This is a remastered version of the piece Lone Dancer (2022)

So I collaborated with a poet friend on this project. When I first read the poem, my first instinct was like - omg I must have Korngold vibes HAHA.

Basically, imagine this work to be a continuous melodic line which only resolves harmonically till the very end.

It's quite an interesting one because I experimented with an episodic form. I favoured this over more conventional forms to better reflect the stanzas. In some sense, the form of the work is similar to my Free Compo where I modelled the work according to different stages of thematic development.

The work initially began as a two piano work, but one thing led to another and I eventually orchestrated my ideas.

To me, the double reed instruments provide an emotional quality that best reflects the work. I used the oboe and bassoon to represent the lone dancer and her partner respectively. The cor anglais was used at some point instead of the oboe to provide additional timbral and emotional depth.

This score provided numerous firsts for me. I played around with more auxillary winds (notably the cor anglais and contrabassoon), and also messed around with various percussion colours. This was also the first time I scored for harp beyond glissandos so yay. You may hear some semblances to Ravel because I was hooked on his Daphnes and Chloe LOL

I would like to thank Ashley once again for this interesting project, and I look forward to future collaborations! It's really cool to work with other disciplines and I cannot wait to see what next year beholds.

Lone Dancer (2022) - Remastered 2023

Arrangement of Singapore’s Total Defence Song by Gerald Png for Wind Band.

Cover art taken from the Total Defence website.

[16/02/2024, MuseScore4]

There’s A Part For Everyone (Wind Band arr.)

✨— Lee Zhao Kai Damien —✨
Pianist [🎹] and Percussionist [🥁]

Instrumental, VGM, Ambient, Pop

🎵 Most works are composed on GarageBand on an iPhone 🎵
Cover art is original unless specifically otherwise attributed.

There’s A Part For Everyone (Wind Band arr.)

MarfinMusics

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