This little piece was composed during lesson time by me and Juliet - one of my younger pupils - over a period of three weeks. The music is based on her initial idea of the mythical phoenix, that magical bird that rises from the flames in regenerated splendour. I tried to find the musical material that best matched her ideas, and Juliet maintained a critical editing faculty throughout the composing process [I used Sibelius software and East/West sounds] that helped to shape this. She is learning to master the big chords....