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Fairandfunky

It’s ethical gifts and homemade decorations! A song specifically composed for the ‘fairandfunky’ recycling workshops and Fairtrade business based in Holmfirth, Yorkshire

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Song Stories: The Lamb

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:

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The Story of “Pierced Hemisphere”

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”.

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Graphic Scores – Aids to Listening

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.

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Graphic Scores – Inspiration Cards

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.