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Album: MUSIC for BOSCH PEOPLE

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Music for Children
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“ The works for young performers exhibit Alex’s experience, range and enthusiasm - they should be embraced and adopted by music groups and sound hubs nationwide”
Royal Academy of Music

Candyfolk Space-Drum (30mins)

AlexPaxton · Candyfolk Space - Drum. Excerpt. Alex Paxton

flute, clarinet, trumpet, 2 keys, violin
Jazz Drum Kit
improvising soloist
Children’s Chorus

Community Opera

NOGGIN and the WHALE.
 (45mins
)
“I absolutely loved this, without reservation.”
- Judith Weir Master of the Queens Music

500 instrumentalists (ages 4-18),Children’s orchestra, Large children’s chorus, Tenor, Narrator, Improvisers, soloists and participating audience

NOGGIN & the WHALE
Band, Tutti Orchestra, Youth orhcestra, Children’s Chorus

Myles Eastwood Producer and Engineer
Eastwood Records Limited

MUSIC for CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA

BIRD MONSTER (circa 6mins)

for large children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra

THE SMELLING TEST
for large children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra

"You lookit and you smell it and you cover and check it
you smell it and you taste it. DON'T TASTE IT till you know what it is!"
excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton



The Sound of Magic
for large children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra. And a singing audience.
“I will be the next one that magic stuff happens to. Next time (you’ll see!) it will happen to be me.”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

an interactive perfromance of Alex’s Trombone Concerto Od Ody Pink’d for Orchestra and Jazz musician.

MUFFIN
for large children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra and a larger number of muffins.


“...Melty triple-chocolate-muffin dribbles in the fluff.
Icky fluff
Stickystuff
Yumyumyum....”

STOP MESSIN’ WIV my SKY
for  children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

YOU are SO OLD!
Band, Children’s Orchestra, Youth orhcestra, Children’s Chorus



SAPPHO WISDOM  (3 mins) for Youth Orchestra and children’s orchestra ages 4-18


FLY, Like a Kitchen.
for large children’s (ages 4-11) orchestra, choir and a singing audience.

“And when I can fly, I’m giving you my scooter,
And when I have wings, my computer’s yours,
So i can concentrate on things that really matter,
Like flying so close to the sun with my song.”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

Trumpet Crumpet. Band, Tutti Orchestra, Youth orhcestra, Children’s Chorus


GIMME GOOD PRESENTS!
a Christmas hit for large KS2 orchestra.


“Next year I will be good,
I will be good, I pwomise.”

PAPER-MACHE BALLOONFACE
for large (ages 7-11) orchestra


Paper-Mâché Balloonface, oooooh yeah.”

SAPPHO WISDOM
for junior String Orhcestra ages 4-9
“If you are squeamish,
Do not prod the beach rubble.”
Sappho 570 BCE
translation Mary Bernhard

RAINY RAIN RAIN
for large children’s orchestra (ages 4-11) and thunderstorm.
excerpt
“For the rain it raineth every day”
                        - Shakespeare init

GRUMBLETROT and GROVALSNOT
(The Merry-Go-Round Monsters)Children’s Orchestra and Choir

“I love the way you pick your nose with your tiny slimey toes! Stay the way you are!”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

WHAT CAN YOU SING US?!
for junior open score instrumental ensemble

AT ROUND
for young audiences


a TIME to TALK of TALK and TIME and SEA
for large secondary school concert orchestra.

MUSIC for CHILDREN’S CHORUS

PUDDING TUMMY
for children’s chorus and piano



“This is the tummy where I put my pudding when the main course tummy is full”excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

WHEN I CAN FLY
for children’s chorus


GOODBYE WHALEBand, Youth orhcestra, Tenor, Children’s Chorus


HARBOUR MASTER’s RAPBand, youth orhcestra rappers, tutti improvisers


Much Too Clever for Me. Band, youth orhcestra, Children’s Chorus, tutti improvisers


‘CLING’ sings the BARREL on his MASSIVE nose
Band, youth orhcestra, Children’s Chorus


GEMME GOOD PRESENTS


DON’T LICK CLOTHES! (even if they smell nice)
for children’s chorus and piano
“Leave those clothes alone what have they done to you?
T-shirts don’t belong upon the menu!
Though the conditioner is soft
and smells like grandma’s house,
they’ll leave you feeling fluffy in the mouth”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

SHOUT INTO the SILENCERound for Jubilate Children's Worship 750 voice Chorus,
Bow Bones Sackbut Unit, Organ.
Pray. So we will pray. So we will pray. So we will pray.
We will play as well. We will play as well. We will play as well. We will play as well. And then we're gunna sing. And then we're gunna sing. And then we're gunna sing. And then we're gunna sing.Shout into the Silence! Shout into the Silence! Shout into the Silence! Shout into the Silence!
Sing I am. I am. I am. I pray.


GRAVYART
Children’s chorus and piano

‘Don’t bother wearing white ‘cos its no good for you,
If they see you in that light then say: “no, no, no”
Don’t let them get your art replaced by plain exquisite taste (boring!)
Fight the faceless form of blank conformity!’


excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

SALAMANDA ONESIE
for children’s chorus
“Once in the woods, I am safe there,
because nobody cares what I’m wearing there.
They would not dare start staring
at my salamander onsie and the way I eat flies.”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

CRISP FARM
for children’s chorus
“Thats where we will go and our crisps will grow, in our underground crisp farm.”

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

CONGREGATIONAL MASS
for choir of young people ages 12-15

GO So FAH!
songs for Ks1 & Ks2  (ages 5-11)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
I’m still alive
And this I know
Because the music tells me so!

DOH, RAY, ME, FAH, SOH,
And this I know
When others here me
Lah as I go to school...
...So What!?

C, D, E, F, G
Its great for me
To know what I want to DOH
Where I want to go,
Why I want to show ME DOH
What I want to know
Where I want to go
Because the music tells me SOH FAH
excerpt: copyright©alexpaxton

LIGHT SONG
“Music as my guide” songs for Ks2  (ages 7-11)

We are walkin’ together
We are wonderin’ on and on.
Through the good life and weather
We will follow towards the light of our song!

We are wanderin’ together,
What is goin’ on,
Whether others will follow us
Walking towards the light of our song!

Just follow me!
Walk with us through our wandering tune.
Just follow me!
Walk with us to our wonderful truth.
excerpt: copyright©alexpaxton

SONGS for YOUNG CHILDREN (KS1/EYFS)

STAY THE WAY YOU ARE
for young choir (ages 5-6)
The VERY SMELLY STABLE
Alternative nativity play songs for children aged 3-5


The cows smelt a lot like cows
Just like a lot of cows do
And when they'd stopped smelling like cows
They sang a lot like cows too.

Moo moo moo moo moo moo
Moo moo moo moo moo
Moo moo moo moo moo moo
Moo moo moo moo moo

The chickens smelt a lot…
Chicken Lickin’…

The T.Rex smelt a lot…
Rarrw  rarrw rarrw rarrw rarrw rarrw

The mother smelt a lot like chocolate…
Love love love love love love

excerpt.  copyright©alexpaxton

SQUEAKY BICYCLEaleatoric music game song for Early Years.

SNAILS ON MY SHOULDERSSolfège songs for Early years & Ks1 (ages 5-7)

MY MOM’s a REAL BIG FISH
Educational songs for Early years & Ks1 (ages 5-7)

excerpt

I LIKE CHOCOLATE IN MY TEA
Songs for Early years & Ks1 (ages 3-7)





This is original composed music for children. Please also see orchestrations & arrangments for various ilks of decompositon.