I’ve written four short songs this last year or so, all inspired by sunrise walks.
Tag Archives: choir
Night and Day Concert
Categories: Arrangements for choir, The Bridge Singers
Arrangements on the theme of “Night and Day” for a concert of that name by The Bridge Singers and Swarland Voices.
Swarland Voices in 2023
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer
A year in the life of Swarland Voices, a new(ish) choir in a village in Northumberland.
Arrangements of Welsh Songs
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer, The Bridge Singers
On March 1st 2023, The Bridge Singers performed a concert of Welsh songs to mark St. David’s Day. Their guests were Harps Northumbria, the venue was St. Lawrence’s Church in Warkworth, and several of the choir arrangements were made by me. The full programme and programme notes appear at the end of this blog, but […]
Epiphany Arrangements
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, The Bridge Singers
For Christmas 2022, The Bridge Singers presented two concerts: one at the beginning of December, with all songs on theme of Mary, and one on January 6th for Epiphany. We sang a a range of old and new repertoire including some new arrangements. This blog is about those arrangements.
Arrangements at sheetmusicplus
Categories: Life As A Composer
Arrangements of popular songs by Cheryl Camm which can be purchased on sheetmusicplus
Twelve Of The Best: Songs With A New Zealand Flavour
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
lived and worked for ten years in New Zealand, starting my composing-for-choirs and composing-in-schools careers there. Here are twelve of the best songs I wrote while I was there.
Twelve Of The Best: “Looking On The Bright Side” Songs
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
Here are twelve optimistic songs for choir or singers with accompaniment that are generally hopeful and cheery in nature or sentiment. Many of them were composed during 2020 and 2021 when an optimistic view of things was a helpful attribute to have!
Concert of Silences
Categories: The Bridge Singers
The programme, and some extra notes for The Bridge Singers’ Concert of Silences, 28th February 2022, 8pm
Swarland Choir. The Story So Far
Categories: Uncategorized
A brand new singing groups started in the nearby village of Swarland in August 2021, and here’s our story so far!