A lullaby composed for The Bridge Singers (SATB choir) of Felton and Thirston in Northumberland. It is inspired by the stature of Elizabeth Dacre Howard at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, who died in 1883 at the age of four months.
Tag Archives: The Bridge Singers
The Bridge Singers’ Christmas 2023
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Life As A Composer, The Bridge Singers
A programme of Christmas music voted for by members of the choir included five of my compositions!
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.
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.
The Bridge Singers’ Burns Night Singalong 2021
Categories: The Bridge Singers
The Bridge Singers’ plan for Burns Night 2021 is a virtual singalong of things we already know. Here’s our playlist!
Song Stories. Skydancer: Ghost Of The Moors
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, Song Stories
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 […]
Song Stories: Magical Glass
Categories: Song Stories
It’s a song about glass: industry, art, usage, history, beauty. It’s also a bit of a drinking song!
Song Stories: Alison’s K6 Telephone Box
Categories: Composing Projects Completed, Life As A Composer, Song Stories
A rollicking, quirky song about red telephone boxes composed for Alison Rushby and The Bridge Singers of Northumberland for their “Bridges, Rivers And Other Village Friends” recital in May 2016.