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are you a composer too?
check out this opportunity for a
GBP2000 commission:
City Chorus competition

hear/see Paul's "Music to hear" (abridged version)
sung by the Bradford Girls' Choir at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2009
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6vjazNCoU
(it's the second piece, starting 2' 45" into the clip)

composing competition successes in 2010 so far:
"Come let us sing together" (choir SSA and organ) awarded first prize in the Emma Willard School (Troy, New York) centenary composition competition
"Green Suite" (organ solo) awarded first prize in the Brindley & Foster composition competition, to celebrate the restoration of the organ at Edinburgh Freemasons' Hall
"Finchley Mass" (congregation, choir and organ) given 'honorable mention' in the Foundation for Sacred Arts composition competition (USA)

new works added to the catalogue June 2010 include

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
Arriston men hudor
words by Pindar / SSATBarB

Look well to this day
anonymous words / SSA

The Other
words by R S Thomas / SSAB with piano

When the song of the angel is stilled
words by Howard Thurman / SATB


ARRANGEMENTS
All you need is love
Beatles / organ toccata

Always look on the bright side of life
Monty Python / SSATB

Close to You
Carpenters / SSATBarB

The Three Ravens
folksong / choir TTB

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Paul Ayres
musician based in London (UK)

composer & arranger
choral conductor & musical director
organist & accompanist

Paul Ayres