New Commission – song for Bruton School

Between 2002 and 2008, Guy taught at Bruton school for Girls in Somerset.

The school will be celebrating its 120th anniversary later this year and it has commissioned Guy to compose a song for the occasion for the school Chamber Choir.

New Commission – Leaves of Southwell Song

As part of the Heritage Lottery funded project connected with the amazing stone carved Leaves in Southwell Minster, there will be a concert in June next year (or later, depending on the virus situation) when massed local school children will perform songs connected with history, nature, conservation etc as a celebration of the project. Guy has been commissioned to compose a song for this occasion. The words of the song have been chosen as the result of a lyric writing competition at Southwell Minster School, and are by year 9 student Martha Buttle.

For more information about the leave project see: https://www.southwellminster.org/theme/leaves-of-southwell/

New Commission – Folksong Sequence

Guy is pleased to have been commissioned by Bingham Choral Society (http://www.binghamchoral.org.uk/) to arrange a Sequence of  British Folksongs for the choir’s Jubilee ‘Prom’ concert on 27th November 2021 at Southwell Minster. This will be for large choir and symphony orchestra, and will include arrangements of four folksongs, one each from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Mezzo soloist Judy Brown, Mansfield Choral Society and the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra will also be involved in the performance.

The four folksongs chosen are

  1. Ca’ the Yowes (Scottish)
  2. Sospan Fach (Welsh)
  3. Carrickfergus (Northern Irish)
  4. All around my Hat (English)