2019 - drums - 1st composition

Harry plays drums and so created a piece solely for drums. This was a challenge in itself as he had to demonstrate all the hallmarks of an effective composition such as dynamic variety, structure and shape, varied timbre and effective instrumentation (within the context of a drum kit) with just a drum kit. Created on GarageBand.

2019 - guitar & voice - 1st composition

Antoine wanted to create a folk piece based simply around acoustic guitar and voice. The lyrics for this piece play an important role and so the instrumentation is quite sparse with mainly guitar accompanying throughout. Created on GarageBand.

2019 - guitar & voice - 2nd composition

Another student sang lead vocals along with Antoine on this piece. Antoine had to write the part for the student and provide a detailed score for her to be able to sing from. All other parts were played and programmed into Cubase by Antoine himself. This is a great example of how effective multi-tracking can be. At times an entire band is playing but all the parts were simply recorded in one-by-one.

N.B. Students who utilise other musicians in their compositions must provide detailed scores for the parts played/sung by others, including embellishments, dynamic instructions, articulation and everything that can be heard.

2017 - voice - 1st composition

This piece was multi-tracked and made extensive use of lots of backing vocals to create a unique 'wall of harmony' in the chorus sections. Nisha was influenced by a performance piece she had earlier chosen that used the same technique. However, things went much deeper when she realised that Cubase allowed for a maximum of 48 tracks to be recorded. This piece achieved maximum marks and contains lots of variety and imaginative use of compositional techniques.