Richard Norris

Instrumental Composition
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Richard Norris

I am a composer of instrumental and electronic music. This site focusses on my instrumental sheet music. Sitting at the piano with a pad of manuscript paper in front of me has been my refuge from an early age. I enjoy the pressure of filling that page and discovering what will end up on there. Sometimes it flows, sometimes it is absolute agony. When the music eventually arrives, however, there is no better means of expression and sometimes it allows me to say something that I may not even have known that I had to say.

My instrumental music still remains a huge pleasure and emotional release, and it compliments the music that I write and perform with electronics. It remains incredibly refreshing to sit down and create something new that can only be performed using natural and acoustic means, be it a piano piece, a song or a guitar trio. The music that will be added to this site ranges from simplistic and melodic (dare I say it, even sometimes unashamedly pastiche) through to more experimental and atmospheric. Each piece has been through a significant artistic process and one which represents a time and period of my life. I hope that you are able to take something from each piece and enjoy performing it. I would love to hear your thoughts on my music.