Your cart

Total
NZD
Shipping and discount codes are added at checkout.

Work


Count Me the Stars

for SSAA choir and guitar

Year:  2008   ·  Duration:  3m 10s

Year:  2008
Duration:  3m 10s

David Hamilton
Composer

Composer:   David Hamilton

Films, Audio & Samples

David Hamilton: Count Me th...

Internal audio
See details ➔

David Hamilton: Count me th...

Embedded video
See details ➔
Sample Audio

Sample: 0'00"-1'00"

See details ➔
Sample Score

Sample: page 1 and 2

See details ➔

Borrow/Hire:

To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.

About

This short work for treble-voice choir and guitar sets a poem by Australian poet Kylie Johnson. Kylie is a visual artist as well as a published poet.

Her website www.paperboatpress.com says:

'During her study of Visual Arts and Film at QUT in Brisbane (1990-1993) Kylie met a group of artists and potters and became part of the group known as Amfora. Amfora held many group shows throughout its 12-year run, of which Kylie was a part of all. It was through these years that Kylie also published three books of her poetry: Distant Shoes (1992), forty-eight minus one (1997) and the ivory birds (2000), the poetry book launches also coincided with solo exhibitions of her painting and collage work. In 1996 Kylie set up her business paper boat press, in its early stages creating a boutique greeting card range featuring her own whimsical one or two line poems. This has now grown to include ceramic ornaments, ceramic jewelry, original illustrations and functional ceramic vessels. In recent years Kylie has joined forces with a group of Brisbane artists to form the Umbrella Collective. The six women work together towards group shows and sales of their work as well as creating a dialogue and support network for all aspects of their work and creative business.'

Count Me the Stars sets a text taken from her most recent poetry collection of the same name. The poem is untitled, so I used the first line as a title for my setting.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by Kristin School, Auckland


Text note

Text by Kylie Johnson


Performance history

10 Jun 2007: Performed by Euphony and conducted by Nick Richardson at Auckland Town Hall

16 Aug 2012: Performed by Chilton Saint James School's <i>Seraphim Choir</i> conducted by Ella Hanify, at The Big Sing National Finale, in Wellington.

+ Read More