A Northumberland song composed for three local primary schools with verse on the river, the castle and the ocean.
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Song Stories. Skydancer: Ghost Of The Moors
I was asked to compose a song for Hen Harrier Day Online in August 2020. I completed the task in April 2020 during the Covid 19 lockdown period with the hep of The Bridge Singers, who have recorded the song remotely in their own homes and sent their tracks to me for editing. Hopefully other […]
Head In The Clouds – June 2020
I’m in the middle of composing a set of pieces all about flying. Having completed Skydancer in May, I’m now embarked on two more flying, cloudy songs. Kepp up with their progress here!
May 2020 – Skydancing
The month has started with a new choir “lockdown video” and a new composition. Who knows what will happen during the rest of the month – hopefully something creative and something with other people!
Jumping Through Hoops: April 2020
As April begins we are all in isolation and who knows when we’ll be able to meet up again for music-making and the like. I am attempting to keep up the spirits of my choir with daily messages and musical projects, and hopefully I’ll compose something too!!!
March 2020 – Leaps and Bounds
A month starting with optimism for some new music and performances to come, but at last in 2020 some time to do something about marketing again. Let’s see how much I can bound!
February 2020 – Bullfinch Morning
Fen=bruary starts with me just having completed the melody and lyrics for my new song Billfinch Morning. It will be premiered on 19th, so I must start the month by completing the arrangement for band and choir, and finish it having hopefully engineered an excellent performance!
January 2020 – Start With A Leap
January 2020 start with a leap and ends with Robert Burns – this is fixed already. For the in between bits, stay tuned!
December 2019: Musical Advent Calendar
An update on composing and performing news each day as usual, but this time accompanied by one of my festive songs or arrangements.
Twelve of The Best: Summary
Twelve of my best songs in each of several categories. Best because they’re popular, my favourites, most performed, most listened to.