The main theme for Lucky Dip's fab48hr game: Ritual Riot!

Ritual Riot

Xenocide is a symphonic piece based on the events of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" novel.

Conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, performed by the Queensland Youth Symphony.

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Xenocide

Originally for full orchestra, this arrangement was commissioned by Dr Warwick Potter for the Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony.

Conducted by Dr Warwick Potter, performed by the Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony.

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Score only: http://tinyurl.com/zz2b7dm

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Xenocide - Concert Band Arrangement

The Thieving Imp was composed for the 3rd Queensland Youth Orchestra in 2015 as part of the QYO composer in residency program.

Conducted by Bradley Voltz, performed by the 3rd Queensland Youth Orchestra.

QYO3 is made up of late primary and early-mid high-school aged music students.

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Score only: http://tinyurl.com/gtrcono
Full set of score and parts: http://tinyurl.com/jlfc7yg

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The Thieving Imp

Fanfare for the Queensland Youth Symphony was commissioned by the Queensland Youth Orchestras in 2012 for their international tour to Asia and Europe. It is a short, exciting work that shows off the technical capabilities of this world-class youth orchestra.

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Score only: http://tinyurl.com/hc9zza7
Score and parts set: http://tinyurl.com/j6h72tb

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Fanfare for the Queensland Youth Symphony

Golden Fanfare was commissioned by the Queensland Youth Symphony to celebrate 50 years of the Queensland Youth Orchestras.

The reference to Mahler's Titan symphony is illustrative of the titan effort of QYS chief conductor, John Curro AM MBE, who has run the orchestra since its inception in 1966.

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Score only: http://tinyurl.com/zn765jd
Full set of score and parts: http://tinyurl.com/glsb8x7

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Golden Fanfare

Nightmares was commissioned by the Melbourne based Plexus ensemble for their 2015 season. It was premiered at Federation Square.

This virtuosic trio tells a programmatic story where a dreamer encounters a monster, who chases them in a vision of terror.

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Full set of parts: http://tinyurl.com/glwahvs

Nightmares (2015)

Commissioned for the international Prodigy Collective (2016), Festival Fanfare was premiered by the combined brass sections of the Queensland Youth and Mannheim Youth Symphonies. It is a short and punchy concert opener. For ease of performance, it was written for a standard brass section of 4.3.3.1. The instrumentation can be multiplied at will if larger forces are available.

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Score only: http://tinyurl.com/zl6vfr5
Full set of score and parts: http://tinyurl.com/hzhpcs6

Festival Fanfare

Since You’ve Asked is one of Judy Collins’ original songs from the album Wildflowers (1967). The song in its original form features few instruments and showcases Collins’ exceptional voice as a folksinger. Among the original instrumentation is a guitar, horn and oboe; the latter two parts have been preserved in this arrangement.

The beautiful simplicity of this song opened up many opportunities to use sonorous and lush instrumental combinations in the strings and brass, including gentle chord clusters at the resting points. Although some artistic liberties were taken with the range of the different instruments, the form of the song remains true to its source.

This arrangement is dedicated to my parents, for their 30th wedding anniversary.

What I'll give you since you asked, Is all my time together;
Take the rugged sunny days, The warm and rocky weather,
Take the roads that I have walked along, Looking for tomorrow's time; Peace of mind.

As my life spills into yours, Changing with the hours,
Filling up the world with time, Turning time to flowers,
I can show you all the songs, That I never sang to one man before.

We have seen a million stone lying by the water,
You have climbed the hills with me, To the mountain shelter.
Taken off the days, one by one, Setting them to breathe in the sun.

Take the lilies and the lace, From the days of childhood,
All the willow winding paths, Leading up and outward.
This is what I give, This is what I ask you for; Nothing more.

Unknown album (01/11/2016 11:20:50)

Since You've Asked - Orchestral Arrangement

Short Excerpt from the final movement of the Ender Symphony.

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