Jigsaw Jam

An exciting three days at "Music For Youth National Festival" in Birmingham, where I was workshoping my new commission "Jigsaw Jam". Its a set of ensemble pieces for any beginner pitched instrument, using just the first notes that they learn. the pieces all fit together like a jigsaw (and make a seaside picture!).

We played the main piece "The Sky" with an ensemble of 450 young people in Symphony hall Birmingham on Monday, and I was thrilled with the way it went. The music and backing tracks can be downloaded FREE! on the MFY website very soon.

The nine bits of the jigsaw are.

1. The Sky (everyone!)

2.Beach huts and bandstands (beg. brass)

3. Carousels and Candyfloss (beg. woodwind and recorders)

4. deckchair dreaming (harmonicas)

5.Ship Ahoy! (beg strings)

6.Waves on water (pitched percussion)

7.Sinister seagulls (voice and beg ukullele)

8.Parasols and picnics (beg guitars)

9.Shrimps and tiddlers (ocarinas).

The exciting thing is, I'm sure it will be really useful.