Voice and Instruments


Queer Cornered Cap


Edging Out


A.C.T.S.


ca. 15 min. Seesaw

Mezzo-soprano, flute and marimba

A setting of a poem by Regina poet Anne Campbell
Vocalist and flutist move around the performing space. All performers speak rhythmically in one section. Performed in Ireland by the new music group "Concorde", and in the U.S. by Sharon Mabry at Austin Peay State University


ca. 12 min. Seesaw

Soprano, fl., ob., and vibraphone (piano reduction available)

A setting of five poems by Regina poet Anne Campbell.
The mood of each poem is caught by a different instrumental combination.


ca. 15 min. Seesaw

Narrator (male or female), fl., ob., cl., doublebass and perc.

Narrator speaks rhythmically in two of the five poems by Regina poet Anne Campbell..


There's a Certain Slant of Light

There Came a Wind Like a Bugle

My Life Closed Twice



An Emily Dickinson Folio


Echo


each song ca. 3 min. C.M.C.

Soprano or tenor and piano

Three songs on poems of Emily Dickinson.
Commissioned for Carol Snelling and premiered by her at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.


ca. 14 min. C.M.C.

Soprano, fl., ob., cl., viola, vibraphone and piano

A setting of five of Emily Dickinson's poems.
Commissioned by the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association.


ca. 3 min. C.M.C.


Soprano and piano

A setting of the poem "Echo" by C. Rossetti.

A Christina Rossetti Folio (1999)

ca. 14 min. C.M.C.

Soprano, alto saxophone and marimba

A setting of five songs on poems of Christina Rossetti. Premiered by Lynn Channing, soprano, Karen Finnsson, alto saxophone, and Bruce Brander, marimba.