....is who or what, exactly? - a more-or-less unknown composer based in Newcastle, England, writing music for all sorts of reasons, including theatre, literature, art and other kinds of events in the region. Used to be called a 'jazz composer", one of those less-than-worth-serious-consideration epithets. Writes also for youth and school circumstances, choirs, bands and ensembles. Also writes songs. Regards himself as actually quite good at setting words. Doesn't write music in any ground-breaking 'contemporary' idiom, is over 50 and therefore easily ignored. The scores on this webpage can be viewed using SCORCH plug-in. It's free, to download visit
 http://www.sibelius.com/products/scorch/
The scores also play back, but do bear in mind that score playback isn't music at all. You have to imagine what it turns into when humans perform it live using acoustic instruments and real voices. You can get the scores from me by emailing to

kent.moped@virgin.net

The pieces on this page are in no order of importance, chronology or merit, just the order in which they were 'scorched'.

                    - "Two Short Dances" for 2 (plectrum) guitars. 2003. Perhaps the title should be "Too Short.."
 TwoShortDances.htm

                    - "300 years" for SATB choir and optional piano. 1997  written for the 300th anniversary of
                        Shaftoe Trust (Primary) School,Haydon Bridge,  Northumberland
 300years.htm

                     - "Keepers of the Flame - Overture" for 10 strings  written for Sean O'Brien's play, 2003
 KeepersOverture.htm

                     -"Keepers of the Flame - A High Place" (as above)
 KeepersHIGHPLACE.htm

                     -"The Stavros Factor" 1999. For oddly constituted big(-ish) band, so because that's what
                    the students played for whom it was written.
 StavrosFactor.htm

                    -"Parallel Lines" (as above)
 ParallelLines.htm

                    -"Name Me A River" (as above, Lyric by Sean O'Brien)
 NameMeARiver.htm

                   -"Song of the Counterrevolutionary Horse" (as above, Lyric by W N Herbert). Playback of this piece just
                    sounds ridiculous. Use your imagination.
 CounterRevolutionaryHorse.htm

                    - "Funeral Games" 2004 (Lyric by David Bradford)
 FuneralGames.htm

                    - "Five Rounds from Canterbury Tales" from Dukes Theatre Lancaster production2004.
                    Any number of voices, not hard to sing.
 5Rounds.htm