Hello and thanks for visiting my homepage.
I’m sure you’re here because you’re looking for some distinctive and characterful choral music, or maybe some fun-filled and lively children’s music, or maybe even some rhythmic and ear-tingling instrumental music. Well congratulations – you’ve shown remarkable finesse and shrewdness.
Some of my favourite pieces are those for choir. Other people think so too and they’ve been performed and recorded all over the place… in New Zealand, Australia, Germany and here in England. I like to mould the music to the words and the choir, I love choral music with a bit of rhythmic sparkle, and I always get carried away by the history and landscapes of the places I live in and visit.
My songs for children are loved by children, parents and teachers alike. They’re easy to learn, but also add a little something out of the ordinary just to tickle those young ears.
I love writing music for specific groups, whether they’re professionals, amateurs or school groups of any age, and as well as introducing you to some of my music here, I’d love to come and meet your choir or class or ensemble and compose something especially for you and them. Why not contact me?
I’ve worked a lot in schools and other places of learning and always manage to inspire the teachers as well as the students. I’ve gathered some of my teaching ideas into a selection of teaching resources that have proved useful as well as lots of fun for all who’ve tried them. These range from A level analyses and work packs to practical musical explorations of non-musical topics for primary schools.
Some recent composing and other highlights have included an exploration of the River Wear in North-East England in song, dance and drama with a primary school in Sunderland, a set of Christmas Fanfares for a chamber choir based in Northumberland, an interview about composing music for school choirs recorded and broadcast by Radio New Zealand’s classical music station, and a set of arrangements for choir and brass band of my own pieces as well as a collection of Gilbert and Sullivan favourites to be performed by the Alnwick Choral Society and Reg Vardy Brass Band.
Cheryl Camm is a composer and educator currently working in the north-east region of England and previously throughout New Zealand and in Queensland, Australia.
Cheryl’s most performed compositions are from her choral catalogue which includes songs for professional, amateur and school choirs, in one to eight parts, for mixed, low or high voices, for choirs with instruments, and using a wide range of texts, both sacred and secular.
Cheryl has worked extensively in schools as a composer, teacher and instigator and manager of musical projects. She has also written several published teaching resources for use by school teachers.
To contact Cheryl about purchasing scores, commissioning new works, or designing and leading school projects, please contact me.
