of Friends, Easter, and the gift of Music...Palm Sunday

SO...for Palm Sunday two friends of mine decided to perform two solos of mine for a concert of psalms held at the Barbican Baptist Church, where Peter's (the tenor soloist) dad is the choirmaster. they chose the tenor and bass solos from my choral work A Cycle of Psalms.  despite the issues with accompaniment and anxiety as well as other technical difficulties (the peron who videotaped it was a bit...Lax...with getting introduction and keeping the camera on the singer lol) They were good performances and I was honoured that they did my work, giving an aural component to the scribblings on a page. Here they are, Messrs. Peter Dawes and Michael Sutherland (Bass) singing Psalm 43 and 13 respectively, "Judge Me O God" and "Lord How Long Wilt thou Forget Me?" from A Cycle of Psalms

 

Weeping Mary... A we say music!!!

Here I post a Midi and score of a Vocal Work of Mine...*glee til' I realise it sounds like crap because of the programme used to do the synth voices* You can follow the music cause I sync'd it with the sound (rae fa my skills *jumps around*) [for foreigners, "Rae" is a Jamaican Ideomatic exclamation of joy, assent or suprise] Feedback much appreciated, drop me a line, lemme know what u think below :-)
SIDE NOTE:  I don't like that nasty intro while the title is going up either, but...meh

Blessings,
Carl-Anthony

Some post Christmas Season Nostalgia...

So The alumni of Ardenne Music Club (my alma mater) decided to, in a fit of our usual routine, to sing an old carol from the "good old days" (yes...its 90% of the time a christmas carol that we sing...there was always something about singing carols at Ardenne) Behold our Quintet rendition of "O Come O Come Emanuel" (and because I was Idle, A fanfare that popped outta my head while I was amassing the Pics to make the video.

(^_^') Hope you enjoy, and as usual, Feedback Welcome!

Of music and youth..."The Unfinished String Quartet"

When I first discovered that the wild hums and sounds I'd make while doing a chore, walking, or even reading quietly were subconscious forays into the realm of music composition, I was excited to get right into the process of notation...Here was my first attempt at electronic notation. I wrote this in grade 9 in High school, to myself saying I would write one of the shortest string quartets complete with all four movements. using a free version of Noteworthy composer. I'm embarrassed to say all I can find of this is my handwritten score of the first movement and the midis that the unregistered programme allowed me to save in... but every so often I listen and remember the fun early days of reading music theory, and sharing with my friends In Music Club, the hours of reprieve from the usual drama of adolescence...