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Hymn to the 89th Constellation
By John Spence
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Flute and piano, c.6'10. Grade 8A celebration of the unfathomable mysteries of the universe.
Recorded on the CD, Flute Odyssey (Wirr 016), by Emma Knott and David Miller, available online
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ISMN M720065090
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Hymnphony
By Paul Paviour
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Trumpet and piano, c.4'10. Suggested grade 6-7.Download samples
ISMN720093024
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I am black (Song of Songs)
By Andrew Schultz
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Soprano voice and piano, c.1.35'. Grade 8-A.MusThe text is drawn from the Jerusalem Bible translation of The Song of Songs and depicts a woman's longing for her absent lover. It is unknown whether the woman is swarthy from outdoor work or black skinned racially. In the original text the sequence opens: 'I am black but lovely'. The implied social inequality of the lovers adds strongly to the poignancy of their mutual absorption.
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ISMN M720072661
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I am She
By Tania Owens
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Soprano and piano, c.5'00I am She is a tribute to the female Goddess in all of us. It uses imagery inspired by the expansive waters of Wellington Point in Southeast Queensland where I first met and heard Leanne Swanson-McCarthy and her fellow talented musicians perform at a house concert overlooking Moreton Bay.
The water imagery speaks to me of the female spirit and the sacred role we play as mothers and as givers of life. The cycles of water in the song echoes the cycles of the female body and remind us of the greater cycles of the world and of the universe around us.
Composed 2020
Audio by Rosemarie Arthars (soprano) and Leanne Swanson-McCarthy (piano) used with permission.
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ISMN 9790720249292
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I am Shut Out of Mine Own Heart (Brennan)
By Horace Keats
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Soprano and piano, c.5'30,
- Grade: Lic.Dip
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1937
- Tempo: Moderato, a Brennan love poem, in the words of the composer, one;"Of yearning, and longing..."
Words by Christopher J. Brennan.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here - and Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Echo both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007151
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I can play that, Book 1
By Joanne Burrows
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33 piano solos written to encourage students to construct knowledge and skills through: reinforcing of learned concepts, develop student transferring skills, and build on prior knowledge. Ideally suited for beginners to preliminary levels. Composed 2017
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ISMN 9790720172330
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I can play that, Book 2
By Joanne Burrows
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Piano solos building on patterns and techniques to encourage students to develop unassisted at home. Several chord charts are included, for improvisation of bass lines and accompaniment and improvisation of melody and harmony. Additional ideas for improvisation can be found in Making My Own Music.
Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720209128
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I can play that, Book 3
By Joanne Burrows
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A collection of piano pieces for pattern recognition, memory and sight reading to encourage students to develop unassisted at home. The student encounters in a range of a patterns in various positions, rhythms and keys and encouraged to use what they already know and build new learning on previous knowledge. Memory is encouraged, as students can memorise a pattern, a chord progression, a simple phrase, then see it as a musical word in other pieces. Additional ideas for improvisation can be found in Making My Own Music.
Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720209159
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I can play that, Primer
By Joanne Burrows
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This is a book of beginner piano pieces, including several chord charts for the students to work out unassisted at
home or in the lesson.
The aim of these pieces is to:
- Encourage music reading and memory
- Develop recognition of musical words rather than a note by note reading approach
- Develop the ear through transposition and harmonisation
- Improve student confidence in music reading
- Develop an instinctive feel for simple rhythmic patterns
- Enable the use and awareness of consistent fingering
- Improve memory skills
The repertoire included in this volume reinforces the recognition of
- Patterns: skipping patterns, intervals of a 3rd and stepping patterns, intervals of a second
- Direction: ascending, descending, changing direction
- Simple rhythmic patterns
Composed 2019
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- I can play that - sheet music
ISMN 9790720214801
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I can READ that, Primer Level
By Joanne Burrows
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This is a book of beginner pieces that can be used for sight reading, improvisation, transposition and memory practice.
The aim of these pieces is to:
- Encourage music reading and memory
- Develop recognition of musical words rather than a note by note reading approach
- Develop the ear through transposition and harmonisation
- Improve student confidence in music reading
- Develop an instinctive feel for simple rhythmic patterns
- Enable the use and awareness of consistent fingering
- Improve memory skills
The repertoire included in this volume reinforces the recognition of
- Patterns: skipping patterns, intervals of a 3rd and stepping patterns, intervals of a second
- Direction: ascending, descending, changing direction
- Simple rhythmic patterns in simple quadruple metre (Book 2 incorporates triple meter)
- Pieces can be used in any order that suits the student’s individual curriculum ad program of study
Composed 2019
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- I can READ that, Primer - sheet music
ISMN 9790720214818
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I can write music- HSC Music 1 & 2
By Joanne Burrows
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Finding your musical voice
This is a resource book for the student, the classroom teacher and the private studio teacher with suggestions to inspire creativity and music composition. I believe everyone is capable of writing music. Nick Cave when describing his song writing process stated, “The big problem with song-writing for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.”
A range of exercises is included so that students can explore the possibilities of sound in terms of: pitch, duration, texture, register, tone colour, and expressive techniques.
For ease of use
• Most examples and exercises are in simple keys and all exercises can be transposed to suitable keys
• Examples in treble and bass clefs are included, this will enable all students to read and connect with the information presented
• The words triad and chord are used interchangeably to describe three or more notes played together.
Compiled 2018
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ISMN 9790720209135
I Had No Human Speech
By Ross Fiddes
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For low voice and piano, c.4'45.
Words by Roland Robinson
In setting the poem, the composer has endeavoured to capture in music, the poet’s picture of the solitude and grandeur of the Australian outback.
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(The singer is US mezzo, Karen Quicker)
ISMN 9790673140639
$8.00 for digital download