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12 October

I'm uploading a few of my assignments for CMPO 102. To whit: Piecemeal, Pudelnass and Das Sumpfgebiet

3 June

So because it seemed like a good idea at the time, I did a Steve Reich-ing of John Key's comments about sacking Richard Worth. It took maybe twenty minutes. [Some time later] It's really quite funny that this piece is now a memorial to one of John Key's lies. Because, of course, Mr. Worth did not resign, and Mr. Key did sack him.

2 June

CMPO101 major assignment completed - 3 minute piece for violin, sistrum and lever harp, using far too many quarter tones

1 May

Ventilation Suite: I completed - first part of a suite for vibraphone, viola and violoncello

25 February

Memoir of Flight - drone based electroacoustic piece

14 January

Electroacoustic piece - Atalica - using harp samples, working on some other vaguely similar pieces

(4 November)

...they venture... finished at last and handed in, although I'm still not entirely happy with it. There may be a reworking at some point.

(24 September)

Started a couple of sketches for a new piece for cat and harp - experimenting with alternative notation methods for this

Projects

Leap! Dance! Sing!

Three pieces for violin, woodblock and lever harp. Doing my best to make the lever harp parts lacking in levers - but pretty muc completely impossible to play on a pedal harp. The first piece (complete) is certainly impossible for pedals. Dance! is approximately half-way done. Sing! is only starting out.

CMPO102 Composition

Slightly more real composition that 101, but still pretty much the same format, a series of slightly more involved exercises and one major composition.

CMPO101 Composition

Mostly not real composition, a series of exercises, and one "major" composition, which I wrote for violin, sistrum and harp.

Ventilation Suite

A suite for vibraphone, viola and violoncello.

Gerald's Dream Suite

A suite of reasonably difficult, sonically bright pieces for harp. Planned to have 5-6 movements, two completed so far: "Gerald and the Ferrets" and "The Owlrange"

Onslow School Comp (2008)

Three compositions. "Convolutions" for four players with music stands and pencils; "The Unwelcome Guest" for clarinet, harp, percussion, violin and cello; "...they venture..." for four violins, flute, cello and piano.

Otto Ernst

Settings of poems from Otto Ernst's "Siebzig Gedichte" (Those who understand German will probably suspect that I won't do ALL of them). Two completed so far: "Der Einsame"; "Die Geister von Aenglistal"

Carolan two harps

Arrangements/recompositions of Carolan tunes for two harps. Completed: "Mrs Judge"; "Si Bheag Si Mhor"; "The South Wind"; "Betty MacNiell"

Limpid Suite

This is ostensibly finished at three movements, although I've been thinking of filling it out with a couple more at some point. "Limpid" is a bright suite for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn and piano, using modal, contrapuntal and jazz influences.

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