The Chronic Quintet is another Principal Music Studios composing portfolio piece from the third semester of my B.Mus. studies. It’s basically a string quartet with a bass added with the intent of composing for the full string choir, and it…
Sax Wicca
Sax Wicca is a Principal Music Studios portfolio composition from the third semester of my B.Mus (just completed – phew!). It’s a reasonably short saxophone quartet in 6/8 time based around F Dorian in concert pitch, composed in a Hebridean…
SoundCloud Playlist for Uni Portfolio Pieces
I’ve finally managed to dot the I’s and cross the T’s on my third semester of uni, which has – of course – included a bevy of new tunes for the Principal Music Studios composing portfolio. I’ve created a playlist…
Broken Mirror
Using the theme of a broken mirror, this piece states a group of core themes, and then blends them into other sections of the piece in ways that show an ability to integrate a varied palette of harmonies, melodies and…
Now Now Now Now Now
A couple of pieces of news: Firstly – the EP I released a few weeks ago has found its way to Spotify. If you could see your way clear to sharing the link around, please do! (Largely) free plays are…
Doubt
After discussions with my tutor, we’ve decided to make the portfolio pieces a little shorter this time around, and a little more focused on what we’ve been studying. This semester I’ve been diving into classical music writing and techniques during…
Arcology
Arcology was written as a submission for a monthly challenge that Eilish Gilligan ran on her twitch channel most of last year. The challenge for that particular month was to select an image and write a musical response to it.…
Study in Gm for Bb Clarinet
This is literally a composition study – my tutor asked me to create a solo piece for an orchestral solo instrument. Here it is. No muss, no fuss, but a bit of a chug to the main theme and some…
Intorno al Giro
This is not the most recent version of this piece of music, nor is it the best recording of it. I am looking to expand this piece out to around 15-20 minutes as an entry for the 2022 Paul Lowin…
Velvet
Velvet is a musical piece I composed and recorded last year. It’s an up-tempo jazz-adjacent brass and rhythm section piece that uses a mixture of legato brass samples from Spitfire Audio’s BBC:SO Discover orchestral sampler, as well as a number…