MAJOR WORKS

 

Psalms & Alleluias  Composed for the National Children’s Band of Great Britain in 2008

 

Vienna Nights  (A Fantasy on Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A)

A homage to Mozart, dedicated  to Bram Gay and selected as the test piece for the British Open Championships in Symphony Hall Birmingham 2006

 

A Little Light Music

Composed for The Parc & Dare Band and commissioned by the Welsh Brass Arts Festival

 

Northern Lights  A set of dance variations composed to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of The Black Dyke Band.  Set for the NBK 2006 in the Netherlands

 

Reformers

Commissioned by The East Yorkshire Motors Band to celebrate the abolition of slavery championed by William Wilberforce of Hull

 

Music for the Moving Image  (3 Sonatas)

Commissioned by the WMC in Kerkrade Holland for the World Brass Band Championships in 2005. Three character pieces themed around the early days of Cinema.

 

A Breathless Alleluia

Composed for Nicholas Childs and The Black Dyke Band and recorded on the Naxos label

 

Atlantic (Concerto Grosso)

Commissioned by Per Einar Tomren (The Tomra Band, Norway for the English Masters in

Cambridge in 2001

 

Jazz (Symphonic Dances)

Commissioned by The All England Masters Championships in 1997

 

A Lowry Sketchbook

One of Wilby’s earlier works for Brass Band in three movements;City Scape, Family Portraits and Peel Park, The Bandstand . 1996

 

Dragons Arise  Composed for The Tredegar Town Band and recorded by The Fairey Band directed by Major Peter Parkes

 

Shadow Songs (Elegiac Fragment)  In memoriam to H.M. and first performed in 1992 by Besses o’the Barn Band conducted by Paul Hindmarsh

 

Beyond Far Horizons

Commissioned by the Lake Wobegon® Brass Band (Minnesota, USA) conducted by Michael Halstenson for their 20th anniversary in 2012

 

Far Horizons - Sailing West

Test piece commissioned for the World Music Festival in Kerkrade 2013

 

The Lion and The Rose -

Commissioned by Bolsover District Council for the  Bolsover Brass Summer School 2015.

 

Five Rivers : A Pastoral Symphony for Brass Band

Being a Seasonal Celebration of  'God's own country'  for Sue and Roger Harvey

 

The True and Tender North - Commissioned by The Lake Wobegon Brass Band (USA) 2016

 

Ascension – Commissioned By Michael Bach and Brass Band Luzern for the Swiss Brass Band Championships

 

Beethoven An Audio Visual Guide to the Brass Band Commissioned by David Allen for Nicholas Childs and the Black Dyke Band 2019

 

Astralis - Commissioned by The Whitburn band for their own choice test piece for the 2023 European Championships, Malmo

 

Saints Triumphant - commissioned by Brass Bands England for the European Brass Band Championships, Birmingham 2022