Fragile was one of those piece’s which was rattling around in my brain for a long time before I had a chance to put it together. 

It was when I saw the devastating destruction of the Australian bushfires of 2020 that spurred me to compose this piece after feeling so much loss and sadness for the destruction that the fires caused, but also frustration and anger that we find ourselves in these situations and continue to ignore our impact on the planet 

The piece itself is simple - the same chord progression for all three movements. I wanted to highlight the fragility of our planet with this simple chord progression… starting with the heavily effected, dark and brooding first movement, moving to the quiet and reflective second movement, and finally the energetic and hopeful third movement. 

I like to think that although we have (and a lot of us still are) living through one of the most challenging times of our lives, that there is hope for us that we can come together and save our fragile planet

ecorded at Golden Retriever Studios 

String Quartet 
Violin I - Vanessa Tammetta 
Violin II - Emma Greenhill 
Viola - Alex Pringle 
Cello - Clare Kahn

FRAGILE III

FRAGILE II

FRAGILE I

In this mini album I wanted to explore building intensity and emotion with strings and piano. I feel both pieces are very unapologetically me, with endless layers of melodies that build throughout, grounded by the always reliable and consistent piano

Solstice was written after Equinox. I wanted to balance the vibrancy of Equinox with a piece that was more brooding and solemn, heralding the start of the colder season and longer nights.

I wanted to compose a piece that emotive, vibrant and full of colour - so Equinox was born. For both pieces I wanted to keep the focus on acoustic instruments with minimal support from electronic synths and beats. As I wrote this piece it made sense to me to call it Equinox as it felt like the start of something new, something to celebrate

The ideal way to listen would in their order (Solstice first then Equinox), but they can also be enjoyed as stand alone pieces

A huge thank you to Emma Greenhill who have brought these pieces to life with her beautiful string playing!

I hope you enjoy the album

EQUINOX

SOLSTICE

AORAKI

DEPARTURES

OCEANS

Dedicated to all the species of animals we've endangered and extinguished.

EXTINCT

A meditative piece made purely from different piano sounds.

SOLACE

Simple piano, lush strings, nature sounds and beats. A good track to get lost in.

LOST

Prelude

This piece is a little different to my others - no synths, beats or ambient textures, just back to my roots - solo piano. 

'Prelude' is a special piece for me as I wrote it and performed it for my brother and his wife for their wedding day as my gift to them. I know it may not be the most precise, technically amazing recording out there , but it was important to me to record this piece live at my home.

I hope you enjoy it.

PRELUDE

Ambient synths, piano, strings and beats. All the good stuff ;)

HUSH

HOME

‘Home is all about my happy place - the Farm. The idea was to recreate that sense of peace and contentment that I feel when I’m up there.'

Released with Eyegaze Music

Home

HOME - Movement 2

HOME - Movement 1

A collaboration between myself and Brontë Horder

HAZE

Cinematic, ambient, neo classical tunes






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No-kë is a small project of mine, exploring neoclassical, cinematic and ambient genres. They’re a growing collection of my favourite compositions and I hope you like them! 
If you’d like to know a bit more about me you can check out my personal Soundcloud: @cassieto
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