Sometimes I compose something as a gift. Here are twelve of the best of them.
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Song Stories: Silent Early Stroll Songs
Categories: Choiry Endeavours, Song Stories
During the first half of 2021, I embarked on a composing project, setting some of poet Ian McMillan’s Early Stroll Tweets to music for The Bridge Singers.
Song Stories: An Hour Before The Dawn
Categories: Song Stories
A song inspired by various dawn walks and sunrises at Ross Sands in Northumberland, the castles at both ends and the seals you sometimes find.
Short-Term Composing* Projects
Categories: Composery Life
Cheryl’s delivered lots of composing and other music workshops and projects over the years – some are just one-offs, some are in a series!
Lockdown Choir
Categories: Choiry Endeavours
The Bridge Singers’ ways of keeping together as a choir, while not being able to meet up as a choir during the lockdown times of 2020-2021.
Songs For May Day, The Bridge Singers
Categories: Choiry Endeavours
A celebration of May Day – the onset of summery times, the sunrise, love (the hope of it, the actuality of it, the loss of it), workers’ rights, some May festivals, both folk and religious…
Hepworth Wakefield: Creative Practitioner
Categories: Composery Life
From before the Hepworth Wakefield opened in May 2011 until March 2020, I was part of the Learning Team delivering composing workshops to visitors.
SOUNZWrite Resources
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Music Teaching Activities (Secondary)
Ten teaching resources commissioned by SOUNZ, The Centre For New Zealand Music as study guides for some NZ compositions.
Song Stories: Golden Rain Baby
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Secondary), Song Stories
Golden Rain Baby is a lullaby for choir with melody instrument which was inspired by a Javanese piece of music, Bubaran Hudan Mas.
Song Stories: When I Was A Pilot
Categories: Song Stories
An “air shanty” composed at the request of a friend for her husband who was retiring from the RAF in 2020.
