singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
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13 Jun 2011,
Article
- Nora Lee
- This traditional song (on which Elvis based his "Love me Tender") has now been arranged for quintet of solo voices (or five part choir). There are two versions - one for male voices (AATBB) and one for mixed group (SATBarB). You can hear me singing the male voices version in the multitrack version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GirWoX2mXzM
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08 Jun 2011,
Article
- The Poem is the Song
- My latest publications for clarinet and guitar and for flute and guitar have the mysterious title "The Poem is the Song". Of the five movements in this suite, four relate to 20th century poems, which I originally set for voice and classical guitar back in the innocent days when I didn't know much about copyright on poetry, but the poems have such strong rhythms and emotions that the melodies they evoked in me were sufficient even for non-verbal expression. I therefore decided to give the melodies to wind ...
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03 Jun 2011,
Article
- Sometimes the unexpected takes off
- I was amazed and gratified to find unexpectedly large downloads (and a goodly number of thumbs-up) for My Chinese New Year celebration on YouTube (over 54,000 downloads to date since I uploaded it in 2008). Here is the YouTube address of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfvshWnr30Q It is in an oriental style insofar as it is in a major pentatonic scale and - of course - uses fireworks, as befits such celebrations. When I originally composed the piece, which is different in so many ways from ...
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