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3 Songs of Henry VIII
for SS(A) choir and piano

4A Wreck
re-interpretation of the Fauré Requiem

Advent Cantata
for choir SATB (div), brass quintet and narrator

Advent Fantasia
for organ

All creatures of our God and King
for choir SAATTB, brass quintet, piano, bass guitar and percussion

All my hope on God is founded
hymn arrangement (organ/brass/descant)

Toccata on All you need is love
for organ

Always look on the bright side of life
arrangement of the song by Eric Idle (Monty Python) for choir SSATB or SAATB

Amen
short piece for choir SSAATTBB; or for 8-part strings; or for ensemble of 8 violas

And the glory of the Lord
for choir SATB and piano (optional string bass and drum kit): a re-working of Handel's music from Messiah

The Angel Gabriel [I]
arrangement of the traditional carol for choir SSSA and harp (or piano)

The Angel Gabriel [II]
arrangement of the traditional carol for choir S A Bar

Anthem for Remembrance
anthem for 2-part (SS) high voices (with occasional divisi) accompanied by cello and organ

après-garde
for chamber ensemble (strings, one each of trumpet, flute, clarinet and oboe)

April is in my mistress' face
madrigal for two-part choir SS (or two vocal soloists) and piano

Arriston men hudor
for unaccompanied choir S S A T Bar B

The Art of Music
for choir SATB and marimba

Artemisia
song-cycle for mezzo-soprano and string trio

As I went out one May morning
arrangement of the English folksong for choir SATB and piano or harp

At the round earth's imagin'd corners
song for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

Aural tests
for Trinity Guildhall examinations, grades 1 to 8

Away in a manger
harmonisation of the carol for choir SAATB

The Ballad of the Boys of Bighorn O'Malley
chamber opera (cast of 10; 8 instruments)

Be still, for the presence of the Lord
arrangement of the worship song for choir SAATB

Beautiful Dreamer
arrangement of the Stephen Foster song for choir SATB

The Best-Beloved
song for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

Bicentennial
for piano

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel
song for unison voices, spoken voice, with one or two melody instruments with accompaniment (piano, guitar, organ...)

Blow, blow, thou winter wind
song for (any) voice and piano (or guitar)

Brahms' Lullaby
arrangement of Brahms' Wiegenlied op 49 no 4, for unaccompanied voices, STTBB or TTTBB or SATBarB

Brethren
for men's voices (tenor, baritone, bass), organ and 3 cellos (or organ alone)

Call it Grace
for choir SSATB

Canonic Movements
for cello, clarinet (in A) and piano

Cantate Domino
for choir SSA and piano (or orchestra)

5 carol accompaniments for piano
piano accompaniments for unison singing

Carols Fantasia
for flute and piano

Chapel Royal Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for choir SSA unaccompanied

The Christ
oratorio for choir, soloists, narrator and ensemble

Christ, whose glory fills the skies
for men's voices T Bar B and piano

A Christmas Round
multi-lingual round for voices, accompanied

The Christmas Truce

Clifton Lodge Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for choir S(S)ATB and organ

Close to You
arrangement of the Carpenters song for a cappella choir SSATBarB

Come down, O Love divine
hymn arrangement (organ/descant)

Come let us sing together
for choir SSA and organ

Cry Mayday
children's opera

Cry me a river
arrangement of the classic Arthur Hamilton song for choir SATB with one (or two) vocal soloists

Daisies
for children's choir (SS) and piano

Darius and Alexander
children's songs - a mini-musical

Deep River
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SAATTB

Deilig er den himmel blå / Beautiful the azure sky
for choir SSAATTBB

The Departure of the Queen of Sheba
for any keyboard instrument

Diademata Fanfare
for trumpet and organ

Diamonds are Forever
arrangement of the John Barry song for voices SSAA - also available in lead-ATB voicing (ie SATB or ATTB)

Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel?
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SATB(div)

Ding dong! merrily on high
carol for choir SS and piano

Doctor Faustus
incidental music for 7 clarinets

Don't Give Up
song for children's voices (unison, optional harmony) and piano

Drive my Car
arrangement of the Beatles song for choir SSATB

Duo for Flutes
for two flutes

Easter Anthem
for choir SSATTB

Ecce sacerdos magnus
for choir SATB, soloists SATB and three trumpets

Ecce trombe
fanfare for brass ensemble

Editions
link to editions of other music (mainly Baroque) by Paul Ayres

Edo Lullaby
arrangement of the traditional Japanese lullaby for two voices and string trio (or for children's choir and piano)

Ely Responses
for choir SATB

Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris
arrangement of the French carol for choir SAATTB

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
for organ

Espoir si cher
Music of the Fuchsia arrangement of the Lully song for high voice and piano

Estrellitas
for choir SATB or SSAB with trumpet, marimba, double bass and percussion

Evermore and evermore
chorale prelude on "Corde natus ex Parentis" for string trio or for organ

The Exercise of Music
for choir SATB and piano (with optional vocal solos)

Exite Fideles
postlude on Adeste Fideles for organ

Fable
classical cabaret song for (female) voice with flute, clarinet, cello, accordeon and piano

Fairies' Song
for voices SSAA

Fancy on Beatles tunes
for piano

Fanfare
for three trumpets

Fantasia 150
for organ

The Finchley Service
for unison voices (congregation), choir SATB and organ

Five Senses
for choir SSATB

For all the Saints who from their labours rest
hymn arrangement (organ/brass/descant)

Gloria for Easter
for choir SATB, organ, optional congregational refrain

Gloucestershire Wassail
arrangement of the traditional English carol for choir SATB

Go down, Moses
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SATB(div)

Go tell it on the mountain
arrangement of the Christmas spiritual for choir SATB

Go, gentle babe
song for unison or two-part children's voices and piano or ensemble

God rest you merry, gentlemen
arrangement of the traditional English carol for choir SATB divisi

Good Friday Reproaches
for men's voices (TB) (sung and spoken) and organ

Good King Wenceslas
arrangement of the traditional carol for unison or two-part voices and piano

Great and wonderful
for choir SATB and organ

Great and wonderful (song)
for voices (two parts) and piano/guitar

Green Suite
for organ

Greensleeves (The old yeare now away is fled)
arrangement of the traditional song for choir (mixed voices)

Grove Responses
for choir SATB (optional congregation)

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
last-verse organ harmony and vocal descant for the hymn (tune: Cwm Rhondda)

Hallelujah-4
musical game, round, exercise or performance piece

Hark! the herald-angels sing
hymn arrangement (organ/brass/descant)

He to Her; She to Him
two songs for soprano and viola d'amore

Heidelberg Music
for violin, cello, clarinet and piano

Herzlich tut mich verlangen
chorale prelude for organ

Hills of the North, rejoice
hymn arrangement for organ with vocal descant

Hodie nobis caelorum Rex
for choir SSATBarB

Holding out for a Hero
arrangement of the Jim Steinman & Dean Pitchford song for unaccompanied women's voices SSAA

The holly and the ivy
arrangement of the traditional carol for choir SATB (or for high voices accompanied)

Holy Trinity Prayer
song for children's voices (unison, optional harmony) and piano

Hör ich das Liedchen klingen
song for tenor and piano

The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
song for voice and piano

Hymn-Tunes

Hymns: last-verse harmonisations
for organ

Hymnus Amoris
cantata for choir SATB divisi, 2-part children's choir, piano, cello, trumpet and bass guitar

The Hypochondriac
incidental music for flutes, oboe, harpsichord, voices

I asked for Peace
for choir SSA, or for three singers

I give you the end of a golden string
for four solo voices and/or choir SATB

I know that my Redeemer liveth
Fuchsia arrangement of the Handel aria for high voice and piano - with optional choir and band, as featured in Messyah

I saw three ships come sailing in
arrangement of the carol for three parts (SAB or STB)

I vow to thee, my country
arrangement of the tune "Thaxted" from Holst's "The Planets" for unaccompanied choir

I would be true
arrangement of the Irish-Scottish folksong "Londonderry Air" for 10-part choir SSSSAATTBB

I'll tell you a tale of the olden time
carol for choir SATB, children's choir and piano

Icicles
for choir SATB and piano

If music be the food of love [II]
for choir S A Bar with piano duet accompaniment

If music be the food of love [I]
for choir SSATB

In the stillness
for choir SATB and string trio (two violins and cello)

Infant Holy / W zlobie lezy
arrangement of the traditional Polish carol for choir SATB, or SSAB, or SS accompanied

The isle is full of noises
for choir (S A Bar) and piano

It came upon the midnight clear
for choir SATB and piano

It had to be you
arrangement of the Isham Jones song for soprano voice, flute and cello

It is a good thing
for high voice and piano

It's my mother's birthday today
arrangement of the song for choir SABar and piano

Jerusalem the Golden
anthem for choir SB and organ

Jingle Bells
arrangement of the James Pierpoint song for choir SSB

jollymerry
for unison children's choir, or solo voice, string quartet and oboe

Joseph fell a-dreaming
arrangement of the John Ireland song for choir SATTBB

Joshua fought the battle of Jericho
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SSA(T)B (optional trumpet)

Jubilate
for choir SATB and organ

Just So Songs
for children's voices, piano and (optional) percussion

King's Hall Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for choir SSA and organ

Let all mortal flesh keep silence
hymn accompaniment (tune: Picardy) for organ

Let my music be
for choir and piano

Let my prayer rise before you
for voices (optional harmony) and piano/guitar

Look well to this day
for choir SSA unaccompanied

The Lord my pasture shall prepare
for choir SB and organ or piano

The Lord's my shepherd [choral arrangement]
arrangement of the tune Crimond for choir (SATB or SSA or TTB) accompanied

The Lord's my shepherd [hymn arrangement]
arrangement of the hymn for choir SATB, or for use as an organ accompaniment to unison singing

The Lord's my shepherd [organ setting]
chorale prelude for organ

Loughborough Cantata
for choir SATB and piano

Love Divine
for choir SATB and organ

Low Mass
for choir SS(S) and piano or organ

Lulla, hush now / Hajej, nynej, Jezisku
arrangement of the Czech carol for choir SATB

Macbeth
incidental music for harpsichord

Make we merry
carol for SATB choir, brass quintet and audience participation

Mama Paquita
arrangement of the novelty song for choir SABar with piano or guitar

Marianne
arrangement of the song for men's voices (T Bar B) and piano

Mary had a baby
arrangement of the Christmas spiritual for choir (flexible scoring) and piano

Mass for Five Voices
for choir SSATB unaccompanied

Maybe we still have time / Tal vez tenemos tiempo aún
for double choir SATBSATB

Memoriamley
for two organs

Messyah
a re-written version of Handel's Messiah - a work-in-progress

Amen [from Messyah]
for choir SATBdiv and ensemble: a re-working of the final movement of Handel's Messiah

Hallelujah! [from Messyah]
for double choir SATBSATB: a re-working of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah

The Lord gave the word [from Messyah]
for choir SSATBarB and percussion: a re-working of the chorus from Handel's Messiah

Since by man came death [from Messyah]
for choir SATB with accompaniment: a re-working of music from Handel's Messiah

Surely He hath borne our griefs [from Messyah]
for double choir SATBSATB, accompanied: a re-working of the chorus from Handel's Messiah

Thy rebuke hath broken his heart [from Messyah]
for string quartet: a re-working of music from Handel's Messiah

Michelle
arrangement of the Beatles song for choir SATB

A Midsummer Night's Dream
incidental music for solo violin

Mission Impossible - fantasia for organ
classical-funk voluntary for church organ, based on the Lalo Schifrin tune

Monteverdi - Ave maris stella
plainsong, arranged by Monteverdi, arranged by Paul Ayres for soprano voice, clarinet and piano

Morning so fair to see

Morning Star
for SATB choir and wind orchestra

Motherless Child
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SATB (optional solos)

Motivations
for piano

Murder in the Cathedral
incidental music for organ and unison voices

Music for a While
Music of the Fuchsia arrangement of the Purcell song for high voice and piano

Music to hear
song for high voices (two-part) and accompaniment

Nada te turbe
for voice(s), optional instrument(s) and piano

Nature and Man
for choir SATB divisi and narrator

Navajo Wedding Blessing
for solo bass-baritone and piano

New Heidelberg Music
for violin, cello, clarinet and piano

Nick a ting nock a ting
for women's voices SSSSAAAA

Night
for choir SSATB

A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
arrangement of the Manning Sherwin & Eric Maschwitz song for unaccompanied choir SSAATTBB

The Nightmare Song
arrangement of the Gilbert & Sullivan song for men's voices TTBB unaccompanied

Nobody knows the trouble I see
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SSSAA

Nosferatu
choral score for silent film

Nothing to do but work
for male-voice choir (TTBB) and piano

Now is the month of maying
madrigal for double choir SATBSATB

Nowhere Man
arrangement of the Beatles song for choir SATB

O come, all ye faithful
last-verse organ harmonisation and vocal descant

O come, O come, Emmanuel
arrangement of the hymn (Veni Emmanuel) for organ and brass

O little town of Bethlehem
for choir SATB or SS and piano

O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
version of the hymn (tune: Forest Green) with alternative harmony on each verse, for organ and/or strings

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
for choir SATB

O people of God, bless the Lord
for choir SATB and organ (or piano duet)

O praise ye the Lord [choral setting]
for choir SATB including two-part children's choir (or for choir SSSATB), organ and optional percussion (2 players)

O praise ye the Lord [hymn arrangement]
last-verse harmony and vocal descant for the hymn (melody 'Laudate Dominum' by C H H Parry)

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
anthem for choir ATB and organ; or solo song for alto (counter-tenor), cello and organ

O Tannenbaum
arrangement of the traditional German song for voices and two-part accompaniment (flexible scoring)

O waly, waly (The water is wide)
arrangement of the British folksong for choir SSA and piano

Ode to Music
for choir SATB and piano

Of the Father's love begotten
simple canonic arrangement of the carol for voices

On Christmas night all Christians sing
arrangement of the traditional English carol ("The Sussex Carol") for choir SATB with piano or harp

On this mountain
anthem for choir SATB and organ

Once in royal David's city
for choir SATB and piano

Opening Number
cabaret song (voice and piano)

Oranges and Lemons
arrangement of the traditional children's song for high voices

Othello
incidental music for unaccompanied voices

The Other
for choir SSAB and piano

Outwithin
short song for solo voice with any instrument(s), or for voices alone

The Owl
madrigal for choir SATBarB

Past Song
for choir SSA and piano

Past three a clock
original carol for SAB choir and solo voice or unison children's choir

Pastrio
for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and organ

The Path of Childhood
for choir SSATB

Pentatonic Pattern
for any instrument (particularly suitable for keyboard or stringed instrument)

Percussion Piece
for one percussion player on marimba, vibraphone, five cymbals and five toms

Pericles
incidental music for violin, clarinet, piano and voice

Personent Hodie
arrangement of the carol for SATB or SSAB choir, or hymn accompaniment for keyboard

Piano Piece
for solo piano (!)

The Players ask for a Blessing
for choir SSA unaccompanied

Poor Fish
humorous song for voice and piano

A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester
for choir SATB

Prelude
for trombone and piano

Prelude, Chorale & Fugue
for brass band

Prelude: GBH on GFH
for any instrument(s)

The Princess and the Goblin
musical for children and adults, based on George Macdonald's classic fairy-tale

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs
for choir SSATB

Purcell's Funeral Sentence
for choir SSAATTBB

Que sera sera
an arrangement of the classic song for choir SAB and piano

Quittez pasteurs
arrangement of the French carol for choir S A Bar unaccompanied

Rejoice in the Lord alway
for soprano (or tenor) and organ

Responsorial Magnificat
for choir (SAB), congregation, keyboard, optional melody instrument

Royal David's Fanfare
for trumpet and organ

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
arrangement of the classical Christmas song for choir SAB with piano

Ruth
for choir SSATB with semi-chorus SSATB

Saint Martin
for choir SSAAA

Santa Claus is comin' to town
arrangement of the classic Coots/Gillespie song for unaccompanied choir SSATB

Scarborough Fair
arrangement of the folksong for choir SSATB

Scheherezade
children's musical, based on some of the stories in the Tales of 1001 Nights

The Schoolboy
for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

Seasoning
for ocarina quartet or woodwind quartet

September Song
arrangement of the song by Kurt Weill for choir SSA(T)B

The Servant King
arrangement of the Graham Kendrick song for voices and instruments (flexible scoring)

Set of Quills
arrangement of the spiritual for choir SATB with optional marimba

Shake off thy Sloth
carol for two-part choir (soprano and alto) and piano

Shenandoah
arrangement of the American folksong for choir SATB

The Shower
for soprano voice, flute or oboe, viola, cello

Silent Night
harmonisation of the carol by Franz Grüber for choir SAATB

Silly boy
madrigal for choir / vocal ensemble ATTB

Since there's no help
for medium voice and piano

Sing Softly
for voice and any instrument(s)

Sink or Swim
incidental music for Mike Kenny's play, for Quicksilver Theatre production 2005

Six White Boomers
arrangement of the Rolf Harris / John Brown Christmas song for a cappella choir (SSATTB)

Slap that Bass
arrangement of the Gershwin song for choir SSAATTBB (optional double bass solo)

So hallow'd and so gracious is the time
for choir SATB and piano

Solo Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for solo soprano, solo tenor, choir SSAATTBB

Sonatina
for violin and piano

Song for Hospices
for children's voices, choir SATB and small orchestra

The Spring
madrigal for choir SATBdiv

A Springtime Round
for three melody instruments/voices and one rhythm/harmony instrument (eg guitar, keyboard)

St Pancras Preces & Responses
for choir SATB

St Pancras Song
song for children's voices and instrumental ensemble

St Peter Communion Service
for unison voices (congregation) and organ

Still, still, still
arrangement of the Austrian carol for choir SATB

The Stolen Moon
children's opera

Stormy Weather
arrangement of the Harold Arlen song for choir SSAAB with two soloists (S/T)

Strengthen for Service
for choir SATB

Stronger
arrangement of the song by Greg Kurstin, Jorgen Elofsson, David Gamson and Alexandra Tamposi for unaccompanied voices (SSAA)

Suite for Eric
for solo organ

The Sun and other Stars
incidental music for solo oboe (and optional voice)

Suo Gân
arrangement of the Welsh traditional tune for two-part choir and piano

Swing low, sweet chariot
harmonisation of the spiritual for choir SATBB

Take, O take those lips away
for solo voice (unaccompanied)

Taki no oto wa
for choir SATB and piano

Te lucis ante terminum
for choir SSATB

That's Amore
arrangement of the Brooks/Warren song for string quartet

There was a naughty Boy
song for medium voice and piano

Thirty days hath November
song for two-part voices and piano

This is the day
for choir SSA (with optional solos and/or baritone part) unaccompanied

This is the truth sent from above
harmonisation of the traditional carol for choir SAATB or SATTB

This joyful Eastertide
arrangement of the hymn for three-part choir (SABar)

This sceptr'd isle
for choir SATBdiv

The Three Kings
for four voices (choir and/or solos)

Three Minuets
for (beginner) violins and cellos

The Three Ravens
arrangement of the English folksong for three male voices (tenor, baritone, bass)

Ti-Jean and his Brothers
incidental music for voices

Tis not too late to seek a better world
for choir SATB and piano

To -
for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

To an Athlete
for choir SATB and piano

To Music
for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

Toccata Duo
for any melody instrument and organ

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
arrangement of the English folk-carol for choir SAB (or unison) with piano or organ or strings

Touching all things with her alchemy
for soprano voice, clarinet and piano

Treasure
for choir SATB

The twelve months of the year
arrangement of the carol for choir SATB

Under Milk Wood
incidental music for voices

Vari8
for classical folk (lever) harp (in E flat)

Veni, creator Spiritus [choral setting]
for choir SSAABar

Veni, creator Spiritus [organ setting]
for organ

The very thought of you
arrangement of the Ray Noble song for choir SSATB (with optional piano accompaniment)

Vexations Variations
for flute, oboe and alto saxphone

The Water of Tyne [arrangement]
arrangement of the folksong for voice and piano, or for two voices and piano

The Water of Tyne [original setting]
for high voice and piano

Water Song
for (two-part) children's voices and piano

Waterloo
arrangement of the ABBA song for choir SATB

We are anhungered
for choir SATB

We three Kings
arrangement of the carol by John Henry Hopkins for choir SSAB

We wish you a merry Christmas
arrangement for choir SATB

A Wedding Anthem
for unison voices S, or solo soprano, with organ (manuals only)

What it feels like for a girl
arrangement of the song by Madonna, Guy Sigsworth and David Torn, arranged for choir (SSA) and piano

When I consider thy heavens
for choir SATB and organ

When the song of the angels is stilled
for choir SATB

When you see millions of the mouthless dead
for choir SATBdiv

While shepherds watched their flocks by night [arrangement]
arrangement of the carol in 3 vocal parts - SSA, or TTB, or SSATTB

While shepherds watched their flocks by night [original setting]
for unison choir S, or solo voice

The White Cliffs of Dover
arrangement of the Burton/Kent song for choir SSATB

Who wants to live for ever?
arrangement of the Brian May (Queen) song for a cappella choir

Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern
chorale prelude for organ

Winter is icummen in
anti-carol for choir SATB divisi

Winter Wonderland
arrangement of the Felix Bernard song for choir SSAATB

Wisla
arrangement of the Polish folksong for choir SATB

Words
arrangement of the Bee Gees song for choir SATB and piano

Yesterday
arrangement of the Beatles song for choir SSATB

Yorkshire Wassail
arrangement of the traditional English carol for choir SATB with optional solos

Zacharias' Song
for choir SSAA and piano

Zum Mahl des Lammes schreiten wir
chorale-motet for SATB choir and organ