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• Chen: A Rainbow; computer-set 

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Although Robert Louis Stevenson’s poetry is not as well known as it once was, his collection A Child’s Garden of Verses still stands as one of the most important early collections of poetry for young people. This fantastical poem tells of a child’s impressions of nighttime and the “thousands of millions of stars” which appear to be chasing him or her. Even when packed off to bed, the sight of the stars remains in the child’s mind’s eye. Several star constellations are named in the poem.

Escape at Bedtime was commissioned by Sydney Grammar School for the school’s music tour to New Zealand in 2011.

• Hamilton: Escape at Bedtime; computer set 

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The original title for this short poem was simply “Christmas” – here I have taken the last line as a more interesting title. The text tells, in short lines, of the traditional images surrounding the birth of Jesus.

The poem is variously credited to Mary I., or Mary I. Osborn, of whom nothing is known, although one or two poems appear on the internet.

“Little Lord of Light” was written for conductor Susanna Saw and Kuala Lumpur Children’s Choir. The choir has performed several pieces of mine, and I had the pleasure of working with them in 2010.

• David Hamilton: Little Lord of Light - hardcopy score 

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The poem “Mr Nobody” exists in several versions, although most agree on the first two stanzas. It is generally attributed as being by Anonymous , although some sources credit it to Walter de la Mare amongst others. For this setting I used the first version I came across – a version of four stanzas, although the 3rd and 4th stanzas are not amongst the most commonly quoted versions.

As anyone who has dealt with young children will know, there is never anyone around to take the blame for misdemeanors – it’s always ‘nobody’ who committed the crime! So here is a setting of the poem honoring that “Mr Nobody” who is always the character behind those little things that happen around the house. The lively music uses a range of irregular time signatures, notably ten-in-a-bar patterns.

“Mister Nobody” was written for the Suono Bellissimo of Motueka High School and conductor Hilary Sinclair.

• David Hamilton: Mister Nobody - hardcopy score 

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The wonderfully imagined world of Pandora from the film AVATAR was the inspiration for PANDORASONG. The language of Na’vi was specifically constructed for the film by linguistics professor Paul Frommer at the University of Southern California. This, in turn, has led to a new and ever-increasing body of literature written in the Na’vi language and we took one such poem, written by the online poet Karyu Amawey, as the text for PANDORASONG.

Premiered by Onslow College Choir at The Big Sing at Wellington Town Hall on 9th June 2010.

• Shortis: Pandorasong; computer-set 

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I wrote this at a gig called “Song Sale”. I used to run the gig monthly when I lived in Dunedin. Now other people run it monthly cause I don’t live in Dunedin any more. It’s on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SongSaleDunedin

You can download the sheet music for free. It’d be pointless giving away a preview of the score, because the score is just one page. Have it!

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