They have an active commissioning policy and have performed works by many of Britain’s leading composers; John McCabe, Judith Bingham, Elgar Howarth, Edward Gregson, Alun Hoddinott, Karl Jenkins, Gareth Wood, David Bedford, as well as John Pickard.
Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger has premiered several of his works on cornet, including his Cornet Concerto, Canto, and Capriccio.
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Many of his works are recorded, most notably by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and the Eikanger-Bjørsvik band.
Edward Elgar | Matt Howarth | George Howarth | Elgar Howarth | Roger Howarth | Kevin Howarth | Jane Wilson-Howarth | Tod Howarth | Thomas Howarth | ''The Sinews of Old England'' (1857) by George Elgar Hicks | Sir Edward Elgar's | Kevin Howarth (actor) | Jerry Howarth | Gerald Howarth | Elgar's | David Howarth | David Armine Howarth | Charlie Elgar |
The Manchester School is principally identified with the composers Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and Alexander Goehr, and together with the pianist John Ogdon and the conductor and trumpeter Elgar Howarth they formed the group New Music Manchester.