Ross Harris: Symphony no. 2

Amanda Riddell
Mar 10, 2023
1 min read

I hadn't heard that before - I had a CD which had some of his pieces and Anthony Ritchie's, but I haven't heard all his symphonies. Ross gave me one piece of vocal writing advice during a Nelson conference that was really good, though: setting female voices above the E a tenth above Middle C is when the diction becomes difficult.

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