ORIGINAL MUSIC

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Commissioned Compositions

Andrew can be commissioned to write an original piece of music for a wedding, party or birthday. This unique gift can be a really personal and novel way of saying 'thanks', 'congratulations' or simply 'I love you'.

Packages can be arranged that include the composition and playing of an original piece, and general background music by Andrew, either as a solo pianist, guitarist or accordionist - please contact him for more info.


'Dedicated to Victoria'
(Written for the marriage of Victoria and Allan Sullivan)

'Rara Avis'
(Written for the marriage of Tess and Andrew Hedges)

'Andante in Blue and Ivory'
(Written for the marriage of Tina and Patrick Cauldwell)

'A l'amour'
(Written for the rededication of marriage vows of Chris and Hazel Hedges)

'Isaac's First Chritsmas'
(Written for a friend's son)

'Les Chansons Francais'
(A set of childrens songs in French, written for a private French teacher)


Solo Piano Concert Pieces

'Sun Through Rain'

'Des arbres et du vent'

'Reverie' (For my Rara Avis)*


Ensemble Concert Pieces

'Springtime Jazz' for piano, bass, drums and clarinet

'Metamorphonics' for Coventry University Performing Arts Orchestra

'String Quartet No 1'
(Premier recorded in March 2003 by the 'CUPAVOX STRING QUARTET' - lead by Jack Maguire - at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry)

'Suite' for Piano and solo Cello
(Recording; Piano - A J H, Cello - Andrew Adams)

'The Persistent Shadow' for trombone, viola and oboe

'Absit Omen' for orchestra

'Crossed Lines' for wind quintet and piano


Choral Concert Pieces

'Armistice' – for SATB choir *

'Paean' - for SATB choir *

'The Story' - for SATB choir


Albums

'Scenarios' - Instrumental jazz album (2003)

A Wander In The Disappearing English Countryside
Lost in a Labyrinth
Twelve Tones For A Long Journey
Aftermath of a Nuclear Bomb
Saturday Night In A Big City
Opening Scene from an Epic Movie

(All tracks recorded and performed by A J H, except;
Acoustic Bass on tracks 1, 3, 5 by Phil Dawkins
Drums on tracks 1, 3, 5 by Mike Goodlet
Clarinet on track 1 by Claire Shemmell
Cello on track 2 by William Southworth
Trumpet on tracks 3 & 5 by Tom Scottson
Guitar effects on track 4 by Russell Munns
Trombone on track 4 by Scott Howell-Thomas)

‘Andrew Hedges’ - Jazz album with vocals (2003)

If You Knew (1st place winner of the 11th International Billboard Songcontest)
Are You Thinking About Me?
Did You Feel It Too?
First Sight
Anthem For An Aging Rockstar
Stone Wall
When I Get Home
Song For Oxygen
Another Way

(Tracks 3 & 4; Guitar, Vocals, BV - AJH
Bass, BV - Phil Dawkins
Drums, Piano - Mike Goodlet
Recorded at 'Studio 113', Coventry

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Piano, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards & Drum Programming * - AJH
* Track 2; Drum Programming - Mike Goodlet
Recorded at 'Studio 1', Coventry and on Hayling Island)

'Dreaming of Home' - Orchestral album (1999)

Sostenuto On Exchanges (part 1)
Sostenuto On Exchanges (part 2)
Stop All The Clocks
Mellow-dramatic Euphoria
Orient By Night

(All tracks recorded and produced by A J H)

‘AXIS - Please Mind The Gap’ - Pop / rock album with vocals (1998)

A Life We Used To Know
Sucking On Ice
Translucent Dreams
Alone Now
I Can Feel You In My Heart
Live And Learn
Silence
Get Up And Run

(All tracks; Guitar, Vocals - AJH
Bass, Vocals - William Bruce
Drums - Navaphat Rapiphan

Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7 recorded at 'Crimson Studios', Kent
Tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8 recorded at 'NOD', Cheltenham)


Music for Film and Television

Score for the ten-minute independent short film 'Continuum'
(Recorded and performed by A J H)

Score for ten-minute Bradford Cancer Hospice Video
(Recorded and performed by A J H)

Short composition samples - 3, 5, 10 and 30 second stings - see audio page for more details


Musicals

'Dracula - Rebirth' (Book and lyrics by Joseph Traynor)
Scheduled for performance at the Denny Civic Theatre in November 2010 (exact dates to be confrimed)

'The Darkness Within' (Book and lyrics by Joseph Traynor)
Scheduled for performance at the Edinburgh Festival 2011 (exact dates to be confirmed)

'The Clown that laughed' (Book and lyrics by Joseph Traynor)
Work in progress