The second excerpt from this piece for Flute Quartet...

Sunday - 02 (excerpt)

The opening theme of an original chamber piece for Flute Quartet (flute, violin, viola and cello). This work has several contrasting themes and sections. Look out for another excerpt!

Sunday - 01 (excerpt)

This is an excerpt from an original composition for string orchestra. It is a compositional demo made using 'Sibelius' (a professional score-writing and playback program). It has never actually been performed - so if you are a professional string orchestra and find it irresistible... please get in touch!

Purple Waltz - Excerpt

This is the second part of a Jazz-Folk (Folk-Jazz?) piece called: The Waking Call. It evokes and describes the season of Spring -  both its outer and inner aspects and qualities. The band plays flute, classical guitar, bass and drums.

The Waking Call - Part 2: Mystic Spring

An excerpt from an original composition for folk band playing: flute, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and drums. The title came from imagining a scenario in Norse mythology where Gudrun's decision holds the fate of all in the balance... 'Fancy' in this sense then means 'decision' or 'leaning'. She eventually tips the scales...

Gudrun's Fancy

The opening of a little piece for flute and (minimal) acoustic guitar. I wanted to write / compose / discover a series of melodies for the flute that would almost stand alone - needing very little accompaniment. An interesting thing to do: as the melodies have to be distinctive, have real character... and somehow have to be self-contained.
'Birdie Reel'?! Is it a 'real' bird?!

Birdie Reel

This is the opening tune (for classical guitar and flute) from a longer composition... As you discover and develop (unfold) your music as a composer you may find that a natural affinity with certain instruments emerges. With me, one such instrument is the flute. In some works, the flute melodies, themes and developments just keep coming and branching - sometimes into a very significant tree!

End To Begin

This is a good companion piece to another folk demo upload: 'Birdie Reel'. Reely? Reely... Let's get reel... They can only get worse - so I'll stop here.

In And Out

This is a sample of a composition for acoustic guitar, flute and violin. There are six 'elements' to this piece. This one has an interesting melody (or thread) which manages to deftly weave through some interesting chords and key changes!... or was it the thread that made those chords and changes happen?

Elements - Part 5

Elements is an original composition for Acoustic guitar, flute and violin. All the parts are very distinctive and often flow through; one to the next; expressing various qualities - hence the title: 'Elements' meaning 'qualities'. It was written without planning... Are you a composer or a bud ready to flower...? ...then burst forth without choice in power and beauty. Music is this.

Elements-Part Three

This is a se(le)ction from a composition for acoustic guitar, flute and violin. It all began when I (we) had recently moved to Ireland (Republic of) and visited a nearby town called Bandon (county Cork). We were playfully exploring the shops and streets when a tune appeared in my mind. This became the opening section from which this later part grew... 'The Dream' is reminiscent of English Elizabethan music and some of the counter melody sounds quite like a particular tune composed and frequently used in court music... This wasn't intentional but happened naturally during the unfolding process of composition. The 'Dream' also refers to a vivid encounter I had with the captain of an Elizabethan galleon... but that's another story...

Bandon - The Dream

This is an excerpt from an original composition for classical guitar and flute. Although this sample appears to end naturally the music does continue to develop in many more interesting directions. If you listen simply and carefully (or even without care?!) you may begin to sense and understand how this music has come to be called 'Branches'. Perhaps I should say no more... in which case you will go now and listen... but for those who are interested in what the composer has to say: the branches in the title not only relates to trees and the larger creatures (particularly birds) that live among them but also to the nature of creativity, music and composition which also grows tree-like; branching out in many directions, nurtured and rooted in nature.

Branches (excerpt)

This is an original composition / arrangement demo played through a music program. The excerpt is from a larger piece but it also works as a stand-alone instrumental. Ok... you may have noticed that it doesn't start in a waltzy manner! Oddly enough, the opening is in an even time... but it soon switches to a waltz. What more is there to say?!

Mystery Waltz

This is quite an early composition... for a jazz trio. Whatever comes out that is interesting I follow... Style, category or genre don't really come into it and these are really quite crude, artificial labels. A lot of music - one way or another - flies easily over boundaries rather than being defined or limited by them. May I suggest that we write whatever really interests us and not be concerned with industry standards! Let 'them' (who ever 'they' are) find us and the music!

In Through the Window

Composer:
Original Classical music for string orchestra, various ensembles and solo instruments (inc. piano). Original Folk music. Occasional forays into rock and jazz... (as well as some tudor-like and medieval-sounding pieces).

Songwriter (singer / guitarist):
Songs of nature & myth (Celtic / Arthurian).

Artist & Designer:
Celtic Art and Design: Original designs, commissions, teaching and consultancy.
Original labyrinth designs and workshops.

To contact: follow links below...

Mike Terrett

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