It’s a sacred song for a Sunday! The men order the women to rejoice at the coming of the Saviour. The women force the men to rejoice more by the sheer joyousness of their rhythmic melismas. Everyone’s a winner!
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Song Stories: Up And Down The Buttery Stairs
It’s lots of food and drink! Vocabulary from Medieval times, an enthusiastic, Medieval-inspired style, a cheery round – what more could you want from a castle-y song!
Song Stories: Cantate Domino
It’s a Christmas anthem about singing! It’s for 8-part choir and has at its core Balinese interlocking rhythmic patterns.
Poem: Sheep
It’s a sheep! A little nativity poem, composed with the help of some 5-year-olds in Sunderland.
Song Stories: Banana Boy
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
It’s an anthem! …..a chirpy, rhythmic anthem, in fact!
Song Stories: Rhinoceros Rumba
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
It’s a frosty landscape! The song tells of the tributary streams dancing through winter into the River Wear at Wearhead.
Snow White Songs: Spag Time
It’s a topical issues panto song! Composed to be part of a Snow White production, it also addresses the issues of the recently-introduced SPAG test for primary school children in the UK.
Water Of Tyne in the Barbershop style!
It’s a CD release in time for Christmas! An arrangement for male voice choir of the traditional Tyneside folksong.