Finished the SATB and piano duet arrangement of 'O Fortuna' for Carmina Burana today ready for Voices Anon.  I thing it should be an easy one to learn although it's quite high in places.  The piano duet should be fun too - all we need now is a new accompanist.

Louise and I thought we'd go to Thorpe Park today and it was great as the park was empty - although a little cold.  Four times on the front of Stealth was enough for me!  There was one guy who kept going around and around all day, he must have had 50-odd goes!

I need to start work on Voices Anon stuff soon.  I have all the piece apart from one planned and ready to go - I just need to do the rehearsal CDs.  It should be a very interesting term.  I plan to allow the choir to attack 2 of my pieces, the Rorate I wrote last year for St. Jude's and a new commission 'Away in a Manger' (both feature of the website).  In addition to this, we shall be looking at the original German version of Silent Night, as well as some other carols and a piece written by a choir member (that the piece I still need to arrange!)

I completed a new composition yesterday (31/8/07) based on the words Away in a Manger.  The piece is scored for SATB and piano and is on the website(s).  It was written for Voices Anon, although I was very pleased to hear that it will be performed at least 3 times this Christmas in Belgium.  The musical director of Voces Capituli has just commissioned a new arrangement of the piece!