Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber (b.1948)
Arranger: Jonathan Shaw (b.1995)
Date: 23rd to 29th May 2015
"For the final coursework of 'Instruments and Orchestration B', we had the choice of arranging various songs for various ensembles. The task I chose was to write an arrangement of a musical theatre song for a small pit band of specific instruments. The theatre songs available were: Lloyd Webber’s "Unexpected Song", Sondheim’s "Comedy Tonight", or Schwarz’s "Corner of the Sky". Of course, from the title you know which one I chose (don't sue me, Andrew!), although looking back, I really wish I had chosen Sondheim's piece instead..."
Read more about this piece here:
jshaw.co.uk/c80
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What is this channel?
As a composer in the 21st century, I thought it might be interesting to catalogue and share on all of the projects I have undertaken, both for your own curiosity, but also for my own personal reflection on my development as a composer, and to some extent, a practitioner.
In short, this "C List" is the "Chronological List" for all of my major projects, including my own works, but also transcriptions and arrangements of other composer's works, educational tasks, and unfinished works that merit cataloguing.
For each of the works, I provide a reflection (a "reminiscence") about its context, how, and why I wrote it, as well as some analyses.
On some of these projects, I have recorded the entire compositional process itself, which again may offer some insight into compositional methods of 21st century music.
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Software Used:
★Sibelius 7.5
★Adobe Premiere Elements 15
★EastWest Sample Libraries
© Jonathan Shaw 2018
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber (b.1948)
Arranger: Jonathan Shaw (b.1995)
Date: 23rd to 29th May 2015
"For the final coursework of 'Instruments and Orchestration B', we had the choice of arranging various songs for various ensembles. The task I chose was to write an arrangement of a musical theatre song for a small pit band of specific instruments. The theatre songs available were: Lloyd Webber’s "Unexpected Song", Sondheim’s "Comedy Tonight", or Schwarz’s "Corner of the Sky". Of course, from the title you know which one I chose (don't sue me, Andrew!), although looking back, I really wish I had chosen Sondheim's piece instead..."
Read more about this piece here:
jshaw.co.uk/c80
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What is this channel?
As a composer in the 21st century, I thought it might be interesting to catalogue and share on all of the projects I have undertaken, both for your own curiosity, but also for my own personal reflection on my development as a composer, and to some extent, a practitioner.
In short, this "C List" is the "Chronological List" for all of my major projects, including my own works, but also transcriptions and arrangements of other composer's works, educational tasks, and unfinished works that merit cataloguing.
For each of the works, I provide a reflection (a "reminiscence") about its context, how, and why I wrote it, as well as some analyses.
On some of these projects, I have recorded the entire compositional process itself, which again may offer some insight into compositional methods of 21st century music.
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Software Used:
★Sibelius 7.5
★Adobe Premiere Elements 15
★EastWest Sample Libraries
© Jonathan Shaw 2018
