My early studies in composition and piano were at N.Z.S.M. (New Zealand School of Music) on Symonds St in Auckland in 1975. I was one of its first students and spent three years there before moving to Sydney, Australia.

String Quartet “From Another Time”
Copyright © Barry Carter 1978, 2003 APRA / ASCAP

Written in New Zealand during the summer of 1978, revised in 2003 in Salt Lake City, first performed in June of 2004 during the recording of the below demo. Composed for the unusual string quartet combination of two Violas, Violin and Violoncello. (A version for standard quartet is also available.)

Excerpts from the four movements performed by: The Alley Quartet:

Violin - Kelly Parkinson, Viola 1 - Leslie Harlow, Viola 2 - Candice Wagner, Cello - Ellen Bridger
    First - A four excerpt seque (3:48)
    Second - One excerpt (1:09)
    Third - Two excerpt segue (3:22)
    Fourth - Two excerpt segue (3:07)

Wedding Suite
Copyright © Barry Carter 1979, 2003 APRA / ASCAP

Composed for church organ. Written for my first marriage in Sydney, Australia in 1979.

Excerpts from three of the five movements.
    Processional (:40)
    Leaving (1:45)
    Fugue (2:09)

Martin’s Saraband
Copyright © Barry Carter 2000 APRA / ASCAP

Composed in 2000 as an 80th birthday present for friend and collegue Martin Zwick who held the principal clarinet chair in the Utah Symphony for 27 years during the 1940's, 50’s and 60’s, under Maurice Abravanel.

    Sample (1:22)

(The Just Plain Folks Music Awards claim they have become the largest music awards show in the world with more than 20,000 albums and more than 250,000 songs entered. They claim that they are 25 times bigger than the Grammys. The performance of Martin’s Saraband by INISH made it as far as the finals in 2004.)

Piece for Peace 
Copyright © Barry Carter 1979, 2003 APRA / ASCAP

The first part was written without a piano as an exercise in 1979. It was revised in 2003 and the second part was added.

    Sample (2:38)

Six Folk Preludes
Copyright © Barry Carter 1977, 2003 APRA / ASCAP

Composed 1977 they were intended to part of a complete set of preludes in every key that never eventuated. Revised in 2003. Excerpts from three of the six pieces.

    One (2:00)

    Six (2:04)

    Five (2:59)

Miscellaneous

Samples of music inspired by the songs in The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. (The complete set has more than 70 pieces of music of various length. I am still hoping to acquire the rights to use the lyrics.)

     Sample One (1:45)

     Sample Two - guitar, mandola, bass - Barry Carter / violin - Kate MacLeod (:55)

     Sample Three - guitar - Barry Carter (1:23)

     Sample Four - guitar, bodhran, bass - Barry Carter / tenor recorder - Marian Price-Carter / violin - Kate MacLeod

                                      (1:42)

Copyright © Barry Carter 2004 APRA / ASCAP

(Sample Four is a segue containing two pieces: EleventyOne & The Springle-ring.)
N.B. These pieces have no connection to the music used in the New Line movies other than they are both inspired by the same work.

N.B. Musicians have been name, otherwise all instruments are MIDI samples.
      The String Quartet is a demo performance. 

      Manuscripts of all the above samples are available by contacting me through the Contact link.