Originally composed for piano, each piece is constructed using a very limited range of pitch and one or two simple ideas. I wrote these as models for composition students to perform and, hopefully, to ignite a spark and create their own music using the techniques that can be easily analysed within each piece. Some titles are self-explanatory but here’s a very brief outline of each piece: i: a simple spark (playing with one, simple, rhythmic and melodic pattern) ii. cage walks (bi-tonality, controlled dissonance) iii. day dreaming (whole tone scale and melodic palindromes) iv. points and lines v. lullaby (melody and accompaniment, simple structure) vi. snap! (alternating time signatures) vii. lament (parallel movement) viii. questions and answers ix. somewhat blue (chromaticism) x. up and down xi. a little jaunt (imitation, inversions, texture) xii. …and finally (hemiola)