Incorporating Composition and Improvisation in the Private Music Studio.
For the Music Teachers’ Association of NSW, via Zoom:
Lecture this Thursday on teaching improvisation
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Category Archives: Composition
Composition performance
This Sunday 10 December 2023 at 4pm, the St Jude’s Chamber Choir is performing Brett’s Mass of the Incarnation, a choral Mass setting based on Christmas carol melodies. The service is at St Jude’s Church, Bendooley Street, Bowral. All welcome.
Scores of the setting can be purchased at https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/communion-service-of-the-incarnation
Next organ recital
Brett is playing a lunchtime concert on Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 1.15pm at St Jude’s Church, Bendooley Street, Bowral. Music will be for Advent (Brahms, Petker, McKern) and St Andrew’s Day (Francis Jackson, Langlais, and the premiere of the McKern Voluntary on St Oswald). All welcome!
Composition Performance
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Albury Recital
Would love to see you on 15 Aug if you are in the area…
New recording
Organist Hans Uwe Hielscher from Wiesbaden, Germany, has recently recorded Brett’s Tuba Tune at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden. Have a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI-Gv8o3RjY
Another composition premiere
Sunday 26 March at 4pm Choral Evensong at St Jude’s Church Bowral, Brett’s new Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting “Evening Service in C” will be premiered by the St Jude’s Chamber Choir. This setting was commissioned for the Festal Evensong service that concludes the Bowral Autumn Music Festival. All welcome!
New Composition Premiere
Sunday 12 March at 4pm Choral Communion at St Jude’s Church Bowral, Brett’s new Mass setting “St Simon Service” will be premiered. All welcome!
New CD
My new solo organ CD, called ‘Noteworthy’, recorded on the 2019 South Island Organ Company organ at St John’s Gordon, NSW is now available.
Music is by Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Handel, Guilmant, Howells, McKern, and others.
Available as a physical CD or download, it is available from https://soundwright.com.au/?product=noteworthy or from the church at http://stjohnsgordon.org.au/st-johns-music-association/
New publications
Two new volumes of asynchronous choral music have been published, edited by Brett and A/Prof. Diana Blom. This music is designed for live performance, OR can be performed over the web on platforms like Zoom or Skype. While an exploration of asynchronous choral techniques, this repertoire will also be useful for choirs who want to continue singing as a group activity during lockdown or socially distanced. They can be purchased as a PDF download or hardcopy at: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/print-music/products/out-of-time and https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/print-music/products/copy-of-out-of-time-volume-2.
Brett McKern 