Recommended Repertoire

Here at CoMA we want to make our catalogue of works as accessible to you as possible, so we have created a list of pieces suitable for students, people who are just starting their journey into contemporary music, and easy-to-learn pieces suitable for amateurs.

 

Pieces for flexible instrumental ensemble with keyboard and percussion

May Kay Yau: Four Nightmares 

Zoe Martlew: Slap On

Alex Campkin: Counting My Numberless Fingers

Robert Szymanek: i can’t do this without you

Dave Smith: Bunnahabhain (from Whiskies of Islay)

Peter McGarr: Imaginary Orchestras

 

Pieces for flexible instrumental ensemble with keyboard and voices

Naomi Pinnock: Four Humours

 

Pieces for flexible instrumental ensemble with keyboard, percussion, and voices

Paul Burnell: Four Minutes, Four Daydreams

 

Pieces for flexible instrumental ensemble with percussion

Philip Venables: Dutch Courage

Zbigniew Rudzinski: Hot Blast

 

Pieces for flexible instrumental ensemble in four-part open score

Howard Skempton: Sirens for Orchestra

Roxanna Panufnik: CoMa(Chord)

Joanna Baille: Hildegardstraße – This piece also has an accompanying backing track

 

Our Open Score anthology features more pieces in four-part open score and can be found here.

You can listen to excerpts of our recommendations from this anthology below.

Stephen Montague: Dead Cat Bounce

Jonathan Harvey: Climbing Frame

Michael Nyman: In C interlude

 

Are you looking for something for a particular size of ensemble or instrumentation? Drop us an email on music@coma.org and we can help you find something.