SCA SECRETARY - b.1976 Kingston-upon-Thames. Winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Composition Prize 2003 (Piano Quartet).
SPNM shortlisted composer (Typhus 99, Nuts & Bolts 02). After a gap year in Pakistan, a BA (Bristol 98) and a MusM (Manchester 99) he now teaches music in Bristol. He has written music for four plays, and two short operatic works - Crossed Wires (Huddersfield Festival 97) and 3 Sliced Mice - commissioned by Five Brothers Pasta Sauces and performed under his own baton in Bristol. His music has also been performed by the Contemporary Consort, Fidelio Piano Quartet, COMA's London Ensemble, Bristol University Symphony Orchestra. His piano duet Changes was recently broadcast in Austria. He writes music for Christian worship, and a new setting of O little town of Bethlehem was released November 03 on the Naxos Book of Carols CD, sung by the award-winning choir Tonus Peregrinus, (conducted by his brother Antony Pitts) and released in July 04 by Faber. John also has conducted Tarantara Tarantara, Pirates of Penzance and Gondoliers with the Bristol Savoy Operatic Society - Iolanthe in July 06.
Scores and Parts are available online from SibeliusMusic (price in $US), or order hard copies direct from the composer (price in £UK, +£3 p&p per order).
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Some scores now available as paperbacks - please see below!
The SCA online database currently lists 88 scores by John Pitts.
| Title | Year | Instrumentation | Mins | Other Information | Audio | View score | Publ. |
| 3 Sliced Mice | 2001 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 21-30 | fp 2001 University of Bristol. Commissioned by Five Brothers Pasta Sauces. £100 hire incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| 4 Short Pieces | 2001 | Recorder, Piano | 7-8 | For recorder or flute, increasing in difficulty, starting from very easy. $1 each online, £2 hard copy each (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| 7 Airs & Fantasias | 2007 | Piano | 30+ |  Order the printed sheet music £11.95 + £1.80P&P Please allow 7 days delivery time for UK and EU, 3 weeks worldwide.
A collection of 7 Airs & Fantasias for solo piano. The airs are essentially melody-dominated, and the fantasias are pieces in free form with a minimalistic use of repeated and rotating patterns.
[79 pages]
Released on CD - see cd.tp/ipm08 for further info. |
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| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1997 | Piano | 16-20 | Music for the play, performed by Bristol University Drama Society in 1997. | N/A | N/A | |
| A Winter Night (mvmt 1) | 2008 | Piano | 5-6 |  Order the printed sheet music
£5.95 + £1.80P&P
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"A Winter Night" is a tranquil, relaxing, minimalistic piece for piano players of an intermediate standard (approximately grades 4-5). Easy listening.
[15 pages]
Movement 1 1. First Hints of Snow in the Meadow |
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| A Winter Night (mvmt 2) | 2008 | Piano | 4 | 2. Icy Pond |
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| A Winter Night (mvmt 3) | 2008 | Piano | 3 | 3. Melting Stream | listen | view score | |
| Agnus Dei | 1993 | Choir | 2 | SATB. $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Air 1 "Gentle Interweaving" | 1992 | Piano | 3 | Released on CD Dunelm DRD0238, SCA. $1 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | Dunelm cd |
| Air 2 "After Satie" | 1994 | Piano | 3 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Air 3 "On an anagram" | 1995 | Piano | 4 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Air 4 "Sarabande" | 1995 | Piano | 4 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Air 5 "Calmly Contented" | 1995 | Piano | 3 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Air 6 "Modal Twist" | 2000 | Piano | 4 | Released on CD Dunelm DRD0238, SCA. $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | Dunelm cd (then named Fantasy V) |
| Air 7 "Cantabile Mist" | 2006 | Piano | 5-6 | N/A | view score | ||
| All Glory Laud and Honour | 2003 | Choir+accomp | 4 | SATB. $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| An Autumn Evening (mvmt 1) | 2009 | Piano | 4 | listen | view score | ||
| And After These Things | 2000 | Choir | 7-8 | $6 online, £4.50 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| And After These Things | 2000 | String Sextet | 7-8 | String version of "And after these things". Another version for String Orchestra is called "Voice From the Throne", and was highly commended by the Oare String Orchestra . $6 online, £12 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| And I saw a new heaven | 1999 | Chamber Orchestra | 9-10 | £35 hire incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Antigone | 1996 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 16-20 | Music for the play, performed by Bristol University Drama Society in 1996. | N/A | N/A | |
| Are You Going? | 2003 | Piano six hands | 4 |  Order the printed sheet music £6.95 + £1.80P&P
Please allow 7 days for delivery within the UK or EU, and 3 weeks worldwide.
Two pieces for 2 or 3 pianists at one piano. ARE YOU GOING? for 3 pianists is a fast, complex, layered, polyphonic romp based on the folk-melody Scarborough Fair, pulled around in various time-warps - mesmerising to watch and rewarding to play. CHANGES is for piano duet, a minimalistic counting duel, with sections in both 14 and 15 quavers per bar, building to a climactic and impressive-to-behold finish. Great fun to get your and your friends' fingers round! (Standard grade 8+). [19 pages] |
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| Backcloth | 1999 | Brass Quartet | 9-10 | $9 online, £12 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Cerebrations | 1998 | String Quartet | 11-15 | 
Order the printed sheet music score and parts £19 + £2.50P&P
Please allow 7 days for delivery within the UK or EU, and 3 weeks worldwide.
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| Changes | 1995 | Piano Duet | 3 | Order the printed sheet music £6.95 + £1.80P&P
Please allow 7 days for delivery within the UK or EU, and 3 weeks worldwide.
Two pieces for 2 or 3 pianists at one piano. ARE YOU GOING? for 3 pianists is a fast, complex, layered, polyphonic romp based on the folk-melody Scarborough Fair, pulled around in various time-warps - mesmerising to watch and rewarding to play. CHANGES is for piano duet, a minimalistic counting duel, with sections in both 14 and 15 quavers per bar, building to a climactic and impressive-to-behold finish. Great fun to get your and your friends' fingers round! (Standard grade 8+). [19 pages] |
listen | view score | Dunelm cd, lulu.com |
| Crossed Wires | 1997 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 9-10 | fp Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 1997, spnm Music Theatre project. £40 hire incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Dreams Do Show Thee Me | 2001 | Voice+accomp | 5-6 | $3.50 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Eternal Love | 2002 | Voice+accomp | 4 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Fantasia (on a Pakistani Hymn-tune) | 1998 | Flute, Clarinet, Cello, Harp | 7-8 | fp members of Brunel Ensemble, workshop at Bristol Uni 1998. $9 online, £12 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Fantasia 1 "Clockwork 5 4" | 1993 | Piano | 3 | Released on CD Dunelm DRD0238, SCA. (Recording on this site different). $1 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | Dunelm cd |
| Fantasia 2 "On the Westminster Chimes" | 1995 | Piano | 4 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Fantasia 3 "Parallel Octaves" | 1994 | Piano | 4 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Fantasia 4 "Wind Chimes" | 1995 | Piano | 7-8 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Fantasia 5 "Bells in 9 8" | 2005 | Piano | 4 | $4 online,
£3 hard copy (+P&P) (Previously named Fantasy VI). |
listen | view score | |
| Fantasia 6 "Half-Second-Hand" | 2007 | Piano | 5-6 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Fantasia 7 "All in a chord" | 2007 | Piano | 5-6 | $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Fantasy I | 1993 | Harpsichord | 3 | $1 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Fun 4 Three | 1996 | Oboe, Piano, Gloved hand | 4 | $2 online plus parts, £6 hard copy, incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Jesus said, I AM | 2001 | Choir | 9-10 | SSATBB. $8 online, £6 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Journey Through a Distant Land | 1999 | Flexible Instrumentation | 7-8 | Written for COMA. £15 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | N/A | |
| Lord Jesus, Come! | 2001 | Choir+accomp | 4 | SATB and Organ, SATB (unaccomp), or Unison & Piano. $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Love Me Not For Comely Grace | 1993 | Voice+accomp | 3 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Mischief | 1996 | Piano | 1 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Misella Puella | 1993 | Flute, Piano | 2 | Light jazz. $3 online, £4 hard copy, incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Motet 4 Eight | 1996 | Choir | 3 | SSAATTBB. $4 online, £5 photocopiable hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| My God, I Love Thee | 2003 | Voice+accomp | 3 | congregational hymn/song | N/A | view score | |
| My Lute, Awake! | 1998 | Voice, Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 5-6 | Also available for high voice and guitar, or high voice and mixed chamber ensemble (incl Harp). $8 online, £10 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| My Lute, Awake! | 1998 | Voice, Guitar | 5-6 | Also available for: high voice & mixed chamber group (with/without harp). $3.50 online, £4 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Nuts & Bolts | 2001 | Violin, Piano, Percussion | 5-6 | spnm shortlist Also version without percussion (Nut & Bolt). $8 online, £8 hard copy, incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | 1992 | Choir + organ | 4 | released November 03 on the Naxos Book of Carols CD, sung by the award-winning choir Tonus Peregrinus. Book available here for £9.95, including a copy of the cd. | listen | N/A | Faber Music, Naxos |
| Passacaglia | 2000 | Organ | 5-6 | $9.50 online, £6.50 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Passacaglia | 2000 | Piano Duet | 5-6 | $6.50 online, £6.50 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Passacaglia | 2000 | Orchestra | 7-8 | fp Bristol University Symphony Orchestra 2001. £35 hire incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Peter Piper | 1997 | Voice, Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 5-6 | $7 online, £9 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Piano Quartet | 2002 | Piano Quartet | 11-15 | Winner of the
Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Composition Prize 2003 (Piano Quartet). First performed by the Fidelio Quartet in the Royal Festival Hall in May 2003. $13 online, £22 hard copy (+P&P) |
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| Piano Trio | 2001 | Piano Trio | 11-15 | Quartet version of this piece won the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Composition Prize 2003. $12 online, £18 hard copy, incl parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Piece 4 Six | 1997 | String Quartet, 2 Percussion | 5-6 | $6 online, £8 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Prelude | 1995 | Organ | 3 | $1 online, £2 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Prelude, Sarabande & Fugue | 2001 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 11-15 | Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, Harpsichord, Violin, Cello. Also available for: 3 recorders/flutes, harpsichord, bass viol/cello. $9 online, £13 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Prelude, Sarabande & Fugue | 2001 | 3 recorders/flutes, harpsichord, viol/cello | 9-10 | Also available for: Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, Harpsichord, Violin, Cello. $9 online, £13 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Psalm 13 | 1994 | Choir | 2 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Serenade | 1994 | Guitar | 3 | $2.50 online, £2 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Square Dance | 1998 | Large Mixed Ensemble | 7-8 | $9 online, £15 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Sweet Day | 1994 | Voice+accomp | 2 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Swirling Skirmish | 2002 | Flute, Harp | 9-10 | Also available for: Recorder and Harpsichord, Accordian Duet, Oboe and Harp, Saxophone and Piano. $7 online, £7 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Swirling Skirmish | 2002 | Saxophone, Piano | 9-10 | Also available for: Recorder and Harpsichord, Flute and Harp, Oboe and Harp, two Accordians. $7 online, £7 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Swirling Skirmish | 2002 | Accordian duet | 9-10 | Also available for: Recorder and Harpsichord, Flute and Harp, Oboe and Harp, Saxophone and Piano. $7 online, £7 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Swirling Skirmish | 2002 | Oboe, Harp | 9-10 | Also available for: Recorder and Harpsichord, Flute and Harp, Saxophone and Piano, two Accordians. $7 online, £7 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Swirling Skirmish | 2002 | Recorder, Harpsichord | 9-10 | Also available for: Oboe and Harp, Flute and Harp, Saxophone and Piano, two Accordians. $7 online, £7 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Table Manners | 1996 | Cello | 9-10 | Music for the play by Alan Ayckbourn, performed by Bristol University Drama Society in 1996 | N/A | N/A | |
| The Fawn | 1996 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 9-10 | soprano, 2 pianos, mixed chamber ensemble | N/A | N/A | |
| The Inmates | 1999 | Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 16-20 | Music for play, performed in Manchester's Green Room, by Manchester University Drama Department. | N/A | N/A | |
| The Pilgrim | 1995 | Voice+accomp | 2 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden | 2000 | Choir | 3 | SSATBB, wedding anthem. $2 online, £1.50 per hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Thy Way, Not Mine, O Lord | 2000 | Choir | 3 | SATB, recorded by Tonus Peregrinus, released on Naxos CD "Hymnes & Songs of the Church" - the complete Gibbons melodies plus some new! Sheet music available from Tonus Peregrinus. | N/A | view score | Naxos cd |
| Tiger Raag | 2002 | Cello | 7-8 | Also available for solo violin or viola, or as duet or trio. $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Tiger Raag | 2002 | String Trio | 7-8 | Also available as solos or duet for violin, viola or cello. $5.50 online, £7 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Tiger Raag | 2002 | Violin | 7-8 | Also available as solos for viola or cello, or as duet or trio. $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Tiger Raag | 2002 | Viola | 7-8 | Also available as solo for violin or cello, or duet or trio. $4 online, £3 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Toccata | 1999 | Piano | 9-10 | 
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£7.95 + £1.80P&P
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TOCCATA for piano is a tour de force of driving energy, based on a few simple cells of musical material explored and developed over a ten minute period: technically demanding, mentally strenuous, the music's energy is regulated until the final release in the last section, where use is made of the entire range of the keyboard, all the thematic fragments converge, and uninterrupted momentum is achieved. Toccata is a concert show-piece for accomplished players (grade 8 and beyond).
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| Typhoid | 2001 | Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano | 5-6 | fp Contemporary Ensemble, The Warehouse 1999. spnm shortlist. $10 online, £12 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Typhus | 1997 | Voice, Mixed Chamber Ensemble | 5-6 | Countertenor, guitar, violin, cello $10 online, £12 hard copy incl. parts(+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| Violin Duet I | 1994 | Violin Duet | 2 | $1 online, £2 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Violin Duet II | 1994 | Violin Duet | 2 | $1 online, £2 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Violin Duet III | 1994 | Violin Duet | 1 | $1 online, £2 hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Voice From The Throne | 2001 | String Orchestra | 5-6 | String Orchestra version of "And after these things", Highly commended by the Oare String Orchestra . £30 hard copy incl. parts (+P&P) | N/A | view score | |
| Was There E'er | 1994 | Voice+accomp | 3 | $1 online, £1 hard copy (+P&P) | listen | view score | |
| You Are Worthy, O Lord | 2001 | Voice+accomp | 4 | congregational hymn/song. SSATBB, wedding anthem. $1 online, £1 per hard copy (+P&P) | N/A | view score |
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