( Paul Writes ) 

There's a concert of my music coming up in Ealing on 28 September. It would be great to see you there! Details of this gig  below



Hello friends, colleagues and contacts in the "world of choir"

I hope that your singing - and indeed all your other - activities are flourishing? I'd love to share a few new demo recordings with you. If you have time and inclination to check out these links, I'd be delighted. The scores are on the screen in these youtube demos, so there's nothing stopping you from singing along. Go on, go on, go on.

*May our voices* (SSA or SATB and piano) recently commissioned by the choir EénvanZin in The Netherlands

"May our voices become a blessing to all who hear our song / May our singing resound within us, as we travel on..."

https://youtu.be/GRHek0EAWug

*Monetisation* (2-part voices and piano) words by Brian Bilston, used by permission

The ad said  MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS so he thought he would respond by painting them in the changing light like waterlilies in a pond

https://youtu.be/1-FMQKip1dk

'As I went out one May morning* (three voices a cappella: SSA or TBarB)  part of my ongoing series of folksong arrangements...

https://youtu.be/iu5izGoDvHg

*Make us instruments of thy peace* (SATB unaccompanied) - well-known words, but in plural-pronoun form - because it's all of us who are involved in this endeavour, right?

https://youtu.be/krubJsfqz6Y

and finally, for fun, for piano:

*A Miniature Prelude, Adagio & Fugue on the Peppa Pig theme tune*

You may recall that in Peppa Pig, Series 2, episode 38, "Grandpa's Little Train", when Granny Pig exclaims: "A little toy train!" Grandpa replies: "It's not a toy! This is Gertrude. She's a mi-ni-a-ture lo-co-mo-tive." (Emphasising all eight syllables with justifiable pride.) By the same token, this is not a silly little piece for toy piano. It's a Mi-ni-a-ture Com-po-si-tion...

https://youtu.be/M96W7YudJc0

Please check out my website for more info, or reply direct if you'd like to request perusal scores, suggest a commission, or chat about contrapuntal potential in music from other children's TV programmes!

https://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue

Paul A