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Paul Burnell

Paul Burnell was born in 1960, Ystrad, South Wales and now lives and writes in London.  Albums include 'Leaving the Party on Pluto', 'Good to Go', 'Sticking with Childish Things', 'Face Each Aged Ache'  'Cabbage Heads', 'Accompanied Readings Vol. 1 and Vol. 2', 'Acute Suites', and 'Griff Said Ruff'.  The album 'It May Have Been' with pianist James Bacon was released in 2016, and 'Accompanied Readings Vol. 2' was released in 2018.

The piece 'Birthday' was selected by Leatherhead Choral Society for their composition competition and was performed by them in July 2018.

In 2019 premieres were given by Hannah Cresswell (flute) & Constance Chow (piano), Jordan Wright Murray (percussion) and the CoMA East Midlands Ensemble.

'December Air' for voices was included in the 2022 publication 'Choral Partsongs'

CoMA Voices premiered 'So (Not) To Speak' in 2022, and that piece was the title track on an album of voice pieces released in 2023.

The album 'Woodland So Brightly' is released in 2024, featuring a collection of pieces featuring oboes and recorders.

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Sheet music

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From the Air Emerges a Drone
Classical / Work with Narrator
This is a Link, for narrator
Classical / Work with Narrator
Most popular
  1. 2 Ping, for piano, optional: drone on low G, bowls
    Classical / Contemporary
  2. Four Minutes - Four Daydreams, for flexible ensemble
    Classical / Contemporary
  3. Ophelia's Last Song, for solo voice
    Classical / Contemporary
  4. All the Same, for flexible ensemble - Score
    Classical / Crossover
  5. Just Before Dawn, for piano(s) and/or other instruments
    Classical / Contemporary

Blog

02 May 2025, Article
Organ piece premiere 8 August 2025 - David Bohn
'Out of the Woebegone Pyre' has been selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring organist David Bohn as one of fifteen pieces by composers from around the world. The performance of the set of fifteen is scheduled as part of the Organ Historical ...
21 March 2025, Article
Wha-Do-Ya Mean? - performance
The voice piece 'Wha-Do-Ya Mean?' is scheduled for performance by CoMA Singers, directed by Janet Oates, on Wednesday 2nd April, 7.45 pm at the Brady Arts and Community Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street, London E1 5HU. A programme of new and recently ...