The Golden Temple
This is a piece originally
written for trumpet & piano, but if you feel like transposing
the trumpet line into something more appropriate for your own
instrument, then by all meansgo ahead & do so - I see no reason
why it could not work on a cor anglais, violin, vibraphone or
whatever !
The key to playing
my music successfully is to take the dots not as the last word,
but as guidelines - as a performer myself, I don't want the audience
to be focussing on the title or the composer of the piece, but
on the performance itself, which means the performer has to do
as much work in making it their own as I did when I wrote it down.
That said, if you're not sure how to do that, I suggest you listen
to how we did it the very first time it was performed.
The piece is provided
here
as a 72dpi Acrobat
.pdf, which gives you a bit of a preview; if you want the 150dpi
version which is a bit more readable, please email
me.
Taize - style music
This is a particular form of Christian worship music which is
practised at the Taize Community
in eastern France, & has become popular around the rest of the
world. It is characterised by simple repeating choruses & chants,
which are easy to learn & reproduce no matter what one's musical
skill or first language are. The music is intended to be accompanied
by whatever instruments are available, though flutes, recorders,
oboes, & guitars tend to work best - these accompanists should
feel free to improvise around the music as well as playing what
is written; in addition, my music is usually written with a drone
in mind, as well as a rhythmic pulse, so please try not to deviate
from that too much !
In The Name Of The Father - sing the
top line on its own for a while, then add the second line. When
you feel to, sing in canon from the 'ther' of 'Father'.
Kyrie - all 4 lines fit together, so
either build up gradually adding a line at a time from 4 seperate
choirs, or sing it sequentially as a round. Or do whatever else
seems reasonable !
The Three Who Are, Screen 1, Screen
2, & Screen 3. The words are taken
from the Carmina
Gadelica.
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