Keith Terrett creates evocative orchestral and instrumental music that blends classical tradition with contemporary cinematic influences. His music ranges from intimate chamber works and reflective memorial pieces to powerful concert and ceremonial compositions. With decades of international experience as a composer, arranger, and conductor, he brings a distinctive voice rooted in melody, atmosphere, and emotional storytelling.
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Keith Terrett Announces New Compositions and Conducting Appointment for 2026
Composer Keith Terrett is currently completing a Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) portfolio in Sacred Music by Composition. Recent works include Lullaby for the Departed, In Quiet Memory for Euphonium and Piano, and The Final Salute for Concert Band. In August 2026, he will begin a new appointment as conductor of Geilo Musikklag in Norway. Alongside his conducting duties, Keith continues to develop new concert, sacred, chamber, and educational music projects.
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Bio for Keith Terrett
Keith Terrett is a London-born conductor, band trainer, composer,arranger, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist. He is currently a
Brass Instructor for the Rhondda Cynon Taff Music Service near Cardiff in
Wales. During his distinquished career he has performed and taught music in West Germany, the British West Indies, North Wales, Papua New Guinea, Kuwait and Norway.
A prolific composer, Mr. Terrett has listed a few of his hundreds of scores for your kind consideration. If you are looking for an arrangement for your ensemble, or a selection for an upcoming performance solo, please browse the scores in the folders below. Mr. Terrett is also available to arrange your original compositions, or provide new compositions for your wedding or solo performance.
Mr. Terrett has had the privelage of performing with many remarkable and talented musicians including Jesse Norman, Iona Brown, Engelbert Humperdink, London & BBC Concert & Symphony Orchestras and the Kneller Hall Band. He has even appeared as a trumpeter on 'This is your life' with Eamon Andrews for the 85th birthday of Sir George Solti. A highlight was his appearances for three consecutive years in the annual Christmas Bach Choir Concerts in the Albert Hall, with Sir David Willcocks, the London Brass, and the Kneller Hall Fanfare Trumpet Team.
Overseas tours have taken him to Australia, Japan, and the USA and Canada. Throughout his career he has continued his education in master classes, harmony and counterpoint, orchestration and conducting with Bobby Shew, Scott Wendolt, Gordon Reynolds, Trevor Sharpe and Frank Renton. Mr. Terrett considers himself especially fortunate to have studied trumpet with the late Ian Mackintosh.