TUNES FOR EVERY OCCASION
These tunes are playable online or can be downloaded. The manuscript music is downloadable as a full-size printable PDF.
These tunes are all on Soundcloud.
To play a track, click on its red play button OR choose the "play in browser" option (if it appears). If you want to download a track, Soundcloud will require you to set up a free account if you don't aleady have one. Click on the small Soundcloud logo, top right (which will become orange). This will take you to the track on SoundCloud. Underneath the waveform find the ...More button and choose "download file". The track will download to your computer's designated downloads folder.
To download a track's manuscript music click on the manuscript music. If you have a pdf reader your device will open the manuscript file. You can either save the pdf or download it using tools in your pdf reader.
A tune composed to celebrate life on the occasion of a national March for Life in New Zealand
Evoking any happy whistler anywhere - especially in green and open spaces
Straight from Psalm 45:7
In celebration of the Mountain of God in the extreme West of China. (Bogda Shan means Mountain of God)
A lament composed at the death of Queen Elizabeth II containing strains of the well-known anthem.
Composed for him at his retirement as Minister at St Andrews, Jerusalem.
I found the name of this town so interesting that I composed a pipetune for it. It's also the birthplace of Matt Molloy of The Chieftains - a favourite traditional Irish band
A pipetune for a friend whose ancestors from the Isle of Lewis settled in Waipu. They were known as the Waipu Settlers. There are both piano and pipe versions of this tune.
A mountain range in the extreme far west of China. Its name means Mountains of Heaven
This tune doesn't need a description
A tune for our IT guy - a kiwi with Scottish roots. This is an irregular reel.
A lively Strathspey composed for a local supermarket checkout operator whom we discovered had a Scottish name - Catriona (meaning Catherine). She was surprised and delighted.
Composed for the launch of a fine book by a friend - a Gaelic-speaking Scotsman from Skye
The sound of water over pebbles
Commemorating a 32 year old Australian woman called April, whom we knew for only one day. The following day she was dead, killed almost instantly in a road accident. Neil wrote this piece as a lament and celebration of her life.
Part of the bedrock of the Opotiki community
For the 80th birthday of a close relative with Scottish roots (the Orkney Islands)..
For our piano tuner - a mystical dreamer from a little Scottish village who had tuned concert grand pianos for celebrated performers in his time
Tune for a restorer of a unique vintage truck almost destroyed twice by age and floods - a double restoration.
On Spring evenings earth's woolly lambs share the joy of the heavenly lamb
Composed after wondering what Thyme honey would SOUND like? Probably a sweet sound
Written for a commemoration service for a dear old friend. Played while her ashes were being placed in an old church garden in rural NZ
A crazy party for a handful of dogs, with fancy food, new toys, and the occasional invited human
A 21st birthday celebration piece for the son of close friends.
