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Navona Records to feature Paul Halley’s compositions
The award-winning Benda Quartet assembles on QUADRANTS VOL. 5 to deliver a stunning, razor-sharp collection of contemporary string works. Composers Christopher J. Hoh, Ferdinando DeSena, Christopher Brakel, Michael Murray, and...
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ListenFree Scores
Paul Halley is now giving away his scores… for FREE! Scores include all his tracks from his first CD ‘The Halley Quartet’ including Angel, The Hand of Fate,Midnight, Cello Fantasia, Autumn, Adagio in F and...
ListenNew Track: Winter (3rd movement)
This is the start of the 3rd movement of my Winter quartet (the 2nd movement is actually the “Midnight” track from my first album.) I want this last movement to be as catchy and more intense than the 1st movement...
ListenNew Track: Wrath Of The Storm
Congratulations to Alex who came up with the name “Wrath Of The Storm” for my latest composition. In addition to naming the track, he’ll be receiving a signed autographed copy of my music CD. Listen to the...
ListenPaul Halley Meets Composer Ann Carr-Boyd
Ann Carr-Boyd, photographed here with me at my Bundanoon concert, is one of Australia’s most famous composers. Ann’s brilliant music has been an inspiration for myself and many other Australian and international...
ListenIntroducing the Halley Quartet
The newly reformed Halley Quartet consists of 3 musicians of Eastern European origin, (Alexandra Loukianova from Russia and George Kowalik and Michael Wieczorek form Poland) as well as Catrina Hughes from Australia. Between them,...
ListenThe Composition Process
When composing I always like to ensure that each piece has several very “catchy” and easily identifiable themes. Sometimes the themes can be simple motifs of a few notes while other times they can be very lyrical...
ListenFuture Projects
I am currently writing many new pieces. Several of my currently single movement pieces for string quartet are being developed into 3 or 4 movement pieces. My current biggest project is my “4 seasons” project, which...
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