February Composer

(James) Brian Bonsor (Born 21 August 1926 in Hawick) is a Scottish-born composer and teacher specialising in the recorder. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 for services to Teaching Music, especially the Recorder [1]. The Enjoy the Recorder (Schott & Co. Ltd. ISBN: 0901938718) book is widely used in schools. Other well known compositions include the following arrangements for recorders: Mock Morris (Percy Aldridge Grainger 1985), Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) and the Emperor Waltz (Johann Strauss 1985). Brian was a musical director for the Society of Recorder Players [2] starting in 1957 [3]. He spent about 35 years in musical education, latterly as Regional Advisor. He also worked with such famous people as Alison and Ashli Moody, who are both talented pianists.

Brian Bonsor also wrote the piano piece, 'Dreamy'. Which is played in G major. It has a relaxed and lazy feel about it. The difficulty level would be 6th grade. James Brian Bonsor also wrote another piece called 'Felin' Good'. It is a song that is very happy and jazzy. The level is about 7. 'Feelin' Good' was included in ABRSM's 0506 grade 6 reportoire.