DUO1 (2011)
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Hails, J. (2011). DUO1. [Musical score]. Edinburgh, Scotland

DUO1 is a work for two bass clarinets.
It was requested and first performed by Sarah Watts and Heather Roche.
This work forms part of a series of works exploring different ways of notating (and thereby making) chamber music.
Initial research for t... Read More about DUO1.

De contemplationis digitis. (2003)
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Hails, J. (2003). De contemplationis digitis. [Musical score]. Cheltenham, UK

In this piece, my research aim was to develop the contrary relationship of the flute (blown, sustained sound) to piano (struck, decaying sound) in the context of a playful formal scheme relating text and music.

Initial conversation with the flauti... Read More about De contemplationis digitis..

Cantus 1. (2002)
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Hails, J. (2002). Cantus 1. [Musical score]. London, UK

The objective in writing Cantus 1 was to produce a very controlled piece of violin writing using a limited number of pitches, while the piano plays a very passive role, quietly keeping time with chords echoing the violin's harmonies. The soundworld w... Read More about Cantus 1..

Pied Beauty.
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Hails, J. (2014). Pied Beauty. [Musical score]. Edinburgh, Scotland

Composition for soprano and two scordatura violas (alternatively, for soprano and stereo fixed media playback)