My cover of Hard Day's Night, recorded at the RCM Studios in Nov 2013.
Many thanks to: 
Josh Dalton -Violin
Pippa Bint and Morag Robertson - Viola
Miriam Liske-Doorandish - Cello
Will Riby - Percussion

Hard Day's Night - The Beatles Cover

Remix using only original stems from Local Natives' track 'Breakers'.



Breakers - Local Natives Remix

'Respite' for Soprano Saxophone and Piano.

Performed by Damon Oliver and Sam Hall.

Respite

A piece for live Viola & Electronics, written for the 27ft Exponential Horn at the Science Museum, London, May 2014.

 A mezzo singer trapped in the giant horn, and a viola lamenting her captivity? yep. here's a photo http://www.newstatesman.com/sites/default/files/styles/fullnode_image/public/blogs_2014/05/Aleks%20Kolkowski%20with%20the%20Exponential%20Horn%20credit%20Science%20Museum.jpg?itok=6EEFbYRL

Thanks to Pippa Bint & Tabitha Reynolds. 

These walls are pressed close to my nose,
I am a stuck girl,
I am not at home.

I make my struggle,
I cannot wriggle out,
These walls are pressed close to my nose.


These Walls

First track from contemporary classical/electronic ensemble Made of She. 

Made from recordings taken of some Egyptian students protesting for student rights. They shout 'The sound of the student will be heard on the streets'. 

Made of She is:
Pippa Bint - Viola
Sam Hall - Composer, Cellist & Saxophonist
Pete Ashwell - Additional/Live Electronics & Percussion

'Protest Song' - Made of She

Protest Postlude

Extracts from the RCM Orchestral Workshop for a much larger piece to be written summer 2015. 

RCM Orchestral Workshop Extracts

A piece for Cello, Tenor & Bass Recorder, exploring a ground bass.



Cold Again

A piece exploring a very loose cantus firmus, for string quartet and Cor Anglais. 

Richard Lines-Davies - Cor Anglais
Jess Wadey - Violin 1
Bethan Allmand - Violin 2
Pippa Bint - Viola
Andrew Harsley - Cello 

Fixed Song

A piece I wrote based on the text Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen...

Played by Kerry Andrews, Sarah Dacey, Laura Moody and Matt Dibble.

Pro Patria Mori

Lost

Track showing my work in the regions of Film, TV, Theatre & Dance. 

00:00-00:22 - Sealed with A Kiss, (Period Drama) by Darren Rapier.
00:23-00:58 - Safeguarding Children (NHS Commission) by Gareth Fient. 
01:00-01:52 - Finding Solace (possible nature documentary style)
01:52-02:04 - Dan, (comedy) by Uzo Oleh.
02:04-02:20 - The Applicant, (Action/comedy) by Uzo Oleh.
02:20-02:40 - Glow & Ray lipstick ad, (sexy)by Uzo Oleh.
02:40-03:00 - Funky advert music
03:00-03:13 - Entertainment news sting - from Soap Opera the Play 2012. 
03:15-03:54 - Shane Lynch Life, (folky) cooking and fitness DVD.


Film/TV/Theatre/Dance Extracts

Trombone - Robert Moseley 

Other stuff - Me 

Would You Like A Cup Of Tea? - Trombone & Electronics

This is the story of a whale. 

The whale swims around for a bit, then gets tired, and distressed, the whale starts to drift onto the beach, then starts to twitch a lot, then, it explodes.

Flute - Dan Scott
Live Electronics - Sam Hall 

Performed at RCM Inner Parry Room. 

Blue Towards Yellow LIVE - Flute & Electronics

A remix of something I can't find the name of but it's jazzy...

An unimaginative title, yes.. 

This piece is conversation between three sirens (Bassoon - Mollie Stallard, Cello - Sophie Cheng and Harp - Rosanna Rolton) and a storm (electronics).

A few times the bassoon and cello have been doubled in the electronics and manipulated. I have also used noises from the wind, poles, running water and harp glissandos. 

Thanks to you the musicians for playing so beautifully and coping with the electronic interference...! 

Sirens&Storms

Piece recorded with voice, guitar and piano using the words listen and someone as a starting point. 

Tom Waits inspired. 

listen/someone

A fanfare I wrote played by the orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Part of the 2011 Fanfare! competition.

Enjoy!

Royal Opera House Fanfare

Fairly short electronic piece written on valentines day - listen out for the postman's knock on the door.

made from trumpet, piano, cello and drums. 

valentines day hurray

Shortish sound piece using the classic word 'hello'.

Said very well by Roberta Sakauskaite. 

Enjoy! 

Hello?

NYO Leaving Poem from the Composers

We got one side of A3 and 10 mins to work with the orchestra. This is what came out! 

It's made of loops.

NYO 10 min orchestral workshop

a little sound piece I made back at an NYO course in durham. 

the secret is, the sounds are not actually from a folk pub. 

it's all played and recorded by me

a folky pub in durham

A short dance piece, choreographed by Molly Roberts, performed at the Royal Opera House with YDE Young Creatives, on friday the 17th of May 2013 

There is a Grief that can't be Spoken

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