I’ve written four short songs this last year or so, all inspired by sunrise walks.
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For Christmas 2022, The Bridge Singers presented two concerts: one at the beginning of December, with all songs on theme of Mary, and one on January 6th for Epiphany. We sang a a range of old and new repertoire including some new arrangements. This blog is about those arrangements.
Song Stories: Lullaby Of Robert Landreth
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A song I wrote In 2010 for my friends from the Landreth family in Owaka in Otago in New Zealand who were hosting a reunion of the descendants of Robert Landreth, a stonemason from The Borders region of southern Scotland, who travelled to New Zealand in 1850.
Song Stories: St. John Vianney’s School Song
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A school song for a Catholic Primary School’ 60th birthday.
Song Stories: Touch The History On The Breeze
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A Northumberland song composed for three local primary schools with verse on the river, the castle and the ocean.
Song Stories. Skydancer: Ghost Of The Moors
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I was asked to compose a song for Hen Harrier Day Online in August 2020. I completed the task in April 2020 during the Covid 19 lockdown period with the hep of The Bridge Singers, who have recorded the song remotely in their own homes and sent their tracks to me for editing. Hopefully other […]
Robert Burns Choral Arrangements
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A catalogues of arrangements for choir and recorder ensemble of Robert Burns songs as performed by The Bridge Singers at their Burns Night Celebration on January 25th 2018.
Song Stories: Quiet Window
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The Brief: Compose a song for The Bridge Singers to be performed at their “Magical Glass” concert in June 2017. The topic of the song to relate to a window in St. Michael’s Church, Felton (the venue for the concert) which is in need of repair. The Window: It’s at the back of the church […]
Song Stories: Manu and Sammy
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, Life As A Composer, Music Activities for schools, Song Stories
Three stories about maintaining friendships and a chanty song make up this collection of resources for teachers which primarily were aimed at Year 3 students in Yorkshire.
Song Stories: Alison’s K6 Telephone Box
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A rollicking, quirky song about red telephone boxes composed for Alison Rushby and The Bridge Singers of Northumberland for their “Bridges, Rivers And Other Village Friends” recital in May 2016.