Michael Brand

Michael Brand

Biography

Michael Brand (b. 1952, London, England) is an English composer, arranger, conductor and publisher.

Mr. Brand was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, from where he won an open scholarship to read music at University College of Oxford. Whilst at Oxford he wrote the music for, and conducted, many theatrical productions and concerts including working at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In 1979 he joined BBC Radio as a producer working on big band shows, Jazz Club and a nightly arts programme. He left the BBC in 1982 to run publishers G & M Brand Publications Ltd., and concentrate on his writing and his published output, much of it for wind and brass, is considerable, both as a composer and arranger.

His Dreams and Fancies -- a substantial work for Dutch fanfare band -- was premiered at the World Music Congress in Kerkrade, Holland, in 1997. His cantata for choir and concert band - Pioneer 10 - received performances at Warwick Arts Centre and Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

• Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
• Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
• St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
• Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)

All Wind Works

• 1812 and a Half - Novelty Item
• Angel of the North
• Argincort Variations
• Avebury Circles
• Brandenbach
• Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Don't Tell William
• Dreams and Fancies
• Fugue à la Gigue (as editor; tr. Holst)
• Flute Feature Chanson de Matin
• Four Temperaments for Tuba
• Glock Around the Clock
• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
• Meditation (Brand)
• New York Parade
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
• Orpheus Can't Can Can
• Pioneer 10
• Portsmouth
• Prelude in the Dorian Mode (as editor with Brion; scored Grainger) (c. 1550/1937-1941)
• Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
• Sousa Confuser
• St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
• Surprise Surprise
• Swingtime Rag
• Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
• Tapestry for Tuba
• Trocadero March
• Two Spirituals
• Windpower

References

• "Brand, Michael." G & M Brand Publications. Web. Accessed 18 February 2021