Big Top (2021)

for orchestra (2.2.2.2 4.2.3.1, tmp, 2 perc, strings)

Duration: 5’

Commissioned by Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra

Suitable for performance by community orchestra with family audience in mind. The circus-themed work introduces children to the sections of the orchestra through the reimagining of the familiar tune If You’re Happy and You Know It in contrasting styles.

Performances

26 March 2023, Beecroft Orchestra, Joanna Drimatis, St Alban’s Church Hall, Epping, NSW, 2:30pm

23 May 2021, Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, George Ellis, St Ives Uniting Church, NSW, 2pm and 3:30pm