This song is one of the most popular songs I’ve ever composed….and here’s its story!
Song Stories: In The Bleak Midwinter
Categories: Song Stories
Tag Archives: New Zealand
SOUNZWrite Resources
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Music Teaching Activities (Secondary)
Ten teaching resources commissioned by SOUNZ, The Centre For New Zealand Music as study guides for some NZ compositions.
Twelve Of The Best: Songs With A New Zealand Flavour
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
I 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.
John Rimmer at 80
Categories: Composery Life, Song Stories
Composer and lecturer, John Rimmer, celebrated his 80th birthday in 2019. I was asked to compose a piece for an event honouring him.
“Big Sing-friendly” Choral Catalogue
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
A few repertoire suggestions that are suitable for the “Big Sing” festival in New Zealand.
Song Stories: Dies Sanctificatus
Categories: Song Stories
It’s lots of alleluias! There’s hocketing and ostinato in this spirited fanfare for 8-part choir. Top performance by Auckland choir Choralation too!
Big Sing Finale, Dunedin, August 2013
Categories: Composery Life
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 …..
