under development
three sections:
Solo Voice(s) with Instruments
Folk-song Arrangements
Joining the Dots Singing
Alan Bullard has written songs ever since he was a teenager. On of his earliest songs, written in 1967 when he was a student of Herbert Howells, When I am dead my dearest, is now in the ABRSM Singing syllabus.
And this one from the 1970s, To Music, is available free here.
SOLO VOICE WITH INSTRUMENT(S)
A Swan, A Man (2009)
baritone and piano
Autumn Evening (1979)
soprano, clarinet in B flat (or viola), and piano
Bede (2011)
Soprano and bass clarinet
Canonic Proverbs (2013)
soprano (or tenor) and recorders (one player)
Come live with me and be my love (1981)
medium voice and piano
Ground Song (1996)
soprano and string trio duration 6 mins.
I seek her in the shady grove (The Lost One)
high voice and piano 3 mins.
King Wenceslas – dramatic scena (2010)
soprano and recorder (treble/alto recorder doubling bass recorder) 9 mins.
Lament (1990)
soprano, clarinet, violin, harp and piano
or soprano, clarinet and piano duration 8 mins.
Love came down at Christmas
High voice or low voice and piano
Matin Song – in preparation
Music commended and scraping ridiculed (1976)
speaker and piano c.10 mins.
No other Gods but me (1993)
soprano, alto, and organ (or flute/recorder and piano) 3 mins
Pretty Ring Time (1980)
medium voice and piano 3 mins.
The Lost One (1999)
high voice and piano 3 mins.
The Painting Room (1987)
music for a film – including three songs for baritone
The Sea of Faith (1995)
high voice and piano 8 mins.
The Solitary Reaper (1995)
soprano and violin (or treble recorder, or oboe, or piano) 5 mins
The Year’s Awakening
Three Bird Songs (1985)
baritone and piano 7 mins.
To Music (1976)
medium voice and piano
When I am dead my dearest (1967)
voice and piano
Folk-song arrangements
Erin, o Erin (1981)
medium voice, clarinet in B flat (or viola) and piano
How can I keep from Singing?
voice and piano
Lord of all hopefulness
voice and piano
The Nutting Girl (1981)
high voice and piano, with optional clarinet (or viola, or violin, or treble recorder, or flute)
Three folk-carols (1988)
voice and violin
Arrangements for voice and piano for ABRSM Songbooks:
- Anna-Marie (Dutch folksong) recording of Anna-Marie here
- Guter Mond, du gehst so stille (German folksong)
- Home on the range (American folksong)
- Land of the Silver Birch (Canadian folksong)
- Pokearekare Ana (Maori folksong)
- The Mallow Fling (UK folksong)
- The Miller of Dee (UK folksong)
- The Oak and the Ash (UK folksong)
- The Water is Wide (UK folksong)
Joining the Dots Singing
Alan Bullard’s Joining the Dots series includes five books that develop sight-singing skills.
By working through these creative exercises and pieces, students can prepare for ABRSM face-to-face singing exams. The books can also be used to build confidence in musicianship classes, as a resource for choirs or audition preparation.
Joining the Dots is great training for ABRSM exams but also helps students approach new music with confidence when they are learning pieces or preparing for auditions.