Calm

Cello, Violin, Viola, Bass, Horn

Video here: https://youtu.be/5MIP5lZS0Mc

#emotion #feeling #reflection

The Valley Calls

A dark and moody song that will make you feel like you are facing cold winds on a grey day. What fate lies before you?

Intimate Piano 
Cello Moods
Lores
Arctic Swells

Cold Winds

This song is supported by a video montage of gentle elephants - https://youtu.be/REljVTlWCcs

Gentle

Wings

Peace For You

You're sitting at your desk waiting for inspiration and then suddenly the words flow. This is 'Letters'. A song depicting all the letters and words tumbling onto a page.

Letters - Piano Only

Drift away to sleep and to peace. https://youtu.be/lagPM4WoAFk

Many years ago, I composed a song called Drift Away - which I have now re-imagined in this improvisation.

The original 2017 song was inspired by the sea, sailing around the Isle of Man.

Drift Away - Reimprovised

The night has come, sleep will follow.

https://youtu.be/uQAjfG0MnOU

Quotes I've chosen to go with this composition are to do with the moon and the stars.

"It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe."
— Victor Hugo

"The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money." 
— Plautus

"Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being."
— Rumi

Night Has Come

Across The Water

This is is purely fan art. I love Valheim!

Although, it would be an honour to contribute to the game OST so if you know someone in the team please refer me!

Music for venturing out into the dark, moody and desolate Ashlands!

I've also made a little video to go with this song which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vzr3GsTwo

#valheim #vikings #valhalla #odin #fanart

The Ashlands

Gentle and nostalgic - soft piano and cello. Inspiration from improvisation.


Using #verticalpiano from The Crow Hill Company.
https://thecrowhillcompany.com/the-vertical-piano/

Gentle music to help you feel as free as a bird for a moment of calm. 

My newest composition was an inspired piano improvisation using a beautiful instrument from the crow hill company called Vertical Piano which has such a lovely backstory for the instrument origins and how they made it possible for composers to be able to create with it. 

I then developed my improvisation with additional instruments, cello and ethereal swell sounds.

And then I made this video: https://youtu.be/b_YRMmjUj7g

I searched for lovely soothing calming scenes of sunny mountains and then ordered them according to the way the song evolved.

I hope you enjoy!

Free As A Bird

More inspiration from improvisation with the Vertical Piano from the Crow Hill Company. 

Using an everlasting room effect to create a really dreamy listening experience.

With just the right amount of dreaminess in these soothing visuals, this video of yachts out at sea - with this song - will help you find a moment of stillness - https://youtu.be/gH85aNCmu5c

Drift away. I hope you enjoy!

Remember When

Inspired by nature. 

I was sitting in our garden early in the morning, listening to the birds and nearby river, filled with gratitude for it all, and this melody welled up in me.

https://youtu.be/lGJtmO4oTaY

First Light

A quiet road can sometimes help dampen a noisy mind - Eleri.

Enjoy this new piano composition.

A Quiet Road

Allow yourself to drift. 

Gentle Piano to help find a moment of calm.

included in the BBC Sleeping Forecast 1 Sept 2024.

For this song I used only the black keys on the piano except for a point in the song where I needed to use a 'b'. If you're a musician with a good ear maybe you'll be able to identify it!

Drift

Count three beats per bar, feel your eyelids getting heavier. Let yourself sink into sleep.

https://youtu.be/9XVuhLgT5Zk

Here's my latest piano composition 80BPM 3/4 tempo and the most gentle autumn scenes to help create a moment of relaxation for you. 

I made this video in Canvapro which took some time to find the right gentle images to compliment the music! 

I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by!

The pursuit of sleep

A calming moment to help send you off to sleep. 

Piano only.


A place to rest

Like the first golden rays of spring sunlight filtering through delicate petals, April Blossom is a piano piece that radiates warmth, brightness, and pure joy.

Capturing the feeling of nature awakening—soft breezes, blooming flowers, and the quiet thrill of fresh beginnings. Light and airy, yet full of heart, this composition is a celebration of hope, renewal, and the simple beauty of life unfolding.

April Blossoms

Echoes of the Day is the sound of golden hours dissolving into memory, the warmth of sunlight tucked beneath the velvet embrace of evening—a melody that lingers, gently carrying you into the quiet dreamscape of night.

Echoes of the day

A song for finding peace, breath by breath.

Reflective, fluid, and evocative, 'The Tides Inside' is a journey through the ebb and flow of inner emotions. Gentle, cascading piano melodies mirror the rise and retreat of thoughts, like waves shifting with the mind’s tides. It embraces the tension of anxious currents and the soothing pull toward stillness, offering a space for introspection and calm. 

Let this music carry you, breath by breath, into tranquillity.

The Tides Inside

Thank you for listening to my music!!!  My name is Eleri and I'm a composer, originally from South Africa, living on the Isle of Man, a small island in the Irish Sea.

I love to make music that creates moments of calm and also to help unwind ahead of sleep! The piano is my go to instrument for this.

My compositions are neo-classical, and a fusion of electronic and orchestral. Conveying vast soundscapes, compositions are multi-textured and layered to create ambience and timelessness.

Music is a joy to make, and I hope you will enjoy my creations!
Eleri

Examples of work: 
Youtube link for music videos to complement the music - https://youtube.com/@Elerimakesmusic

Radio Plays:
BBC Radio 3 InTune in 2021 
BBC Radio Lancashire Introducing in 2022, 2023, 2024
BBC Sleeping Forecast 2022, 2023, 2024
BBC Piano Focus 2024
BBC Soundwaves 2024
BBC 3 Unwind 2024, 2025


Commissioned by the IOM Arts Council for music for a local short film, "Sollys". Film premiered on 23 March 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izE8bAoFNB0

Music for Manx Wildlife Trust's short film 'Wildlife Remembered' Premiered in April 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjHNTuOdg8M

"Sundays", appears on the 2021 Piano day playlist by Nils Frahm.
My arrangement of the "Manx National Anthem" appears on the Manx Music playlist by Culture Vannin.

Currently working on:
 - A commission for our local Manx Youth Orchestra

I also create content for my two YouTube channels: @elerimakesmusic and @momentofcalmforyou

Calm

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