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Written in 2002, Phillip Houghton has this to say about his work - Gothica: Book of Spooks and Spectres

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"Ever since I was a kid, I've loved the supernatural - a world we can't seem to get our minds around, as it is around us!.. a primeval world of raw instinct, chaos, mystery, the unknown.  To get a fix on it, we turn it into myth and think of it as the "dark side" of Nature.  But I believe it is simply Nature itself and part of ourselves: fantastical, beautiful, dangerous.  Something beyond "clock-time" and reason, that the mechanistic world would have driven out of us - but for those who hear the silent roar.  These pieces come from that place."

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​They may be 10 movements of one big (20 min) solo, or they may be mixed and matched in any order and amount - I'll leave that to the performer to decide.  While the pieces range in difficulty from approx. grades 4 or 5 (ie No. 2) to 7 or 8 (ie No 9) the challenge rests in the colour, texture and dynamic in the music: the atmosphere the feel. I hope they're fun! 'Gothica' is dedicated to Deborah Creamer."