It’s ethical gifts and homemade decorations! A song specifically composed for the ‘fairandfunky’ recycling workshops and Fairtrade business based in Holmfirth, Yorkshire
Fairandfunky
Categories: Life As A Composer, Song Stories
Categories: Life As A Composer, Song Stories
It’s ethical gifts and homemade decorations! A song specifically composed for the ‘fairandfunky’ recycling workshops and Fairtrade business based in Holmfirth, Yorkshire
Categories: Song Stories
It’s a lamb…and a child! This lilting setting of William Blake’s poem has been another very popular song with children’s and adult choirs. Here’s its story:
Categories: Life As A Composer, Song Stories
It’s a panto heartwarmer! A song in the beguine style about the seven dwarfs from the story of Snow White making their way home from work.
Categories: Song Stories
It’s a carol! The SSA version of this most popular of choral songs!
Categories: Life As A Composer, Song Stories
Tiny, Flickering Flame is a song for Christingle celebrations. Here’s its brief story.
Categories: Life As A Composer
In 2011 I was commissioned by the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield to compose some music inspired by an art work in the gallery. Here is some of the commentary I wrote regarding my techniques and inspiration for composing this piece inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s “Pierced hemisphere”.
Categories: Life As A Composer
This song is one of the most popular songs I’ve ever composed….and here’s its story!
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes
I often find it a delicate task to encourage youngsters to listen to what is considered by some, strenuous or exotic music. I like to lead them though this thorny endeavour with something that is perhaps more familiar to them. One such technique is the use of graphic scores.
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes
Inspiration Cards: These are brightly-hued cards with some sort of brightly-hued swirl of an image intended to inspire brightly-hued, fantastical musical ideas to come flooding from their brains to the instruments they’re holding.
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes
I developed a series of graphic scores to help youngsters, particularly in the upper primary/lower secondary years with the process and techniques of composing music, particularly with the structure of their pieces and the development of musical ideas.