scores | James Creed

SCORES

All of these scores are an open invitation to respond or to not respond however you would like. Specific musical material, when it appears, is generally quiet and slow to change, but this is not to imply that louder or faster readings of more "open" scores would be unwelcome—whatever they mean to you is the right thing to do.

All of them are freely available, though entirely optional nominal payment via the "donate" button (paypal) or small regular donation via Patreon is appreciated, and helps me keep making these things. Alternatively, consider donating to Medical Aid for Palestinians or Youth Music.

Please get in touch if you're interested in playing anything (or have any questions)—you don't need my permission or input in order to play my music, but I'd be glad to know.

PATREON

Tending

Flexible duration, flexible instrumentation (large update coming soon)

For eight strings and tines, or, "eddy"

Twenty minutes, four violins, two violas, two cellos, eight or more attack/free decay instruments, 2023

Trio:

after an étude by Hélène de Montgeroult, composer*

*Étude no. 28: Pour jouer un chant qui porte son accompagnement de la même main (1820)

Piano, bass clarinet and cello, at least eight minutes, 2023

Composed for Terra Invisus, trio

Piano Study 8: for Kate Ledger

30 mins approx., Piano and smartphones (or similar), 2023

Composed for Kate Ledger, pianist

Cradle Piece

For at least two players, flexible duration, 2022

One Guitar

Solo electric guitar with effects, approx 12 minutes, 2022

[untitled guitar piece]

(there's no score for [untitled guitar piece], just some notes here so that somebody could play it if they wanted to)

For Percussion

Solo percussion, 2022, three pieces:

1. Having only seen the score for James Tenney's Having Never Written a Note for Percussion whilst having never seen the score for Alvin Lucier's Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra

2. Having now seen the score for Alvin Lucier's Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra (which I had already heard) whilst having still only seen the score for James Tenney's Having Never Written a Note for Percussion

3. Having at last heard James Tenney's Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (which I had already read) and also seen the score for Alvin Lucier's Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra (which I had already heard)

Piano Study 7, or, the logical extension of both Piano Study 1 and Piano Study 6

Solo piano, 2022

Nomond, or, no more Lomond

Flexible instrumentation, flexible duration, 2022

Two Guitars

Electric guitar duo with effects, 25 minutes, 2022

Towmond

Flexible instrumentation or guitar with effects, flexible duration, 2022

Flute Study 1

Flute, one breath, 2022

Composed for Kathryn Williams's coming up for air

They don't write 'em like they used to