Choir, School and Theatre Works

Adult Choir – unaccompanied

Imezwane; Mabuwe based on own made-up language Ist perf. Brighton Singers 2002, Chapel Royal.

There Be None of Beauty’s Daughters (poem by Byron) 1994 revised 2009/10 Ist perf. Brighton Chamber Choir July 10^th 2010, St Nicholas’ Church; revised version Ist perf. BCC May 21^st 2011 Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton.

From ‘Lines Written in Kensington Gardens’ (poem by Matthew Arnold) 2012

Embraceable You arrangement of Gershwin for male voices. 2013 1^st perf. May 25^th 2013 Falmer Church, Brighton Festival.

The Water of Tyne version for male voices of W.G. Whittaker’s arrangement of the traditional song.

Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man arrangement of Jerome Kern for mixed voices, 2013.

there-be-none-score — From ‘There be None of Beauty’s Daughters’ score [Click to enlarge]

imezwane-score — From Imezwane vocal score [Click to enlarge]

Youth Choir

Windy Nights (poem by Robert Louis Stephenson) for voice and piano 1968/9; arranged for youth choir 1990 1^st perf. Brighton Youth Choir

Children of the Earth (words Margaret Holmes) 1983 1^st perf. BYC

Rhythm (words Margaret Holmes) 1983 1^st perf. 1988 BYC; revised words Carolyn Nichols and G.R. 1^st perf. Penny Jenkins Singers 2000

Animal Protest (words Margaret Holmes) 1984 1^st perf. BYC

Sigh of the Earth (words M. H.) 1985 1^st perf. BYC

Boxes and Boxes Everywhere (words M. H.) 1985 1^st perf BYC

The Wind from Thrace (from The Furies after Aeschyllus) arranged youth choir 1989 1^st perf. BYC

Never See the Sun (words M.H.) 1992 1^st perf. BYC

Giant Pollution (words M.H.) 1992 1^st perf. BYC

Music We All Share (word M.H.) 1992 1^st perf. BYC

Rejoice, Rejoice (words M.H.) 1993 1^st perf. BYC

Arrangements for Schools

Oh What a Lovely War perf. Tulse Hill School, London July 1973

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat perf. Tulse Hill School March 28^th 1974; Acland Burghley School July 10^th 1979

Music Theatre

The Caribbean Tempest (words after Shakespeare by Lisa Wright) 1^st perf. 1975 Tulse Hill School; tour of Cambridge and Derbyshire February 13-17 1978, then to Berlin July 18^th-20^th.

The Furies (words Lisa Wright after Aeschyllus) 1^st perf. 1978 Tulse Hill School

The Tempest (renaming of The Caribbean Tempest) with original Shakespeare dialogue and lyrics, plus additional songs and incidental music 1^st perf. October 9^th 1981 Wagner Hall, Brighton; renamed

The Strangest of Islands (revised version of The Tempest with additional music) 1^st perf. July 23^rd 1997 Tempest Productions plus Brighton Chamber Orchestra, Gardner Arts Centre; plus additional music perf. May 20^th 1998 St Bartholomews Church, Brighton Festival with BCO.

Time and the River words Carolyn Nicholls 1^st perf. July 7st 1999 Westdene Primary School, Brighton

strangest-of-islands-where — From the score of ‘Where the Bee Sucks’ (from The Strangest of Islands) [click to enlarge]

strangest-of-islands-photo — Scene from the Strangest of Islands, University of Sussex. photo: Carolyn Nicholls