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James
Bryce: photograph by Hugo Glendinning
Professional
acting enquiries, please contact:
James Bryce
c/o PLA Scotland
5 Union Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3LT
Tel: 0131-478-7878
Fax: 0131-478-7070
edinburgh@pla-uk.com
london@pla-uk.com Musical or
writing services, please contact:
James Bryce
50c Huntersfield Road
GOREBRIDGE
EH23 4TT
jb@jamesbryce.org.uk |
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 JAMES
BRYCE is involved in several areas of music:
composition, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar...
He was a Church organist for eight years.
With full sequencing and sampling facilities, he has
created works of New Music, Jazz,
Children's
Music, Rock & Folk, and for TV and radio, and
in 2002 was shortlisted by the
Society for the Promotion of New
Music for his work "Four Odes after Rumi" (see below).
Most of the
compositions on this page are available from the
Scottish Music Information Centre
or
by
emailing James
himself.
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ONLINE...
Some excerpts from tracks on this page -
highlighted as links - are available for online listening.
Please note that to do this, you will need the free
download
RealOne
Player.
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| Bootlegged
By His Own Hand (Figment 1) |
2000 |
An eclectic collection ranging from folk to music-hall to rock
to touches of jazz. Click on selected links for excerpts
from track. Please note that you will need RealPlayer
(a free download) to hear these clips.
Decidedly quirky songs... ranging somewhere between boogie-woogie and advanced atonality
(Glasgow Herald)
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| Just
Flying Kites (Figment 2) |
2002 |
Primarily
instrumental: touches of jazz, touches of rock, touches
of the classics, eclectic mix.
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Blues
Lullaby |
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Street
Party |
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Broadway |
| 4. |
McCarthy
Bayou |
| 5. |
End
of the Affair |
| 6. |
Instrumental
to, by, with or from |
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Sprinting Round a One-Inch Circle |
2002 |
This album
is now available, and here are excerpts from some of the
tracks. Please note that the clip from Confession
represents only 1min 48sec from the middle of this 4½ minute
piece.
"No concessions to fashion.... the work of
someone with a clear vision....very original lyrics..the ideas
come thick and fast" (Out of the Bedroom)
"Sets a fierce agenda when you want to cut
to the heart of the matter" (Musician)
"Intelligent, thought-provoking...... If
we'd known him for the last 20 or 30 years he'd probably sell
bushels of CD's" (MGCK)
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La Muerta |
2003 |
5
mins |
| Tango |
First performed 2003 by Tango Volcano
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| Bert
Finds his Dancing Feet (Almost) |
1997 |
5
mins |
| for
solo saxophone |
Premiered 1997
in a version for clarinet by Claire Hollyoake.
Performed several times in the saxophone version by Andreas
van Zoelen (tenor sax) 1999 onwards.
Excerpt from the clarinet version
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| Cloud
Dance |
1996 |
5
mins |
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string quartet and two wind instruments |
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| Fantasia
on London Themes |
1990 |
10
mins |
| for
Brass Band |
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| Little
Suite for Three Players |
2000 |
9
mins |
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piano, cello and lead instrument |
Premiered 2000
by Alex and Hesther Owen-Hill and James Hill
Note: this piece is suitable for Grade 3 players and
above
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| Not
Yet |
1998 |
5
mins |
| Aleatoric
piece for speaking voice and ensemble |
Premiered at the
Caithness Summer School 1999
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| Piece
for Bass Saxophone |
2000 |
11
mins |
| for
bass saxophone |
Premiered in
Edinburgh by Andreas van Zoelen (2000) and performed by David
Brutti at the 2007 Ravenna Festival in Italy
Excerpt
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| Prayer
For The Living |
1997 |
4
mins |
| for
sprechstimme and four trombones |
Premiered 1997
in Aberystwyth
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| Hopscotch |
BBC
Radio Scotland Education |
| Songs,
scripts and presentation |
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Imagination |
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2008 |
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Making Music |
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2007 (featuring
chorus of drill, horses, birds, dogs, and frogs) |
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Up and Down |
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2006 |
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You Never Can Tell |
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2006 |
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Healthy Eating |
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2005 |
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Wash Your Hands |
Spring |
2004 |
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Why Worry? |
Spring |
2003 |
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Easter |
Spring |
2002 |
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The Lost Toy |
Spring |
2001 |
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As Time Goes By |
Spring |
2000 |
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When You're New |
Autumn |
1999 |
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Different Friendships |
Autumn |
1998 |
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Spring Cleaning, Spring Death |
Spring |
1998 |
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Hello, I'm New |
Autumn |
1997 |
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Getting Better |
Autumn |
1996 |
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Bang on a Drum |
Autumn |
1995 |
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Hop,
Skip and Jump |
BBC
Radio Scotland Education |
| Incidental
Music |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2008 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2007 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2006 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2005 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2004 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2003 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2002 |
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Series of 5 programmes |
2001 |
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Series of 10 programmes |
2000 |
| The
Beast That Can Talk |
BBC
Radio Scotland |
| Incidental
music, songs, lyrics and vocals |
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The Bar at
the End of On-Line |
1996:
Programme 6 of the series |
| Zingalong |
BBC
Television |
| Theme
tune, generic song, and song arrangements |
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2002 |
On
Cbeebies |
Cbeebies
can be found on channels 622(Sky) 702(Telewest) and 599 or
68(NTL)
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Click here
for an example
of children's type music
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2006 |
Cinderella |
Compoer and MD.
Director Iain Grieve. |
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2005 |
Great Expectations |
Co-composer and
Co-MD. Director Graham McLaren |
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2005 |
Sleeping Beauty |
Composer and
Musical Durector. Director Iain Grieve |
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1977 |
As
You Like It |
Shakespearean
song settings and incidental music |
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| Edinburgh
Theatre Workshop |
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1978 |
A
Spy Tale |
Songs |
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1978 |
The
Odyssey |
Some
songs |
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1977 |
Beowulf |
Some
song settings |
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1979 |
Barricade |
Arrangements |
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1978 |
Inuit |
Arrangements |
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1981 |
Ella's
Fella |
Arrangements |
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1984 |
Murphy's
Wisdom |
One
original song |
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1987 |
Improbabilities |
Incidental
Music |
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1987 |
Goats |
Incidental
Music |
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2004 |
Sleeping Beauty |
Musical Director.
Director Tony Cownie |
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1995 |
Caucasian
Chalk Circle |
Some
arrangements |
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1994 |
Recruiting
Officer |
Original
music and song settings |
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1993 |
School
For Wives |
Incidental
music |
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1991 |
Comedians |
Song
settings and arrangements |
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2006 |
Invisible Man |
Composer and
Musical Director. Director Pete Clarke |
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2005 |
Mayhem |
Music and
song-settings |
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2000 |
Moon
Over Musselburgh |
Songs
and music. (Hear
Ivan's
Troika from this work) |
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A Right Good Do |
2007 |
| Parp! Films |
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Marvo and Doreen |
2007 |
| Parp! Films |
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| Jack
and Zack |
2003 |
| A
rather Pinteresque short based on "Jack and Jill went up
the hill" |
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Ten Minutes |
2003 |
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A film based on the actions of three people in the ten minutes
leading up to the silence on Remembrance Sunday |
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| Maneater |
1990 |
| A
curious short tale on the theme of "pins in the voodoo
doll" in which a woman takes revenge on her wayward lover
by baking a cake in his likeness. |
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