News

30-June -2010 - The Bell

The Autumn 2010 edition of our famous newsletter The Bell has been published containing news, reviews, interesting articles, quirky stories and more.

This edition is also now available for free download as a PDF file.

14-May-2010 - Brass Composition Award Winner

James Flight is the winner of the 2010 Stainer & Bell Brass Composition Award. A Short Sonata for Euphonium and Piano was the exciting winning work from the seven compositions shortlisted for the recital finale held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. more...

26-April-2010 - The Bell

The Summer 2010 edition of our famous newsletter The Bell is published containing news, reviews, interesting articles, quirky stories and the winning entries in the Spring 2010 limerick competition.

This edition is also now available for free download as a PDF file.

04-January-2010 - New Catalogues Published

We are pleased to announce that our new 2010-2011 catalogues are now available either for free download, or free postal delivery. Sporting an attractive cover photograph of the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, the Complete catalogue and individual catalogues are published for Choral Music, Keyboard Music & Study Books, Strings, Songs, Wind Brass & Percussion and Early Music.

19-October-2009 - The Bell

The Winter 2009 edition of our famous newsletter The Bell is published containing many Christmas titles and gift ideas as well as news, reviews, interesting articles, quirky stories and a limerick competition.

This edition is also now available for free download as a PDF file.

06-October-2009 - Hymn writer, Fred Kaan has died

Stainer & Bell mourn the death of Fred Kaan, lifelong ambassador for peace and justice, and an outstanding 20th-century hymn-writer whose bold use of language and subject-matter revitalised traditional hymnody with new force and urgency. A minister of the United Reformed Church in Britain, Fred passed away in the early hours of Sunday 4 October 2009.

18-August-2009 - The Bell

The Autumn 2009 edition of our famous newsletter The Bell has just been published containing the usual blend of publication news & reviews, interesting articles, quirky stories and a competition.

This edition is also now available for free download as a PDF file.

17-July-2009 - The Fairy Queen

Celebrating a new edition of Henry Purcell's opera The Fairy Queen, (which will be published later this year by Stainer & Bell for The Purcell Society), several members of staff attended the superb new production at Glyndebourne directed by Jonathan Kent.

15-May-2009 - The Bell

The Summer 2009 edition of our famous newsletter The Bell has just been published containing the usual blend of publication news & reviews, interesting articles, quirky stories and a competition.

For the first time, this edition is also now available for free download as a PDF file.

26-April-2009 - Run, Mandy Run...

Stainer & Bell Production Director, Mandy Aknai completed the London Marathon in 4 hours 34 minutes. Mandy and her friend Fe raised well over £2,000 for United Response, a charity that offers a wide range of services to help people with learning difficulties to live their lives the way they choose. Well done Mandy!

28-March-2009 - Coventry Celebration

Entitled Past, Present; and Future? Hymns and Songs in Christian Worship, there was a wonderful 25th anniversary celebration at Coventry Cathedral for The Pratt Green Trust, the charity set up by the hymnwriter Fred Pratt Green. A report and a small collection of photographs of the event can be found here.