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

 

Just me and some seconds of Vocal Madness

So, a "resolution" of mine is to finally stop being a coward and become the first (or one of the first) Jamaicans (who still reside in Jamaica) to contribute to Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir (this one's VC4) If you want to know more about Virtual Choir and probably try submitting and joining yourself click here. so yea, to this end I've made a SHORT foray into just singing again, I sight sang two bars of music for four vocal parts, SATB and layered them... and here you go!

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

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...