One movement from my second Handel House commission, called 'badluck birds' and inspired by the regional mythologies of British birds. 

'Scribblie' is a regional name for a yellowhammer; it was believed that the scribbly markings on their eggs had been made by the devil... I also used some saying about yellowhammers to give me some rhythms for the looped central section.

'badluck birds' was created with the aim of allowing the audience to have a part in the creation of the music. In Scribblie (heard here played by Consortium 5 at Handel House Museum), an audience member comes to the front and 'turns on/off' players as the piece runs along. I wrote this piece knowing that at any one time you might hear any combination of five parts!

There is a video webgame version of one of the other movements, Screech, where you can REALLY make your own piece. Check it out at: http://screech.handelhouse.org

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Scribblie (for recorder quintet and audience member)

Kerry Andrew is a composer, performer and author based in London. 
She specialises in vocal music and opera, choral music, folk, jazz, and community music. Choral and experimental work has been heard on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, 6Music and Classic FM and on national news channels. She won a British Composer Award in 2010 and two more for her chamber operas 'Woodwose' and 'Dart's Love' in 2014. She won her 4th for 'who we are' for the National Youth Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall. She was 2010-12's Handel House Composer in Residence. In 2017, she made her Proms debut with BBC Ten Pieces.

Her debut novel, Swansong, is out now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/swansong/kerry-andrew/9781911214229 and her second novel, SKIN, is published in February 2021.

Kerry performs as alt-folk artist You Are Wolf http://soundcloud.com/you-are-wolf; music can be heard and ordered here: https://youarewolf.bandcamp.com/

She performs with the award-winning vocal trio https://soundcloud.com/juicevocalensembleuk

She also performs with the jazz/classical/rock collective https://soundcloud.com/dollyman.

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‘Brilliant, Berio-like vocal effects…‘ The Times

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Scribblie (for recorder quintet and audience member)

Kerry Andrew Composer