THE COMPOSER
Il Giocatore-A modern day opera about golf, love, & murder. This worked earned Joyce the moniker “Celtic Puccini” from the singer.
Music based on her Scottish heritage:
Highland Jazz, a creative fusion of jazz with traditional Scottish rhythms playfully called a “Scot McJoplin” style by her fans.
Scottish Rhapsody - a full orchestration of music based on the rhythms of Scottish poems.
Joyce composes music, but does not write lyrics. She works with a number of lyricists.
“Via Della Spiga” An
Instrumental for piano and saxophone inspired by a visit to the famous street
in
Scottish Rhapsody: Symphonic Poem arranged for orchestra
Saturn Symphony: Interactive space music composed and performed by Joyce for the Chabot Space ……
Dragon Skies: An soundtrack based on ancient Chinese musical themes
commissioned by the Chabot Space & Science Center Planetarium for the planetarium show and exhibit. Joyce composed and recorded the soundtrack.
A collection of 8 original songs: “Love Laughter and Tears”
“A Musical Celebration of Oakland”: Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce Centennial celebration of 10
original songs about the history of the city and its famous people covering the
1905-2005. Joyce performed her music
live at the celebration and was part of its ensemble of operatic singers. Deemed an “historical event” the Chamber has
produced a CD of this music recorded at Fantasy Studios in
“Vilamoura” An instrumental for piano and violin inspired by a villa in the Portuguese sun.
Contemporay:
Millennium 2000: An orchestral composition intended as a science fiction soundtrack.