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Rondo for euphonium and piano

7/5/2025

 
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​Rondo - New Work
​- for euphonium & piano
​ - duration 5:11

Trickier Tunes for Tamariki - 12. Village Dance

23/3/2025

 
12. Village Dance starts at 3:56

​Available from SOUNZ here

Trickier Tunes for Tamariki by composers from Aotearoa New Zealand
Appealing original pieces, especially composed for violin students at grade 3, 4 or 5 level, with a simple piano or violin accompaniment. Youth Music Festival Whakanui o Puoro is Wellington Branch IRMTNZ’s annual performance showcase for students of all ages and instruments, in which each performer’s programme must include a piece by a composer from Aotearoa New Zealand. The committee organized the Trickier Tunes for Tamariki project in order to provide more mid-grade repertoire for instruments other than piano. Pieces in this volume were chosen from composers’ responses to a call for scores.


String Quartet No.13 - new work

21/3/2025

 
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1 – Two-Minutes Hate, 2 – Ring-a-Ring-a Roses, 3 – Thoughtcrime,
4 – BIG BROTHER, 5 – Julia, 6 – Ownlife, 7 – London Bridge,
​8 – Oranges and Lemons
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My 12th string quartet was inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Therefore it was only natural that I would read 1984 next and I knew from the start that I wanted to compose a work based on this story, and that became my 13th string quartet. It is in eight Chapters rather than movements. Some are played without a break others naturally pause but the overall effect of the work is one large movement.  ​

New scores available from SOUNZ

20/3/2025

 
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​New works now available from SOUNZ

  • Piano Trio No.6
violin, cello and piano

  • Gaudium
piano & string quartet

  • String Quartet No.12
string quartet

  • The Witches' Spell
​Junior choir and piano

Interview on Kapiti Poets

15/3/2025

 
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Colin was recently interviewed about setting poetry to music by host Ingrid Prosser on Local Access Radio programme Kapiti Poets - Episode 10
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Trickier Tunes for Tamariki video preview

15/3/2025

 

String Quartet No.12 - new work 2025

28/2/2025

 
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​String Quartet No.12 - 'Animal Farm' new work 2025
in four movements - duration 17:00

Based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm

Paean - new work for silver band

17/1/2025

 
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Paean - for silver band   new work 2025
duration 10:00
in loving memory of Derek Bruce"

The Christmas Truce of 1914 new work 2025

16/1/2025

 
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The Christmas Truce of 1914 new work 2025
for full orchestra duration 6:00

​suitable for Schools students age 11+
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scored for: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in Bb, 2 bsns, c.bsn, 4 hns, 2 tpts in C, 2 ten trbs, bass trb, tba, harp, 2 percussion: (BD, tam, tamb, clsh cym, tgl), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass

It was late on Christmas Eve 1914, when men of the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols. The following day, British and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football.  ​

New Work for Piano Quintet - Gaudium

8/1/2025

 
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Gaudium - for piano quintet (piano & string quartet)
duration 18:00
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