Typesetting The River (Carnival of the Chinese Animals)

I finally got around to typesetting the theme I'm calling The River! 

Completed Song

Hey everyone!
This is a very special one for me that has taken a lot of emotional energy to create. Turns out writing meaningful lyrics is very hard to do without relying on cliches. As I mentioned in my previous post, this song is to my closest friend Loni, a harpist, and the song is about us as kids, playing, singing, and standing by eachother forever. It's a very gentle, lullaby like melody, meant to be evocative of a song to be sung going to sleep.

Score:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aglxzo9uwonc80w/Forever%2C%20Until.pdf?dl=0

Recording of me singing with the midi file:
https://youtu.be/vAkPnzKR-uE

Lyrics:

Come with me and step inside,

We’re going on a magic ride,

Look around and look at me,

And tell me, whisper, what you see,

Take my hand, let’s play a game,

Forever is the name.

Will you play with me, ever, forever?

Let’s meet at the tree at the top of the hill,

Passing the time, as the time stands still,

Will you play with me when no one else will?

I’ll play with you, forever until

Forever until

Sing this song, sing it light,

Sing it softly to the night,

Hum along and feel its heart,

You know you’ve known it from the start.

Take my hand, I’ll sing to you,

Forever sung anew,

Will you sing with me, ever, forever?

Let’s meet at the tree at the top of the hill,

Passing the time, as the time stands still,

Will you sing with me when no one else will?

I’ll sing with you, forever until

Forever until

Monsters may come look for you

And fill your head with thoughts untrue

But here I am, and time I’ll spend,

To turn the monsters into friends.

Take my hand, I’ll squeeze it tight,

I promise it’s alright

Minutes turn to hours and days into dust,

Silver and gold will not rust

Let’s meet at the tree at the top of the hill,

Passing the time, as the time stands still,

Will you stand by me when no one else will?

I’ll stand by you, forever until

Forever until

Will you stand by me,

I will stand by you

Ever, forever until.

Two mini scenes from a mini audio-only chamber opera. Scored for voice, choir, harp and electronics

LINK FOR SCORE :)

Chromatic Stupidity for Viola

This is my first attempt at writing for Viola and without sitting at a piano which is quite important for me as I’m always used to referring to the piano. Recording coming soon

Canon and song

Hey everyone,
two posts for today/yesterday.

Yesterday I wrote a canon about my favourite food: Fried Chicken. Can be displaced by full or half bar. If you're curious: I don't eat chicken beaks

I'm also writing a new song for my best friend whose birthday was yesterday. I'm scoring it for harp and her voice. The song is called "Forever, Until" and is about us as kids and remaining as kids forever as we get older. The structure and piece aren't complete but I thought I would post some lyrics.

Come with me and get inside,

We’re going on a magic ride,

Look around and look at me,

There’s nowhere we would rather be,

Let’s meet at the tree at the top of the hill,

Passing the time, as the time stands still,

Will you play with me when no one else will?

I’ll play with you, forever until

Forever until

Sing this song,

Sing it light,

Sing it softly to the night,

Hum along,

And feel its heart,

You know you’ve known it from the start.

Let’s meet at the tree at the top of the hill,

Passing the time, as the time stands still,

Will you sing with me when no one else will?

I’ll sing with you, forever until

Forever until