Music for secondary school students
Commissioned and premiered by MLC School at the Sydney Town Hall. Designed to encourage beginner brass players by coupling them with their teachers in performance.
Download a sample of the score, and listen to a short excerpt below.
Commissioned and premiered by International Grammar School, Sydney.
Listen to an excerpt from the third and fourth movements below.
Commissioned and premiered by students of Caringbah High School. Caringbah commissioned three works from me over three years, the first two (Hiroshima and Under the Surface) of which were quite sombre pieces. For the third I decided they deserved something a bit fun, and so this character piece is just that, a frivolous play on themes.
Commissioned and premiered by students of Caringbah High School. This piece was inspired by a moving visit to the Hiroshima memorial with my family in June 2005.
Download a sample of the score, and listen to an excerpt of the recording below.
Commissioned and premiered by MLC School at the Sydney Opera House under Anna Parry (see video of premiere performance below).
Commissioned and premiered by students of Caringbah High School.
Commissioned and premiered by Aitken College, Vic.
Another little character piece, this time for some friends to play.
Composed for a friend who was moving to the US to study. The unison cello and flute lines were inspired by Howard Skempton's Surface Tension - a sound I also explored in Under the Surface.
Download a sample of the score, and listen to a complete recording below.
Commissioned and premiered by Sydney Grammar Prep School, St Ives. This piece is also available as a short solo violin work.
Commissioned and premiered by Nova Orchestra.
Commissioned and premiered by Nova Orchestra.
A very simple suite for beginner string ensembles which will introduce a few new pitches outside D major.
Much of James' solo concert music is suitable for senior school students. See the Solo section under Concert Music for scores and recordings. In addition, some of James' chamber music is performable by good senior students.
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