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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Paul Barker: Composer</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paul Barker: Composer"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press Comments"><U>Press Comments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press 2"><U>Press 2</U></A>   |   <B>Summary</B>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TuRuBu excpt"><U>TuRuBu excpt</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lament excpt"><U>Lament excpt</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DoTraKwa"><U>DoTraKwa</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blues excpt"><U>Blues excpt</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Argument"><U>Argument</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2 complete songs"><U>2 complete songs</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Songs Between Words</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>24Songs in 2 Books: a cappella, without text</I></div> <div> Book 1 </div> <div> 12 solo songs;<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > may be performed by any voice</FONT></div> <div> Anthem, Aubade, Ballad, Barcarole, Blues, Lament, Lullaby, Patter Song, Prothalamium, Resistance Song, Serenade, Threnody, Lament.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Book 2</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> 12 duets, trios and quartets, for mixed voices or chorus</div> <div> Ain, Dzo, Flu; The Argument; The Contest; DoTraKwa; Echo; GaGaGu; Oinamanga; Oniomio; Perpetuum Mobile; Shabada; Titi Cron-Cron; Turuboo.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="782" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#A0A0A4" BORDERCOLORDARK="#DDDDDD" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 417 WIDTH="157"><div> Selections from Book 1 have been performed by <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Frances Lynch</FONT> in her programme She: Naturally Dangerous, touring the UK and Europe during 2003-6. The programme was invited to the Festival Cervantino in Mexico in 2004. </div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press Comments"><U>REVIEW</U></A></div> <div> Belfast Sonorities festival, 2005</div> <div> Helsinki, 2006</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="145"><div> Other selections from Book 1 have been performed in Colombia at the <I>VIII</I> <I>Festival Internacional De Musica Contemporanea De Bogota, </I>2003 by <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Beatriz Elena Martinez.</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> The world premiere of Book 1 and 2 (complete and semi-staged) will take place at the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Festival de México</FONT>, del Centro Histórico, on March 25 & 26, 2004, performed by <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Lourdes Ambriz, Maria Huesca, Benjamin Navarro </FONT>& <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Bruno Bicir.</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="120"><div> Selections from Book 1 released on CD on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Quindecim QP134</U></A></FONT>, along with a recording of the fifth production of his opera,</div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pillow Song"><U>The Pillow Song.</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="154"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Sarah Leonard </FONT>at <A HREF="http://www.coma.org/summerschool/summer-options.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.coma.org/summerschool/summer-"><U>COMA</U></A> (UK), July 2004,5 & 6 presented and worked with participants on 2 songs from Book 2.-</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ff000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The  songs are unique in that they may be transposed into any range for any voice.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ff000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Some are potentially accessible by all stylistic vocal categories, including one set for those who cannot read music.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ff000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">They are performable separately, in groups or as complete Books.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ff000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">They are performable as concert items, semi- or fully-staged.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="15f985e0.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>