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My new track The Foehn Wind is out now. This swirling, unpredictable composition takes its name from the hot, dry wind that flows down from mountains. As I was writing it, I was thinking of balmy evenings drinking wine on a sun-baked terrace, looking out towards mountain ranges standing tall in the distance.

It has some unusual chord progressions and is in both 6/8 and 3/4 time. Sheet music is available!

My latest track is out now. The piece is part of Clemens Christian Poetzsch’s and Reentko Dirks’ latest album, Collateral Flow, and there's a vinyl that features my piece alongside music from other wonderful musicians like Cenk Erdoğan and Sven Helbig.

My new elegy is written for my friend Donna, who we called Doon. She died suddenly and unexpectedly a couple of years ago and it really shook me up. In this post I explain the composition process, talk about what I loved about my about my wonderful friend, and explore grief more generally. The full piece is available wherever you stream music — click here.

This Friday I released a new Elegy. This one was written for Anna, to honour her Oma Ursel. Stream it here.

My new track, an Elegy for Colin, is out now.

If you'd like me to write a piece for your late partner, don't hesitate to ask. You can find out more about the project here: garrethbrooke.com/elegies  

My new single, Enkindled Spring, is out now! It’s about the feeling of life returning to the Earth after a long winter and is named for D H Lawrence’s poem of the same name (click “read more” to find out more). You can stream it here.

This is one of my liveliest pieces that I've released recently and it switches between A dorian and F# minor, in what I think is one of the coolest modulations I've ever written. It's great fun to play! Sheet music is available.

I’m Composer of the Week at Moving Classics TV.

My new single, Blue Mountain, came out yesterday on Nordic Euphony Records.

Inspired by the lovely blue ink painting by Anna Salzmann (above) and the feeling of coming spring, it's a piece that I've been saving for the right time.

With spring now just around the corner (there are some gorgeous crocuses blooming on our street) it feels like that time has come!

I’ve just released a new track, a rework of a piece by the wonderful composer Frances Shelley. You can find it here, or read on for more info about the fascinating Frances, the beautiful Montserrat Palace, or how I transformed the original.

This is Will and his Mum Jane. Jane passed away a few years ago. Their relationship was filled with laughter, travel and music. Will felt very, very loved. Losing her to a brutal cancer was a profound loss that he still feels.

I’ve been talking to bereaved people about their loved ones and composing Elegies to honour them. “We Made The Snow Fly Upwards — Elegy for Jane” is out now. You can stream it and download it by clicking here.

The artwork was created for Jane and Will by Colin Slee. Thank you to Colin for allowing us to use it, it really means a lot.

Grief is something that will affect us all at some point, but it remains quite a taboo topic.

That’s a real shame because it makes bereaved people feel isolated, just at the moment when they may need the most support.

This creates a harmful cycle: because we don’t talk to people who are grieving about their grief, we are left badly prepared to deal with our own grief when it happens.

My project Elegies challenges this damaging taboo.