Hazel Leach : Composer
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Holy Jeez
One upon a time there was a piece called "Holy Jeez", written in 1992-
the first piece I ever wrote for the United Women's Orchestra. It was quite
a long piece (much longer than it is now) and was actually based on a school-exercise
in metric modulation and altered harmony. After wrestling with it for a
while, I eventually decided to split the piece in half: the first part
is now called Mark IV" (yes indeed.. the final version is the fourth one!)
and the piece we now call "Holy Jeez" has become our encore-anthem. We've
never recorded it, but even after all these years we can't discard it either.
And it's Janni's favourite piece, so there you go.
Line-up: ss, as, 2ts, bs, bcl. 4 tp, 3 tb, tba, pn, bs, dm.
Length: er... short. I'll let you know after we've recorded it.
The music starts as a tidy gospel-ish tune (owing quite a lot to Randy
Brecker's "Threesome"- I freely admit to stealing good ideas). It then
develops (well, disintegrates is probably a better word) into a song fit
for a Newcastle football final. Not a bad way to end a concert.
Information about ordering the music can be found on the "contact" page-
see link above.