On my mission, before I left to go home finally after 2 years, I was asked to write my testimony into song, an auditory representation of my faith and my love of God. This is the end result of that endeavour.

Testimony

A piece for Marimba quartet plus a Vibraphone for marimba 4. Written for a high school percussion ensemble

Outlaw - Mallet Quartet

Õhtul, also known as Eventide, is a work for a professional male choir and accompaniment, consisting of Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Basso Profundo (can be substituted for Double Bass), Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Percussion

Õhtul (Eventide)

A piece for full symphony orchestra with 4 percussion players (including timpani)

Ares' Hymn

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A Programatic work, written for Wind Ensemble, based off Sir Thomas Malory's book "Le Morte D'Arthur", with 3 distinct sections. The first depicts the calm scottish mist over blood stained ground that was the battleground mere hours before. The Second is the pain of the knowledge of Arthur's eventual death after the battle has concluded, and the third is the realisation that Arthur's death will be what will unite Camelot into a great kingdom.

Le Morte D'Arthur

'Lux Aeterna' is a piece for a SSAA quartet and a piano, depicting the beauty and peace that are so commonly associated with light. This is a live recording of my piece recorded in October 2019

Lux Aeterna

This is a work for solo piano, at approximately AMEB 6th grade difficulty. Shimmering Moon takes inspiration from one night not too long ago, where I sat by a campfire in solitude under a clear night sky, feeling immense peace as I witnessed the beauty of a silver shimmering moon.

Shimmering Moon

Dyirabun is a modern art music piece written for a classical guitar and piano duet. Dyirabun is the Dharug word for the Hawkesbury river, and this river is what drew inspiration for my piece Dyirabun. It follows an ancient river through its journey from a stream, calm and peaceful, to a river, running free, to rapids, an onslaught of water.

Dyirabun

"O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities." This is the start of a passage of scripture commonly refered to as Nephi's Psalm or Nephi's Lament. What follows is a tremendously poetic account of Nephi's, one of the best men recorded in the scriptures, immense grief at the loss of his father and the weight of the world being upon him. Even a man, as great as Nephi, felt abandoned by God. The scripture also depicts Nephi's change of heart, being reborn like a phoenix, singing praises to God on high. Why this change? Because he realised the good God had done for him. He had been  protected and provided for throughout many situations where he should have died. He not only witnessed but performed many great miracles because of this faith. I take comfort in this, knowing that the greatest of all fall to the deepest of lows just like us, but we to can rise again to soar on high like they do! Regardless of religious affiliation, we can have hope for a better world. We can rise like Nephi to be the best we can.

Nephi's Lament

Composer and music educator studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and is currently serving as a full time missionary. To contact, please see my site https://www.hamishreeves.com

Hamish Reeves

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