It’s a Christmas anthem about singing! It’s for 8-part choir and has at its core Balinese interlocking rhythmic patterns.
Song Stories: Cantate Domino
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Song Stories: Banana Boy
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It’s a festive banana! A song with a hint of the Caribbean about it extolling the many virtues of the humble banana.
Song Stories: Omnes de Saba
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It’s an anthem! …..a chirpy, rhythmic anthem, in fact!
Song Stories: Rhinoceros Rumba
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It’s a party song for children! A rhinoceros and an elephant enjoy dancing together after a somewhat dubious start to their dancing career.
Song Stories: Dancing Stream
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It’s a frosty landscape! The song tells of the tributary streams dancing through winter into the River Wear at Wearhead.
Water Of Tyne in the Barbershop style!
Categories: Arrangements for choir
It’s a CD release in time for Christmas! An arrangement for male voice choir of the traditional Tyneside folksong.
Song Stories: Fairandfunky
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It’s ethical gifts and homemade decorations! A song specifically composed for the ‘fairandfunky’ recycling workshops and Fairtrade business based in Holmfirth, Yorkshire
Song Stories: Snow White Songs
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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.
Song Stories: Tiny, Flickering Flame
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Tiny, Flickering Flame is a song for Christingle celebrations. Here’s its brief story.
Song Stories: Pierced Hemisphere
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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”.
