Martyn C Adams Music

04/08/2025

A chance to see The Chasing Tale ( ) performed live.
Composed for the talented Aurora Trio , who are performing this piece as part of the Horsham Music Circle 84th concert season on 29th Nov.
Looking forward to this.

18/07/2025

It was a great concert on Wednesday at Eastbourne Bandstand with Brighton & Hove City Brass for the 1812 concert.
The audience really enjoyed our concert, and the solos went down well.

Short videos to follow soon of my solo and my piece 'Feeling Lighter in Darkness'

15/07/2025

Looking forward to this.

08/07/2025

Checkout Nightly Dreams

🎵🎻MUSIC TEACHERS: that summer break is getting closer…🌞

🎶If you’re looking for next term’s music to suit a youth ensemble, classroom or school-aged students, we can help take the work out of choosing!
Contemporary music doesn’t have to be hard to find – make a start with our handy guide featuring 10 fun, educational and inspiring recommendations from the CoMA catalogue.

The list includes pieces by Zoe Martlew Simon Knighton Beatrice Ferreira Fergus Hall and more!

🎼Head this way to see what your class could be playing this autumn! https://www.coma.org/a-handy-guide-to-comas-youth-ensemble-repertoire/

08/07/2025

Nightly Dreams - A story of a hero's dream! Epic and emotional!

Sheetmusic available for

Open score audio: https://soundcloud.com/martynmusicman/nightly-dreams-open-score

Guitar ensemble sheetmusic
Open score currently only available from Contemporary Music for All https://www.coma.org/catalogue/nightly-dreams/

06/07/2025

Now available!
'Feeling Lighter in Darkness' march, the enhanced and improved version of the piece written back in 2015.

I will be playing this piece with Brighton & Hove City Brass at our next gig in Eastbourne Bandstand!

More details and where to buy, checkout

Bring your brass band to life with this evocative 3-minute march, crafted for 3rd/4th section ensembles. Bursting with dynamic interplay and crisp articulations, it leads players through stirring tutti passages and intimate solo moments. Your band will relish the challenge of balancing fragile, shad...

12/06/2025

Some fun had last weekend with this band

09/05/2025

📢🎸New release for

'Nightly Dreams' is a great piece for beginner to intermediate players, written with 5 parts and works well played by a larger ensemble. Duration

For more info and how to buy, checkout: -

https://www.martyncadams.com/Music/Catalog/Item/Nightly-Dreams-Guitar-Ensemble-5-parts

04/05/2025

Looking forward to this and seeing their interpretation!

Join us for our next concert on Saturday 14 June in which Adam Bushell (percussion) and Bela Emerson (cello) will play new commissions by New Music Brighton composers, exploring non-standard notation as well as improvisation!

Adam's musical curiosity and sense of adventure have led him to explore traditional folk music, contemporary classical music and experimental improvisation. His regular ensembles include an electro-acoustic improvising duo with Paul Kimasia Morgan, the folk band Duck Soup, and contemporary classical trio Broken Line, and he has worked with musicians including Chris Wood, Steve Beresford, Michael Finnissy and The Copper Family.

Bela is a highly experienced, skilled, and versatile improvising cellist. She uses her beautiful instrument’s full sonic and emotional range to hold and build creative and connective space, for people to explore and be immersed in connected playfulness in the moment.
She works collaboratively and solo, making responsive cello soundscapes for relational movement, including Contact Improvisation (Touch&Play UK, SOMA at Buddhafield, Goldsmiths) and 5Rhythms (with Paul Smith in Brighton & London). She works as a community musician / in healthcare, promoting connection, healing, and transformation, as well as having performed extensively (eg: BBC, Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury), working with other musicians and other types of artists, eg: co-created shows with acrobats, dancers, live artists, filmmakers.
She also facilitates consensual platonic touch sessions in Brighton.
Holding space for people’s sense of freedom and belonging is central to her work.
www.belaemerson.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgSGgZEL8sY
www.facebook.com/brightoncuddlespace

The concert will start at 3pm at the Brighton Friends Meeting House.
Further details to follow soon.

22/04/2025

Nice to see 'Nightly Dreams' featured in the COMA guide. Checkout the guide for some great pieces.
https://www.coma.org/a-handy-guide-to-comas-youth-ensemble-repertoire/

🎵🎺Check out our curated pieces for young musicians🎻🎶
Are you a music leader or teacher looking for music to suit a youth ensemble, classroom or school-aged students?

Take the work out of choosing with our new guide featuring 10 fun, educational and inspiring recommendations from the CoMA catalogue.

Find out what we picked here: https://www.coma.org/a-handy-guide-to-comas-youth-ensemble-repertoire/

21/03/2025

🎺 Coming Soon!

‘Feeling Lighter in Darkness’ is getting an exciting refresh! I’m thrilled to share a sneak peek of this revitalised composition 🎶

Take a listen and feel free to march along! 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶‍♂️‍➡️🚶‍➡️🎺

15/03/2025

Review of our performance today... it went quite well.

London and Southern Counties 4th Section
Band 14 - Brighton & Hove City Brass (Chris Mowat)
I, Daedalus - Andrea Price

A sturdy and neat opening, impressive work from percussion - having only one is hard, but putting in every part is even harder. Good ensemble work on the semiquavers. G is very neat and clean, full band comes in and grows as a team, not overpowering anyone. Good work kit at J, very tasteful.

Lovely euph solo, delicate, introspective, and musical. Likewise, cornet solo is light and vibrant. Good work. Steady opening to ‘Flight and Fall’. Very nice lower brass. Tension builds nicely in the lead to the cascade, which is clear and well handled.

Nice contrast of mood and dynamic in the ‘Lament’ - brilliant pedal Bb basses! ‘Seeker of Knowledge’ is well balanced and shifts moods nicely without being abrupt or unmusical. Nice strong finale finishes a strong performance, well done!