Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band - Regional Brass Band Contest - Yorkshire 2014. 4th Place.

Cry Of The Mountain - Howard Lorriman - Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band

The Montagu Colliery Disaster occurred on the 30th of March 1925 
and was caused by an inrush of water from the nearby 
Paradise Pit resulting in the loss of 38 lives. This piece has been written to 
loosely convey this terrible event through music. Fast running semi-quaver passages
represent the inrush of water, and the falling trombone glissandos 
represent the collapsing of the pit etc. The harsh dissonances caused by the
chromatic clusters that are created at the beginning 
of the piece, and the slowing falling trombone glissandos foreshadow the devistating
events that are about to begin at 'A'.

Montagu Pit Disaster (Original brass band composition)

This piece explores the musical imagery of a magical spell. I chose 
to split the 'spell' up in to three main sections, 
the 'Incantation', 'Hex' and the 'Enchantment'.

In each section I try to portray the following definitions:

Incantation - A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

Hex - Cast a spell on; bewitch.

Enchantment - The state of being under a spell; magic.

The 'Incantation' section is from the beginning up until 
rehearsal mark 'C', which is where 'Hex' section begins.
The Enchantment section begins at rehearsal mark 'G'. 
From 'N' onwards is the 'Finale' which reprises the earlier 
material and brings the music to a conjuring concluesion.

Spell (Original brass band composition)

Scrapbook Scene (Composing for Film module work)
Written to accompany the Scrapbook scene from 'Up!'

Scrapbook Scene (Composing for Film module work)

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