Keith Terrett

Keith Terrett, MMUS, FLCM (Hons), FVCM (Hons), FNMSM, FTCSM, BA Open (Hons), Dip Mus, LRAM, LTCL, ARCM, ALCM, BBCM, MCertNMSM. (b.1956), is a composer, arranger, conductor, band trainer, IB music educator (PYP, MYP & DP) & instrumental teacher of international standing, trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, anthemologist & multi-instrumentalist born in London.

His very populer national anthem arrangements have been performed & conducted by Herbert Thorson Blomsted & Semyon Bychkov with the New York & Czech Philharmonic & Prague Philharmonic Choir and 30 anthems have been recorded by the Orchestre National de France under conductor Jonas Ehrler. A flashmob Orchestra in Trafalgar Square in March 2022 also performed the Ukrainian National Anthem under the baton of Peter Liminov.

Keith joined the British Army at the age of fifteen, studying the Bb Cornet at the Junior Leader's Army band school in Bovington, Dorset.

Keith is an internationally acclaimed composer\arranger, writing in all genres from full orchestra, brass band, and concert/wind band, to music for string quartet, brass ensemble, saxophone group, clarinet choir, recorder consort, oboe consort, and even for the harmonica, steel pan and accordion!

In 2010, he has become a composer for the Alfred Publishing company in the USA, with his best selling original composition for young symphonic band entitled ''Fallen Heroes''.

His music is published worldwide: England, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Canada, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, the USA and Norway.

A set of 30 national anthem arrangements by Keith Terrett will be released shortly on Nomad Player performed by L'orchestre national d'Île de France soon, during the process Keith worked with esteemed conductor Jonas Ehrler on the project.

Keith's version of the Ukrainian National Anthem went viral and has been performed by the New York & Czech Philharmonic & the Prague Philharmonic Choir, NVYO, UBC Symphony, FMSO, Western Austraialian Symphony, Andrei Bondarenko & the Orchestre National de France, Austin Civic, Las Vegas, UBC, San Antonio, Underwood, Olympia, Billings , Samohi Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Cardiff Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie and by a flash mob orchestra in Trafalgar Square in 2022 conducted by Petr Limonov, the Russian-British pianist and the Auburn University Band,the Angelica Women's Chamber Choir to name just a few!

Keith has a Master's Degree in sacred music composition awarded from the Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Christian University in April 2021, he studied under Professor Stewart Thompson (Principal at Victoria College of Music and Drama, London & Head of Music and Associate Professor of Sacred Music and Education at the Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Christian University.

As a conductor, band trainer, composer & arranger, Keith is in demand world-wide, and has guest conducted at band seminars in Norway & Malaysia. Keith is available for your next band seminar; book early to avoid disappointment!

Keith is currently 'Head of Performing Arts' & 'Director of Music' at Pathways School (Gurgaon) in India, where he has worked since 2010, both at Pathways Aravali campus, and since 2014 at the No 1 IB school in India namely ''Pathways'' Gurgaon.

If you decide to perform any of my scores, please send me a copy of the programme via email, or if programmes were not used, forward me an email with any other relevant information that would allow me to list performances on my personal website/Score Exchange page, giving credit to your ensemble. Thank you, keep checking back for more great music!