- The Society for Classical and Authentic Music for six oboes, six bassoons, two ghettoblasters and conductor (video coming soon)
- The Cave of Destiny duet for trumpet, bass trumpet and reverb (score)
- Being Born, Living on Planet Earth and Dying for flute, violin, cello, piano, cimbalom and ghettoblaster
- Diverses
Mélodies Nobles, Élevées et
Héroïques, pour très grand ensemble
for flute, trombone, piano, cello & percussion (score, recording)
- joined_at_the_hip for flute, clarinet, electric bass and djun-djuns
- Schaduwee for soprano, piano, four bassons, ghettoblaster and video
- Tribulation for Ensemble Thing (complete recording)
- de stem for four saxophones
- The Blue Box for cor anglais, violin and bass clarinet (complete recording)
- Exactly This for trumpet, bongos, contrabass, and CD
- 5lip5ide for trumpet, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), piano, contrabass, percussion & space gamelan
- 4thought for violin, horn, piano, celesta, and CD
- donkerstraat for CD, horn, tenor sax, guitar & bass clarinet
- The Lonely Woodpecker for four alto saxes (complete recording)
- Not in my name for three marimbas and protagonist (video, audio)
- Les Rencontres Naturelles for vibraphone, viola, contrabass and CD (score, audio extract)
- Ohom zu oboye no wo? for recorder and laptop (.mp3 demo, midi sounds)
- Muscle Tone for soprano saxophone & piano (.mp3 demo, midi sounds)
- Bridge River Valley for piano; also for flute, clarinet, violin & cello (score, .mp3 & .mid demos)
- The Quartet for solo cello
- othing for strings
- There's always one for four saxophones
- Answers from last week for pocket orchestra, with timps
- Hanc marginis... for four voices (complete recording)
- smir for soprano sax, double bass, marimba and piano (complete recording)
- I walked away from the guy for clarinet, violin and piano
- de straalvleugel for flugelhorn and marimba (complete recording)
- Pivot for clarinet, violin and cello
- Tears of Joy for ensemble (score, complete recording)
- Surprising Natural Phenomena for flugelhorn, didgeridoo & minidisk
- The Pearl for ensemble
- Dialog for didgeridu & band (complete recording)
- ...until someone jumps. for flute, bass clarinet (or clarinet), violin, piano & cello
- If Piccs Could Fly for four piccolos
- Peroration for organ (revised version) (complete recording)
- Azure for Flute Mafia for four flutes
- Ha! for strings
- Be sure to concentrate while you are degaussing! for voices & piano
- Sunbird One for Invention Ensemble (complete recording)
- (pq) assembly for Invention Ensemble (complete recording)
- The Transilience of Monsieur Pelog for Invention Ensemble
- Reality Intrudes Upon the Comfort of the Rich for loud ensemble and assistant conductor (text score)
- ...certain players are finding reserves of energy... for voices, 2 keyboards & electric bass (audio extract)
- Ritual Preparation of the Performance Space for any ensemble (and assistants) (text score)
- The Willow Bay where Eagles are heard for orchestra
- Tonal Anarchists Through the Ages for bass clarinet, vibraphone, piano and percussion
- Many Paths Toward the Light; Truth the Only Compass for orchestra
- Seven Lies Regarding the Nature of Existence for four saxophones
- Two Protozoans (and a Sponge) for four flutes. (MIDI demo, score extract)
- Faint Clicks for four soprano saxophones (or four oboes). (MIDI demo)
- How Two Minds Can Know One Thing for chamber orchestra
- Studies of Nucleate Boiling in Thin Liquid Layers for chamber ensemble, symphonic wind band & jazz big band
- Rate-limiting Step for cello & harp
- Soutra Aisle for military band
- The Knowing of Things Together for didjeridu & ensemble
These are flexible bits of musical material, to re-use; sometimes as stand-alone pieces, more often as part of a bigger piece. Many of them appear as part of other works.
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Click on any title for more details; program notes, durations, forces etc. In some cases you will find various audio files and score extracts; these are noted in green. You can also use the drop-down meny above to look around the catalog.
For the time being, all the music in this site, whether scores, recordings, or MIDI files, is copyright © J. Simon van der Walt. Performing rights are administered by the Performing Rights Society, 29/33 Berners Street, London.
I say for the time being; I'm currently considering releasing all, or some, of my scores freely, with certain caveats and restrictions. Watch this space - I'm very happy for people to access my music and enjoy it in any way they can, as long as they remember who wrote it. (And please try to spell my name right; don't omit the 'J'!)
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