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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Bullard composer"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |     </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Alan Bullard - composer</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Bullard composer"><U>Alan Bullard - composer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Choral music"><U>Christmas Choral music</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>Colne Edition Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent Publications"><U>Recent Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent and forthcoming performances"><U>Recent and forthcoming performances</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Composers Choice"><U>Composer's Choice</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catalogue of Compositions"><U>Catalogue of Compositions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price List Instrumental and solo voice"><U>Price List - 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a piano tutor for the older beginner written jointly with Alan's wife Janet.  Volume 1 and Collection 1 was published in June, and Volume 2 and Collection 2 will be published in June 2008. </FONT><A HREF="http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-335582-5" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-335582-5"><U>more details</U></A></div> <bR> <div> The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (edited Alan Bullard) - a new resource for the church choir containing a wide range of anthems in flexible scorings - now published  </FONT><A HREF="http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-335895-6" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-335895-6"><U>more details</U></A>   </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Alan recently wrote a number of piano accompaniments for the four volumes in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Recorder Time Pieces</FONT> series, published by ABRSM Publishing. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.abrsmpublishing.com/publications/2141" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.abrsmpublishing.com/publicati"><U>more details</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Recently completed works include:</div> <bR> <div> A Feast for Christmas<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - a new lighthearted cantata on the theme of Christmas dinner and its preparation - commissioned by the South Chiltern Choral Society, conductor Gwyn Arch:  first performances December 2007. This is scored for SATB choir, optional childrens choir, narrator, brass quintet or piano.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Our World / Unsere Welt<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - a short song for young children based on their own words (in English and German) - commissioned by Coppins Green School. Clacton and Braith-Schule, Biberach, Germany, with funding from the British Council.  A video recording was made by the two schools in Germany.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Palace Dances<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - a suite of pieces commissioned  by the Palace Band for woodwind orchestra.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Recorder Concerto<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - commissioned by John Turner for first performane at Stockport Parish Church, May 2008.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Two of Alan's carols: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Scots Nativity</FONT> and His <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Praises We'll Sing</FONT>, are now avaialble from OUP hire library with accompaniments for Brass Quintet, and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Scots Nativity</FONT> is also avaialble with orchestral accompaniment.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 2006 news</div> <bR> <div> Alan has just completed <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >String Quartet no 2 </FONT>commissioned by the Roman River Festival for the Quince Quartet for a performance in the Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, on 27 October.  The quartet celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth and is based on a fragment from the last movement of Mozart's K464 quartet.</div> <bR> <div> Alan has completed a commission for a 5-movement unaccompanied choral piece for the Newstead Singers conductor Nicholas Thorpe. Entitled <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Byron at Newstead</FONT> it will receive its first performance during the 2006-7 season. </div> <bR> <div> Alan has recently completed a commission for the Colne Valley Youth Orchestra and Training Orchestras, and the first complete performance of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Colne Valley Varations</FONT> is scheduled for Sunday 17th September at the Moot Hall, Colchester, conducted by Nigel Hildreth (training orchestra conducted by Beverley Humphreys)</div> <bR> <div> Alan will shortly be commencing a commission from the Kingfisher Trio. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Bullard composer"><U>Alan Bullard - composer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Choral music"><U>Christmas Choral music</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>Colne Edition Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent Publications"><U>Recent Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent and forthcoming performances"><U>Recent and forthcoming performances</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Composers Choice"><U>Composer's Choice</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catalogue of Compositions"><U>Catalogue of Compositions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price List Instrumental and solo voice"><U>Price List - Instrumental and solo voice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price list Choral Music"><U>Price list - Choral Music</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publishers"><U>Publishers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Scores"><U>Sample Scores</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workshops"><U>Workshops</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bullard family"><U>The Bullard family</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>