Scores below include works for choirs and solo piano. Contact Elspeth directly if interested in finding out more.
'Pear Tree'
SATB divisi.
'The Tyger'
Upper voices and Piano
'The Lamb'
Upper voices and Piano
'Beehive Blues'
Solo Piano - World Music Collection
Set to Hilda Doolittle's poem, this score brings her richly visionary text to sound: full-bodied textures, lush harmonies and romantic expressive markings establish a transcendent soundscape which magnifies her spiritual text. Suitable for professional choirs and amateur groups looking for a challenge.
Suitable for amateur and professional choirs. Features a striking melody throughout, and showcases the piano as more than just an accompaniment. Works well performed alongside 'The Lamb', which is Blake's counterpart poem to 'The Tyger'.
A tender work featured as the musical counterpart to 'The Tyger'. Suitable for amateur and professional choirs. A soprano solo is interspersed between tutti sections, and works well sung by a pure, youthful, voice to convey the innocence of the Lamb.
A fun, bluesy piece featured in the World Music collection of piano pieces. Grade 5-6 level.
'A Persian Lullaby'
Solo Piano - World Music Collection
'Salsa Chromatica'
Solo piano - World Music Collection
'Andalusian Dance'
Solo Piano - World Music Collection
'Blue Fugue'
Clarinet Quartet and Piano
A whimsical lullaby. Included as part of the World Music piano piece collection. Grade 4-5 level.
Inspired by the syncopated profile of the Salsa! A fun, strophic form piece at Grade 5-6 level. Works well accompanied by a Clave rhythm on beats 2 + 4.
Strong Spanish flamenco feel with the use of Andalusian cadences and syncopations. Grade 4-5 level.
The blues scale, but structured in a fugue! A fun piece for students wishing to delve into musical polyphony. Currently scored for clarinets and piano, but other ensemble variations are to follow.
'Night Lights'
Solo Piano - Tone Poem Collection
'Parallels'
Solo Piano - Tone Poem Collection
'Footsteps'
Solo Piano - Tone Poem Collection
'Jungle Run'
Solo Cello
An impressionistic piano piece featuring sweeping arpeggios, distant modulations, and romantic expressive markings to create a dreamy ambience perfectly suited to the whimsy of nighttime. Grade 6 level.
This piece is a technical exercise concealed in a tone poem. Based on scalic passages and arpeggios which feature in both hands in the keys of D minor and G major, the piece encourages players to strengthen their intricate technical playing, whilst taking them through a narrative of mood changes. Grade 5-6 level.
'Footsteps' mimics the timbres and textures of the real thing - starting with the heavy strides of a beast, it moves through a variety of footfall styles, all interlinked by a mesmerising Oriental sounding melody. Grade 5-6 level.
A great piece for getting to grips with open strings. The faster it's played the better - how quickly can you escape the jungle? Grade 3-4 level.