Summer Is Icumen In is the title of a piece of music I have arranged which got handed out to the choir this evening and, I expect, will get a try out in the next couple of weeks. As you … Continue reading
10 March 2025
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15 November 2022
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Tessitura
We tried the music I put together at the Charnwood Training Band tonight. It worked out okay but I will need to do a bit more homework. In particular, now the initial panic is over, I can work on getting … Continue reading
14 November 2019
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Breaking chains (and complex notation)
One of the songs I’m planning to use at ASTAD on Sunday is Break Every Chain (There is Power in the Name of Jesus) by Will Reagan. Lyrically, it is pretty simple – both verses are repeated lines, ending with … Continue reading
18 September 2019
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Both of Me
Last night, I was working on my arrangement of Come, Ye Thankful People, Come, which (now that it is finished) is a candidate for a choral performance at the St Clement’s Harvest Service on 6 October. My method for developing … Continue reading
13 December 2017
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Turduckenuken
Yesterday lunchtime saw and heard the unveiling of my portmanteau arrangement of The Twelve Days of Christmas for jUKEbox, my work ukulele group. As mentioned previously, it stuffed this traditional and rather long song with a bunch of other Christmas … Continue reading
28 November 2017
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Conceptalicious
My plans for the jUKEbox Christmas performance are taking shape. The shortened version I worked up after last week’s rehearsal, supported by having rearranged some of the chord sheets to show only what we need to play, seems to fly … Continue reading
20 November 2017
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So Here It Is…
Is it Christmas yet? Cycling home tonight, I couldn’t help but notice that the illumination fans down the end of my road have got their Christmas lights up and running. That feels a bit early but it is certainly time … Continue reading
16 September 2016
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Barlow Knife
I think my ukulele group has almost got the hang of The Colosseum Hornpipe so I did some searching to identify another tune to add to the repertoire. I had a trusty repository of choices in the form of David … Continue reading