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Written in 2014, this is my first (pretty sure it's not my last) String Quartet. I have mixed feeling about this. I love this work, but even though there are obvious Tony-isms, some parts sound like I'm channeling Brahms. Nevertheless, this is what I had to say... Hope you like it. The work was revised in 2023. 1: 00:00 Allegro 2: 06:53 Prestissimo Nervoso 3: 10:58 Andante Passionato 4: 15:56 Allegro Agitato

My first (pretty sure it's not my last) String Quartet, written in 2014. I have mixed feeling about this. I love this work, but even though there are obvious Tony-isms, some parts sound like I'm channeling Brahms. Nevertheless, this is what I had to say... Hope you like it. The work was revised in 2023. 1: 00:00 Allegro 2: 06:53 Prestissimo Nervoso 3: 10:58 Andante Passionato 4: 15:56 Allegro Agitato

This is an original set of four songs for children to celebrate aspects of the Chinese New Year. The pentatonic scale is used to give the songs an oriental feel. However, the songs are not slaves to that scale. Each song can be used as a stand-alone piece or performed together as a cohesive whole. It is very possible to create your own actions around this music. Included are the parts and MP3 files with a flute playing the melody, which is a great help while earning the songs. Score is available at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/6402378 The Songs are: 00:00 1. Praying for the Harvest 01:55 2. Relatives 02:45 3. Dumplings (or.... Mince Tarts, Turkey etc.) 04:54 4. New Year Piano Part The piano part is not difficult to play, but it will require someone who can play more than “just a bit”.

A fun piece for older students (and adults?) that borders of being a “proper” piece of music. The idea coming from the Classical “Toy Symphony” (possibly by Joseph Haydn). It’s in four movements which are designed to spark the students' imagination with a spooky forest, brilliant parade and a wild dance to finish. 00:00 1: It Starts. 01:31 2: Night in a Dark Wood. 03:26 3: Parade. 05:19 4: Celebration! Sometimes… sounding “wrong” can be just so… right. Score is available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/10527440

A fun piece for older students (and adults?) that borders of being a “proper” piece of music. The idea coming from the Classical “Toy Symphony” (possibly by Joseph Haydn). It’s in four movements which are designed to spark the students' imagination with a spooky forest, brilliant parade and a wild dance to finish. Sometimes… sounding “wrong” can be just so… right. 00:00 1: It Starts. 01:31 2: Night in a Dark Wood. 03:26 3: Parade. 05:19 4: Celebration! Score is available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/10527440

A space battle and love affair sounding score for no film in particular.

Capriol (not "The Capriol Suite") is a set of dances composed in October 1926 by Peter Warlock (real name Phillip Heseltine) and is one of his most popular pieces. Originally a piano duet, Warlock later scored it for both string and full orchestras. This arrangement, for Cello Quartet, (by myself) was for a professor at the UK - London's Trinity College of Music Score available at: https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/612428.html The suite consists of six movements: 00:00 1. Basse Dance 01:35 2. Pavane 03:18 3. Tordion 04:15 4. Bransles 06:09 5. Pieds-en-l'air 08:40 6. Mattachins (Sword Dance)

Capriol (not "The Capriol Suite") is a set of dances composed in October 1926 by Peter Warlock (real name Phillip Heseltine) and is one of his most popular pieces. Originally a piano duet, Warlock later scored it for both string and full orchestras. This arrangement, for Cello Quartet, (by myself) was for a professor at the UK - London's Trinity College of Music Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/612329.html The suite consists of six movements: 00:00 1. Basse Dance 01:35 2. Pavane 03:18 3. Tordion 04:15 4. Bransles 06:09 5. Pieds-en-l'air 08:40 6. Mattachins (Sword Dance)

Film music for "White Van Man" by Muckle Films An innocent white van, parked in a normal street, promises a dark and deadly fate for those who enter its fatal domain. Score available on: https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/612042.html

Film music for "White Van Man" by Muckle Films An innocent white van, parked in a normal street, promises a dark and deadly fate for those who enter its fatal domain. Score available at: https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/612043.html

In a place filled with dissonance, a mysterious being arrives to counsel and bring peace to the many quarrelling factions below. Scored for a Alpine Horn (in F#) and Quadruple Winds. Score is available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/611433.html Instrumentation ============ 1 Alpine Horn (in F#) 1 Piccolo,1 Flute/Piccolo, 2 Flutes 3 Oboes, 1 Cor-Anglais 3 Clarinets in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet in Bb 4 Horns in F 3 Bassoons, 1 Contra-Bassoon

Written in 2012, inspired by a visit to Gibraltar and the kindness of the Mayor and his Wife (in 2012) plus how everyone seemed able to switch between speaking English and Spanish at the drop of a hat. Two cultures, well integrated. One of our most popular works that been played many times in private and public. Never leave your windows open, the Monkeys are a Pain!!!, and they will get in. :-( Video link at:- [[https://youtu.be/a1r74nnEs5w YouTube]] Escrito en 2012, inspirado en una visita a Gibraltar y la amabilidad del alcalde y su esposa (en 2012), además de cómo todos parecían capaces de cambiar entre hablar inglés y español en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Dos culturas, bien integradas. Nunca dejes las ventanas abiertas, los monos son un dolor de cabeza!!, y entrarán. :-(

The 2023 revision of the Second Violin Sonata. In just three movements, there is no slow movement, its raw drama filled journey and akin to a thorn between the romantic and passionate first and third sonatas. Melodic? Yes... but it has no qualms about abandoning tonality to make a point. Likewise, where tonality is called for... it duly is... 00:00 1st Movement - Allegro con brio 04:22 2nd Movement - Allegretto semplice 06:47 3rd Movement - Allegretto (mysterioso) Score and parts are available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/608512.html Violin Sonata No. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozxAYY05j_4

The final of Dvoraks' New World Symphony. Played and inputted by myself into Sibelius Ultimate.

In ever bar where there be sound, "A" is there in harmony bound.

The previously unknown, but now popular sea-shanty that everyone was doing the "Wellerman dance: to. It's sometimes just called "Sea Shanty." and the piece It contains guest appearances from others tunes from the genre: 1:33 What shall we do the drunken sailor 3:05 Skye boat song 3:31 Princess Royal (Brampton) 4:44 Wellerman (Reprise)

From the depths rises that which is nameless into the light! Only to return, changed from what it had been, to whence it came. Score and parts are available from: https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/588406.html

A four-movement suite you can weave a story around.Scored for a String Quintet and String Orchestra, contrasting the sounds between the String Solos and String Orchestra in a fun and lively way. 1 00:00 A Strollin' There 2 01:37 Memory Lane 3 04:00 The Storm 4 06:00 Hoe-down The Score and Parts are available on Score Exchange https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/584889.html

A fantasy arrangement of the "Carol of the Bells" for Violin School and Piano.

The piece universally known as “Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain” is actually by Rimsky-Korsakov. Night on a Bare Mountain, (Night on Bald Mountain), is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Mussorgsky composed a "musical picture", St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain on the theme of a Witches Sabbath on Kupala Night which he completed on that very night, 23 June 1867. Mussorgsky was proud of his work but, despite recasting it, in various forms it was never performed in any form during his lifetime. In 1886, five years after Mussorgsky's death, Rimsky-Korsakov published an arrangement of the work, describing it as a "Fantasy for Orchestra". This fantasy is based on themes and ideas from Mussorgsky’s original work, and it is Rimsky-Korsakov's version, presented here, that has achieved the lasting fame the piece deserves.

A fantasy arrangement of the carol "O come, O come Emmanuel" for Violin School and Piano.

A Persian/Iranian folk tune arranged for Piano and Violins by Tony Matthews 2022