[Portfolio of musical compositions]

Abstract

Volume .1 "Spontaneity" Solo Oboe/Cor Anglais [Duration: 7 minutes]Volume .2 "Miniature" Solo Violoncello [Duration: 50 seconds]Volume .3 "Lateral Thinking" Chamber Ensemble [Duration: 11 minutes]Instrumentation: Flute (doubling Piccolo) Oboe Clarinet in Bb Bassoon Percussion: Bass Drum (Double Head) Tarn Tam Xylophone Suspended Cymbal Triangle Piano Harp Four Violins Two Violas Two Violoncelli One Double Bass The Score is written in CVolume .4 "Doubtless!" Chamber EnsembleCommissioned by: One Voice with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council and Edinburgh District Arts CouncilInstrumentation: Flute Clarinet Bb Piano Percussion: Axatse Tambourine High, Medium, Low Drums Violin Violoncello The Clarinet is transposed in the scoreVolume .5 "Tete sur Tige" Solo Clarinet and Double String Orchestra in Four Movements [Duration: 25 minutes ]Instrumentation: Solo Clarinet in Bb Double String Orchestra Each Orchestra consisting of 16 Violins 6 Violas 6 Violoncelli 4 Double Bass (Numbers can be halved if forces are unavailable) The Orchestras should be placed apart with Clarinet between The Solo Clarinet part is transposed in the scoreVolume .6 "Za Bosnu" String Orchestra, Solo Trumpet, Children's Orchestra [Duration: 9 minutes]Instrumentation: String Orchestra Four Violin 1 Four Violin 2 Four Violas Four Violoncello Two Double Bass All strings divisi by desk Solo Trumpet in C Children's Orchestra Treble instruments in C Treble instruments in Bb Bass instruments in CVolume .7 "Mass of Fives" Congregational Mass Setting with SATB Harmony and Organ [Duration: 5 minutes]Commissioned by the Dominican Priory of St Albert the Great, EdinburghMass of Fives was commissioned by the Dominican Priory of St Albert the Great in Edinburgh for use by the University parish in Advent and Lent. It had to be simple enough for the congregation to learn and sing on a weekly basis, but also challenging enough for the choir of dedicated amateurs. The Offertorium, for Organ alone, is optional.Volume .8 "The Beggar's Opera" Songs and Incidental Music Solo Voice and Chamber Ensemble [Duration: 11 minutes]Commissioned by: The St Magnus Festival, OrkneyInstrurrientation: Solo /Unison Vocal line Clarinet Bb Trombone Violin Viola Violoncello Double Bass Percussion Glockenspiel Triangle Tambourine Piano reduction for rehearsal only The Clarinet part is transposed in the scoreVolume .9 " McGonagall's Musings" Chamber Orchestra with Piano Duet, Violin, Violoncello Soli [Duration: 5 minutes ]Instrnmentati®n: Flute Clarinet Bb Oboe Bassoon Hore F Trumpet C Percussion: Tambourine Bass Drum Strings Piano Duet, Violin, Violoncello Soli The Clarinet and Horn parts are transposed in the scoreMcGonagall's Musings was written for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Tayside Piano Trio. It is the result of an education project, "Home is the Sailor," run by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with music groups in Dundee and Post Graduate Composers from the Faculty of Music at the University of Edinburgh. The project ran over a two month period during which time each group, under the guidance of a composer and a player from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, devised a piece which reflected something of Dundee and its relationship to the sea. Once this was completed the composer then wrote a further piece which incorporated and complemeted the group's ideas, but added the SCO ensemble.