Musical direction of student end of year concert 2018

Musical direction of Wintec Song Arranging class of 2018 End Of Year Concert. A public performance of students' final arrangements from the semester 1 paper. The un-themed program, a selection of popular tunes from 1960s - 2018 was devised to offer students the opportunity to hear their arrangements performed live by a small orchestra comprised of piano, guitar, bass and drums, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax and trombone and a string section of 3 1st violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Prior to this performance the students were only able to hear their work played as a computer-generated audio file (far from ideal) so the concert provided an invaluable 'real world' experience. The performance was devised as a professional experience - the tutor acting as Producer and Musical Director/Conductor, the students becoming arrangers who also prepared their scores and instrumental parts ready for printing and performance within real-time deadlines to emulate a real-world work experience

Performance of original New Zealand themed choral work 'Summer Christmas' composed by Wayne Senior

'Summer Christmas' was chosen to be performed in Camerata Chamber Choir's November 14, 2018 Christmas program which was subsequently titled 'Summer Christmas’ About the work: (dur. 6:20) with music and lyrics composed by Wayne Senior, speaks in evocative settings of things relevant to New Zealand referencing beach scenes, the warmth of the summer sun, native birds, the mighty Kauri and ‘our very own Christmas tree’ the iconic Pohutukawa, whilst drawing comparisons with winter Christmas in ‘cooler climes’ (e.g. 'no chestnuts roasting on an open fire’ and a new setting of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’) closing with a choral representation of church bells. My original text is a combination of English, Te reo Māori and Latin, incorporating translations by Honi Rawhiti (George Lusty). The setting of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ is in Latin with alternating lines in English and Te Reo Māori. Scored for choir and piano, it is envisioned that an enhanced accompaniment will be added for possible future performances with orchestral resources if and when required. Also that it will be re-scored in other versions for young students' choir and a less advanced version for community choir

Composition of New Zealand themed choral work 'Summer Christmas'

'Summer Christmas’ (dur. 6:20) with music and lyrics composed by Wayne Senior, speaks in evocative settings of things relevant to New Zealand referencing beach scenes, the warmth of the summer sun, native birds, the mighty Kauri and ‘our very own Christmas tree’ the iconic Pohutukawa, whilst drawing comparisons with winter Christmas in ‘cooler climes’ (e.g. 'no chestnuts roasting on an open fire’ and a new setting of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’) closing with a choral representation of church bells. My original text is a combination of English, Te reo Māori and Latin, incorporating translations by Honi Rawhiti (George Lusty). The setting of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ is in Latin with alternating lines in English and Te Reo Māori. Scored for choir and piano, it is envisioned that an enhanced accompaniment will be added for possible future performances with orchestral resources if and when required. Also that it will be re-scored in other versions for young students' choir and a less advanced version for community choir

International publication of Arrangement of "And All That Jazz" for symphony orchestra an voices [Orchestra arrangement]

International publication of Arrangement of "And All That Jazz" (Kander and Ebbs) for symphony orchestra an voices by Really Good Music LLC Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA Work was performed in concert by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in 1998 and conducted by the arranger

Anything goes: 2011: A concert of Cole Porter Songs (additional material)

Develop new material for concert for the Orpheus Choir Wellington for performance at the Wellington Town Hall on Oct 7, 2011. The project requires researching, devising and arranging 2 new extended medleys, "You're Sensational Medley" and "It's Too Darn Hot Medley" (a total of around 18 minutes,for Concert Choir and small orchestra editing and preparing score and parts for printing, and adapting existing concert format

Here I am: Wallace Gallery

Performance of " HERE I AM" for Soprano, Piano & Cello at the Wallace Gallery. Music by David Sidwell and Lyrics by Wayne Senior. Pamela Wallace - Soprano, Alexandra Wiltshire - Piano, Yotam Levy - Cello. SHIFT Exhibition Concer

International publication of compositions and arrangements for jazz choir: Hey Cinderella; Hold my heart to blame; Anything goes: From the songbook of Cole Porter (2009); Who wants to be a millionaire; and You're sensational medley

Research and develop original compositions “Hey Cinderella” arranged for Adv, Int, and Beginner levels of Jazz Choir (dur. Approx 4-5 minutes) "Hold My Heart To Blame"(selected for the Wisconsin Choral Competitions Song List) and "The Gift Of Love" for publication by Really Good Music LLC., WI., USA. Also arrangements from the concert "Anything Goes: From the songbook of Cole Porter (2009)" - "Cole Porter Latin Medley", "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and "You're Sensational Medley" devised and arranged for The Orpheus Choir Wellington NZ, for publication by Really Good Music LLC., WI., USA

'Tales Of Nikolai Gogol' Orchestration

Orchestration of full score for Music Theatre work 'Tales Of Nikolai Gogol' for premier live performance at the Clarence Street Theatre, Hamilton, Sat Feb 20 2016. The original one act version (2012 - for rhythm section and strings) was expanded to two acts which comprised 41 separate scores. I collaborated with composer David Sidwell on appropriate instrumentation to score his piano and vocal scores and the final versions were orchestrated for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet, F Horn, Trombone, Piano and Keyboard 2, Guitar, Bass, Drums, soloists and and chorus. I proposed the adoption of 2 'alter-ego' voices for the tormented character of artist Piskarev: solo violin depicts his romantic vision of "She" while an angst-ridden heavily distorted guitar depicts his anguish. I was honoured to be asked to compose two pieces for the work: "Ti Sento Qui" for characters Princess Volkonskaya and Nikolai Gogol and "The Secret" sung by Pisarev's love interest "SHE". NB. As the mp3 files are computer generated from Finale music software files the simulated vocal lines do not contain lyrics

Provided orchestral scores for NZ Pops Orchestra concert 2014 Auckland Town Hall

I arranged and orchestrated a set of songs performance by The Auckland Pops Orchestra concert 2014 at the Auckland Town Hall. Works included 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' and 'And All That Jazz

Musical direction of Student End Of Year Concert 2016

Musical direction of Wintec Song Arranging class of 2016 End Of Year Concert 2015 titled "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon". A public performance of students' final arrangements from the semester 1 paper. The program, a selection of popular 15 tunes from 1960s - 2015 with the theme 'Moon', was devised to offer students the opportunity to hear their arrangements performed live by a small orchestra comprised of piano, guitar, bass and drums, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax and trombone and a string section of 3 1st violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Prior to this performance the students were only able to hear their work played as a computer-generated audio file (far from ideal) so the concert provided an invaluable 'real world' experience. The performance was devised as a professional experience - the tutor acting as Producer and Musical Director/Conductor, the students becoming arrangers who also prepared their scores and instrumental parts ready for printing and performance within real-time deadlines to emulate a real-world work experience