It has often fallen happily to my lot to compose songs for children about the natural world: weather, plants and creatures. Here are twelve of the best of them.
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Twelve Of The Best: Songs Of Robert Burns
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From the earliest days of my composing career I have always been drawn to the poems and songs of Robert Burns, and have set many of his works to music. In recent times, I’ve also arranged many of the tunes he himself used for choirs and other ensembles.
Twelve Of The Best: Songs Of Action
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Twelve action and dancing songs that are designed to break the ice, warm up the voices and bodies, and get things moving in a cheery and creative way.
Twelve Of The Best: If You’re Good Enough
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All these twelve pieces have been described as “tricky” but all have been performed very successfully and enthusiastically, some on more than one occasion.
Twelve Of The Best: Songs Of The River
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It has been a recurring feature of my composing career to produce music associated with rivers, either as part of a project or just because the fancy took me. These are twelve of the best such pieces of music – the best because they’re the most popular, the most performed, they have beautiful flowing melodies, […]
Twelve Of The Best: Songs In Popular Styles
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Sometimes in response to particular requests, and sometimes just because I feel like it, I write music in what might be called a “popular” style. Here are twelve of the most popular of those popular style pieces.
Twelve Of The Best: Songs With Rounds
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Twelve of the best songs I’ve written which are or contain rounds. They’re the best because they’re popular, they have beautiful melodies, they flow along, they’re quirky, they’ve been performed many times…one or more of these reasons!
Twelve Of The Best: Christmas
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A helpful selection of my most popular and most distinctive Christmas choral repertoire.
Twelve Of the Best: Lullabies
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Twelve lullabies, sleeping and night-time songs: songs for mixed, high or low choirs; children’s songs, tuneful songs, atmospheric songs; easy songs, tricky songs. Lullabies galore!
“Big Sing-friendly” Choral Catalogue
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A few repertoire suggestions that are suitable for the “Big Sing” festival in New Zealand.
