Africa Suite

A series of contrasting books for four Guitars. Useful ensemble or group teaching material.

Composer's notes:

Rich in Life was inspired by a comment made by a young African girl in a television documentary:Reflecting on her desperate situation she managed to say 'I may be poor in wealth but I am rich in life...'. In Rainy Season I have tried to imitate the sound of the Kalimba, a simple wooden instrument with metalresonators. Night Sky has a sequence of 'orbital' rhythms imitating the movement of the stars. Finally, in Harvest a positive and driving rhythmic texture.