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Song Story: Buffalo Stories

A song composed for the 70th Reunion commemorations of the descendants of John and Susanna Adams, who arrived in South Australia in December 1836 aboard HMS Buffalo. The song is a combined shanty and lullaby.

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Song Stories: Lullaby Of Silences

A lullaby composed for The Bridge Singers (SATB choir) of Felton and Thirston in Northumberland. It is inspired by the stature of Elizabeth Dacre Howard at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, who died in 1883 at the age of four months.

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Arrangements of Welsh Songs

On March 1st 2023, The Bridge Singers performed a concert of Welsh songs to mark St. David’s Day. Their guests were Harps Northumbria, the venue was St. Lawrence’s Church in Warkworth, and several of the choir arrangements were made by me. The full programme and programme notes appear at the end of this blog, but […]

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Epiphany Arrangements

For Christmas 2022, The Bridge Singers presented two concerts: one at the beginning of December, with all songs on theme of Mary, and one on January 6th for Epiphany. We sang a a range of old and new repertoire including some new arrangements. This blog is about those arrangements.