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This orchestral work was especially written for the orchestra in the 2006 Christchurch Primary Schools’ Festival.

Following the theme of ‘celebrations’ this piece was inspired by the festival of Semana Santa, held at Easter time in Spain. I visited Spain many times to see the parades and festivities – the drum and trumpet bands would start playing before dawn and walk through the streets, sometimes very loudly and at other times very solemnly.

Fiesta! fuses the Latin American samba band and the Semana Santa idea together into an exciting, rhythmic work. A samba band starts us off with a ‘question and answer’ wake-up call; just in case we’re not fully awake the brass join in; two solo violins introduce a folk song idea which soon grows into the big carnival atmosphere and, at the very end, the band disappears down the street into the distance.

• Shepherd: fiesta!; computer-set 

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• Daverne: How about singing - Volume One; computer-set  Year: 1998 

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• How About Singing - Songs for Children by Gary Daverne 

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• Pattrick: Songs for all Occasions Vol 1; computer-set 

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• Camm: Two Musical Entertainments for Children; computer-set 

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• Camm: The Dinosaurs' Fancy Dress Party; computer-set 

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• Camm: Three Songs and Two Rounds; computer-set 

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Each year the Junior School at Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland) holds a Mothering Sunday service. For the 2007 service I was asked to set this text by the head of Junior School, Deirdre McOnie. From the perspective of a child, the poem seen as an essential and permanent bond between the two generations, and links us all into a wider world of singing.

• Hamilton: When My Mother Sings to Me; computer-set 

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• Hamilton: When My Mother Sings to Me; computer-set 

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

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