Listen to Jasper’s composition performed by the Queensland Youth Chamber Orchestra, 30 September, Old Museum, Bowen Hills.
Listen to Jasper’s original composition submitted with his entry.
I have loved all sorts of music since I was born. My mum would play songs from Eurovision and dad would play songs from Rage. Mum took me to the Babies Proms shows at the Sydney Opera House. When I was 3 I told my mum I wanted to play double bass. As a compromise I started violin at 4.
In grade 1 I joined the Sydney Children’s Choir and have been singing and learning with them ever since. At choir I found friends as into music as I was. I also learned about a lot of great music and modern Australian composers. I got to meet some of them too. At primary school I was in all the music groups I could possibly join – school band (violin), recorder group, clarinet group, ukulele and choir.
I’ve always been making up songs but I have only started writing them down properly since I started at the Conservatorium High School.
Composition Inspiration
This is my first orchestral piece. It was inspired by the music of fantasy computer role playing adventure games like Skyrim. I started with the theme and then added layer after layer of harmony and rhythm to enrich the climactic ending. I wanted to give the violas and violin II something more interesting to play then they might usually get.
The piece starts small but quickly takes you on an adventure. I hope people will find it exciting and maybe they will imagine meeting their new dragon friend.