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• Chen: A Rainbow; computer-set 

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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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Promise & Promiscuity is a one-woman theatre play set in the world of Jane Austen’s novels. Written by Auckland entertainer Penny Ashton to debut at the 2013 Auckland Fringe Festival, it is the fourth of Penny’s solo shows I have created the music for.

I adapted this tune from the ‘Country Dance’ piano solo from Austen Found: The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen, an improvised show that both Penny and I did from 2008 to 2010. For Promise & Promiscuity, I arranged it for violin and piano to be background music in a ball scene.

• Robbie Ellis: Jane Austen Dance; audio 

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A contemporary folk style worship song based on the Nunc Dimittis where Simeon and Anna recognise Jesus as the Messiah when he is presented in the temple by his parents as a baby. Suitable for unison or choral singing, it is in Eb, 4/4 time and in a flowing crotchet = 100. The simple piano accompaniment may be elaborated. Add guitar, bass, drums etc to suit.

• Russell: Let us Go in Peace; computer set 

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The Auckland Primary Principals’ Association holds an annual music festival and over the years several of my choral works have been included in the event. In early 2010 I was approached by former student Pip Faulknor who, along with two other conductors, was keen to include something specifically about Auckland in their programmes, and asked if I had anything suitable. I suggested something new might be appropriate and a text was devised by Mary Cornish. The text talks of many of the features of Auckland, but is also a call for the people of the area to listen to, and respect, the children of Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland).

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• Hamilton: Listen Tamaki Makaurau; computer-set  Year: 2010 

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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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This piece sets a short lullaby text by popular New Zealand author Joy Cowley. It fancifully suggests there’s a tree on the moon whose leaves turn into fish when they float to down into the sea.

Moon Fish was written for Auckland Boys’ Choir and conductor Stuart Weightman.

• Hamilton: Moon Fish; computer-set  Year: 2010 

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• The Treble Voice Choral Music of David Hamilton Vol. 3  Year: 2011 

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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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A reaction to Greenpeace’s efforts to stop whaling.

• Hextall: Planet Vandal; computer-set 

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