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Bullard's is not ivory tower music - what seems to please him most is to write music which performers enjoy playing and audiences enjoy hearing: music which might provide something of a challenge, but which is not out of reach. As one critic put it: ‘He sees his role as quietly getting on with the
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piano tutor series published by Oxford
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for his work in composition and education, and in 2010 he received three awards from the Music
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Sinfonietta for brass, percussion and strings (1987)
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887:Classical Music Choral Supplement
699:Selected orchestras and ensembles
516:Lunar Landscapes for cello (1995)
100:Blackheath Conservatoire of Music
914:"Alan Bullard on the Recorder".
867:"Alan Bullard: official website"
574:Choir of Kings College Cambridge
1059:Standford, Patric (July 2008).
885:"Interview with Alan Bullard".
225:In 2008 Bullard was awarded an
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438:Attitudes – solo guitar (1991)
417:Dances for Wind Quintet (1982)
237:Musical language and reception
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317:Selected list of compositions
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519:World Atlas for piano (1996)
357:A Light in the Stable (2014)
339:A Feast for Christmas (2007)
327:Dance of the Universe (1979)
61:choral and educational music
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614:VocalEssence, Minneapolis
594:Joyful Company of Singers
580:Colchester Choral Society
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901:"Alan Bullard biography"
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541:Joining the Dots (2010–)
503:Hark to the Bells (2012)
500:Recorder Concerto (2010)
342:Pictures of Night (2008)
139:Three Poems of W B Yeats
124:University of Nottingham
82:He was born in Norwood,
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728:Georgian String Quartet
477:Journey through Time –
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354:O Come, Emmanuel (2013)
336:A Summer Garland (2002)
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597:Reading Phoenix Choir
348:Wondrous Cross (2011)
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556:BBC Northern Singers
522:Sixty for Sax (2005)
407:A Swan, a Man (2009)
376:Alan Bullard Anthems
345:Dover Te Deum (2009)
330:Madrigal Book (1985)
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155:Colchester Institute
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532:Party Time (1996-8)
379:Alan Bullard Carols
366:Endless Song (2023)
231:University of Essex
149:Professional career
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538:Pianoworks (2007–)
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