A lullaby composed for The Bridge Singers (SATB choir) of Felton and Thirston in Northumberland. It is inspired by the stature of Elizabeth Dacre Howard at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, who died in 1883 at the age of four months.
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Short Sunrise Songs
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, Life As A Composer
I’ve written four short songs this last year or so, all inspired by sunrise walks.
The Bridge Singers’ Christmas 2023
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer, The Bridge Singers
A programme of Christmas music voted for by members of the choir included five of my compositions!
Night and Day Concert
Categories: Arrangements for choir, The Bridge Singers
Arrangements on the theme of “Night and Day” for a concert of that name by The Bridge Singers and Swarland Voices.
Swarland Voices in 2023
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer
A year in the life of Swarland Voices, a new(ish) choir in a village in Northumberland.
Arrangements of Welsh Songs
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer, The Bridge Singers
On March 1st 2023, The Bridge Singers performed a concert of Welsh songs to mark St. David’s Day. Their guests were Harps Northumbria, the venue was St. Lawrence’s Church in Warkworth, and several of the choir arrangements were made by me. The full programme and programme notes appear at the end of this blog, but […]
Epiphany Arrangements
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, The Bridge Singers
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.
Something Old, Something New: June 2023
Categories: Life As A Composer
Four things every day: lots of garden; some music; a few outings; sunshine and rain.
Arrangements at sheetmusicplus
Categories: Life As A Composer
Arrangements of popular songs by Cheryl Camm which can be purchased on sheetmusicplus
Twelve Of The Best: Songs With A New Zealand Flavour
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
I lived and worked for ten years in New Zealand, starting my composing-for-choirs and composing-in-schools careers there. Here are twelve of the best songs I wrote while I was there.