It’s lots of creativity and friends! And a song about collecting stuff, with music played with ping pong balls – this is the sort of thing I do at the Hepworth Gallery some weekends!
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It’s a sheep! A little nativity poem, composed with the help of some 5-year-olds in Sunderland.
Snow White Songs: Spag Time
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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!
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It’s a CD release in time for Christmas! An arrangement for male voice choir of the traditional Tyneside folksong.
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
Snow White Stories: We’re Coming Home
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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.
The Story of “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”.
The Story of “In The Bleak Midwinter”
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This song is one of the most popular songs I’ve ever composed….and here’s its story!
Big Sing Finale, Dunedin, August 2013
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What’s the Big Sing Finale in Dunedin all about, then? It’s about 23 of the best young choirs in New Zealand coming together for one big three-day-long fiesta of showing each other what they’re chorally made of …..