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Ave Maria (op. 4) was written in the beginning of 2005 during the first few weeks of my move to Wellington from the South Island, and was written specifically for the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir Choral Composition Award 2005. The music is set to the traditional sacred text “Ave Maria”, and is for a mixed choir (SATB) with piano accompaniment.

The piece requires a competent choir to deal with the expression detail and complex harmonies used throughout. Successful communication of the text is a must, as well as keeping the melodic lines flowing constantly.

Andrew Baldwin

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This short cycle of Christmas pieces was written for Auckland vocal ensemble V8 for their end of year concert. The concert was to feature a brass quintet as guest artists, so I offered to write a work for the combined forces. I was keen to avoid texts with references to snow and plum puddings, and therefore sought out texts more appropriate to the New Zealand experience of a summer Christmas. In the end, the opening and closing texts chosen are more traditional in nature, but also rather general in their language. The opening
text is simply a short anonymous poem stating when Jesus was born and how joyful a thing that was.

The second text is a New Zealand carol “Christmas Come In” and I’ve used its title for the cycle as a whole. J.R. Hervey was a poet who lived from 1889 to 1958. The words of the carol make passing references to the time of year in New Zealand: “Winter a ghost, summer the host…”.

The third text, “Melaleuca Morning” is by Australian poet Jeff Guess. According to the internet:

Melaleuca is “…a genus of around 170 species in the Myrtle family…(they) are commonly known as “Paperbarks” in the tree forms and :Honey Myrtles” in the smaller forms,…(and) are generally plants of open forest, woodland or shrubland. The stamens are often brightly coloured with red, pink, mauve, purple, and yellow being common.”.

The final text is an anonymous blessing for Christmas.

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• Wells, J.: In Days to Come; computer-set 

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