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The 100 Voice Chorale based on the North Shore of Auckland commissioned Denise Hulford to write a Christmas Carol for the Choir. After spending some time searching for a poem with a happy tone to it, and not being able to find anything suitable, Denise commissioned Jenny Pattrick to write a poem. The poem that Jenny provided was exciting, accessible and quite humorous. The final work was a fun and Christmas focused composition which was most successful, and approximately the length of a short Cantata. The work has been performed a number of times, and has always been well received.

• Hulford: Chritmas Bells; computer set 

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• Hulford: Christmas Bells; computer-set 

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This short cycle examines the differences between northern and southern hemisphere experiences of Christmas. These differences are encapsulated in Margaret Mahy’s early poem Christmas in New Zealand which contrasts the colours of a summertime Christmas with the images of snow and robins on Christmas cards. The second piece sets a Christina Rossetti poem which suggests that Christ’s birth was early in the day watched only by the angels and the animals. The third piece sets a traditional text which describes the typical landscapes of a northern hemisphere Christmas – the bare tress and the animals foraging for food. The fourth movement is a piece for band alone, which picks up on elements of the opening movement as well as varied treatment of fragments from the well-known carol “Good King Wenceslas”. The final piece sets a widely anthologized poem of unknown authorship. It humorously returns us to a summertime Christmas where there‘s no snow, and where Santa might end up with a suntan in the “Pacific summertime” Christmas.

Christmas Here and There was commissioned by South Auckland Choral Society for the choir’s end of year concert 2011.

• Hamilton: Christmas Here and There; computer set 

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3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, violoncello (optional), string bass, timpani, percussion I (high conga, low conga, medium tom, low tom), percussion II (high bongo, low bongo, high tom, medium tom), percussion III (tambourine, high woodblock, low woodblock), percussion IV (suspended cymbal, wind chimes, triangle) and percussion V - xylophone (medium sticks), with piano and SATB choir

Based on the simple idea: “If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?”

This mass musical work, commissioned especially for the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 through the SOUNZ Community Commission, takes its inspiration from the people and places of Taupo.

Featuring lyrics submitted by local writers, Moana Ataahua is a spectacular mix of symphonic, choral and percussive elements that erupts into an exciting finale.

• Youens: Moana Ataahua; computer-set 

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• Youens: Moana Ataahua; computer-set 

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• Whitehead: Moments; facsimile 

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• Whitehead: Moments; facsimile 

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(1)3333;3220; 2timp,perc;strs.

• Carr: Seven Mediaeval Lyrics; computer-set  Year: 1976 

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• Carr and Pruden: various works 

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• Music by Edwin Carr (Volume 2)  Year: 1979 

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optional percussion

• Norton: Sing 'n' Swing; computer set 

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for choir and orchestra (1)2222;4321;timp,perc,pf;strs.

• Vinten: Te Ia o Nuku; facsimile 

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• Wells, J.: The Call of the Running Tide; computer set 

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orchestra inc. 3 perc., pf, hp. (perc. 1: crotales, glockenspiel, bongos, triangle, snare drum, 2 toms; perc. 2: suspended cymbal, xylophone, woodblock (low), Pacific log drum (low); perc. 3: vibraphone, tam tam, Pacific log drum (medium))

This work for massed choir and orchestra was written for Uwe Grodd and the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Genesis Theatre, TelstraClear Pacific Arts Centre, Manukau City. The piece aims to reflect both a spiritual journey, and a journey through time to a new place. It was inspired by two texts – a traditional Maori blessing, and a poem entitled The Journey written for the occasion by Tessa Stephens.

• Holmes: The Journey; computer-set 

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• Holmes: The Journey; computer set 

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