The last in the series of brass Party Pieces, originally set for grades 2 to 5 on the Oxford Examinations Syllabus. The solo part makes use of both tenor and bass clefs, and the piano part has been kept fairly simple, while allowing gifted pianists potential for improvisation. Swingin’, Hornpipe, Charlbury Charleston, Blues, Ragamuffin, Boogie, Daydreams, Take it!. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Trombone Concerto (SP1393) available from Spartan Press
Duration: 20 minutes. 1st Performance: Mike Skitt – Burford Orchestra, March 1986 and Wantage Silver Band.. Solo Trombone with piano (Orchestral also available). Commissioned by John Esaias for the Burford Orchestra and the trombonist Michael Skitt. Five movements. Completed: 1st June, 1987
Tuba and Piano
Party Pieces (SP169) available from Spartan Press
Tuba (in bass clef) and piano. Completed: 10th June, 1990
Bb Bass and Piano
Party Pieces (SP287) available from Spartan Press
Bb bass (in treble clef) and piano. Completed: 11th May, 1997
Eb Bass and Piano
Party Pieces (SP188) available from Spartan Press
Eb bass (in treble clef) and piano. Completed: 6th March, 1991
