Composition School student James Blennerhassett's latest orchestral piece, 'Repetition'. It is one movement of a suite he is writing at present, with our help. This is the MIDI mock up created using Dorico. Hopefully one day we can get this played by a real orchestra!
WATCH THE SCORE AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
Congratulations on the release of 'Amergin Fire' to Composition School student Ciara McElholm. It was such a pleasure to help Ciara finish this music and to help her structure it with intros, outs, middle 8s, modulations etc. Bravo!
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE
Our most remote student Chad Morse (Vancouver Island) has his music on his great website The Green Fire
LISTEN TO THE GREEN FIRE
Congratulations to Composition School student Carl Allen on his score for 'Waiting' which will soon be released as a soundtrack album. So far the film has won two awards at the Florence Film Festival and has been nominated in 3 categories for the Richard Harris International Film Awards, as well as having been selected for the Jim Sheridan Short Film Competition.
Composition School student Katerina Speranskaya improvises trying out some new Quintal Harmony techniques.
LISTEN TO IMPROVISATION
Vitória Campos now holds the medal for "farthest away student in Composition School" -- Zooming in from Florianópolis island in the very south of Brazil. Thank you Zoom - you are amazing.
In association with Culture Night 2020, Composition School student Ciara McElholm presents her audio journey of the Battle Of Clontarf.
Culture Night: Clontarf Audio Journey
Download the Audio Journey "The Song Of Amergin"
Some of our composers are getting a lot from the great articles at Film Music Notes. Like this article which gives the notated leitmotifs of the latest Star Wars trilogy, and then shows how these motifs combine musically.
FILM MUSIC NOTES
Congratulations to our student Helen Lynch on her haunting score for Night Swimming, selected for the Montreal Independent Film Festival.
WATCH TRAILER
Composition School student Ciara McElholm in Camden Recording Studios -- recording the eight singers for her new album. A day of fine music and great fun!
Due to COVID-19 for the foreseeable future all lessons have switched to Zoom & Skype.
Student Claire O'Donnell sharing her composing and improvising skills in her new piece 'Douce Promenade'
LISTEN TO DOUCE PROMENADE
We had an open screening of 'Score' in January. The students said they learned loads from it. If you are interested in film music then this is a must see.
WATCH SCORE
