Libby Larsen (1950- )
Libby
Larsen is a composer committed to the idea of writing modern music that
is accessible to a broad audience. She is also one of a handful of
composers in our time who makes her living solely on her compositional
work, and although she earned a doctorate in composition, she does not
hold a university teaching position. She is one of the most frequently
commissioned American composers, and is in great demand as a speaker.
Larsen grew up in Minnesota and received all of her degrees from the
University of Minnesota, where she studied with Dominick Argento. She
cofounded the Minnesota Composers Forum and has been resident composer
with various organizations, including the Minnesota Orchestra
(1983-1987). The music that Larsen creates often has titles that
suggest extramusical associations, but her desire is not to create true
program music so much as to evoke an ambiance that the listener can
share. As she puts it: "I want to give the listener not the sound of
the bird so much as the feeling of flying, not the footsteps on the
mountain so much as the sense of climbing." Her music also pays tribute
to the past, whether by evoking great figures of the past (musical and
otherwise -- and women as often as men) or reworking the music of the
past. This last can be seen in her Symphony: Water Music, written for
the 300th anniversary of the birth of George Frideric Handel, where
familiar themes by Handel are put into modern settings and transformed
to reflect Larsen's own distinctly lyrical sensibilities. Larsen is
also interested in the use of electronic sounds, and many of her works
use a mix of electrical and acoustic instruments and juxtapose free and
fluid ideas of time and meter against more traditional and rigid ones.- Essentials of Music
COMPOSITIONS Larsen Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Larsen on Larsen
Circular Rondo, Canti Breve, oboe and guitar (1974)
Three Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar (1974)
Piano Suite, piano (1976)
Saints Without Tears, soprano, flute and bassoon (1976)
Corker, clarinet and percussion (1977)
Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977)
Weaver's Song and Jig, chamber orchestra and string band (1978)
The Silver Fox, one act opera for the young (1979)
Bronze Veils, trombone and 2 percussion (1979)
Cowboy Songs, soprano and piano (1979)
Moon Door, opera (1976 & 1980)
Tumbledown Dick, comic opera (1980)
Dance Set, chorus, clarinet, cello, percussion and piano (1980)
Cajun Set, guitar and string trio (1980)
Scudding, cello (1980)
A Verse Record of My Peonies, tenor, tape and percussion (1980)
Three Rilke Songs, high voice and guitar (1980)
Pinions - Violin Concerto, chamber orchestra (1981)
Black Roller, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola (featured) and cello (1981)
Deep Summer Music, orchestra (1982)
In a Winter Garden, soprano, tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra (1982)
Double Joy, chorus, handbells and organ (1982)
Aubade, flute (1982)
Before Winter, baritone and organ (1982)
Overture: Parachute Dancing, orchestra (1983)
Ringeltanze: A Cycle of Carols and Dances, chorus, handbells and string orchestra (1983)
Everyone Sang, chorus, harp and percussion (1983)
Four on the Floor, violin, cello, doublebass and piano (1983)
Sonata in One Movement on Kalenda Maya, organ (1983)
Clair de lune, chamber opera (1984)
Welcome Yule, male chorus and string orchestra (1984)
A Creeley Collection, chorus, flute, percussion and piano (1984)
Seven Sneezes, orchestra (1985)
Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1), orchestra (1985)
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Peace, Perfect Peace, chorus (1985)
We Celebrate, chorus and piano/organ (1985)
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
Up Where the Air Gets Thin, cello and doublebass (1985)
With Love and Hisses, double woodwind quintet (1985) [to accompany the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses"]
Coming Forth Into Day (Symphony No. 2), soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1986)
Clair de Lune in Blue, jazz chorus and piano (1986)
Songs of Youth and Pleasure, chorus (1986)
Alauda: Concerto Piece for String Quartet (1986)
Juba, cello and piano (1986)
Song Without Words, clarinet and piano (1986)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
Black Birds, Red Hills, clarinet, viola and piano w/optional slides (1987; rev. 1996)
Me (Brenda Ueland), soprano and piano (1987)
Collage: Boogie, orchestra (1988)
Grand Rondo, concert band (1988)
Trumpet Concerto (1988)
Three Summer Scenes, chorus, optional youth chorus and orchestra (1988)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
The Settling Years, chorus, woodwind quintet and piano (1988)
Vive: Celebration for Flute Quartet (1988)
Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow, flute, harp and chamber orchestra (1989)
Fantasy on Slane, flute and organ (1989)
Kathleen, As She Was, oboe and harpsichord (1989)
Songs From Letters, soprano and piano (or chamber ensemble) (1989)
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, music drama (1990)
What the Monster Saw, orchestra w/optional slides [adaptation from the opera Frankenstein, 1990]
How It Thrills Us, chorus (1990)
Xibalba, bassoon and percussion (1990)
Aspects of Glory, organ (1990)
When I Am An Old Woman, soprano and piano (1990)
A Wrinkle in Time, opera (1991)
Tambourines!, orchestra (1991)
Sun Song, concert band (1991)
I Am a Little Church, chorus and organ (1991)
Schoenber, Schenker and Schillinger, flute, oboe, viola, cello and keyboard (1991)
String Quartet: Schoenberg, Schenker and Schillinger (1991)
Sonnets From the Portuguese, soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano) (1991)
Symphony No. 3, "Lyric", orchestra (1992)
The Atmosphere as a Fluid System, flute solo, percussion and string orchestra (1992)
Sky Concerto, flute and orchestra [from "The Atmosphere as a Fluid System", 1992]
Marimba Concerto: After Hampton, marimba and orchestra (1992)
Piano Concerto: Since Armstrong (1992)
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth, soprano, chorus, female chorus (opt.), oboe, string orchestra and piano 4-hands (1992)
- How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves, soprano and piano (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Agnus Dei/Sanctus"]
- Mother, Sister, Blessed, Holy, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Kyrie"]
- Pied Beauty (Glory Be to God), chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Gloria"]
Alleluia, chorus (1992)
Deck the Halls, male chorus, 5 soloists, piano and handbells (1992)
Eagle Poem, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One, bass, sampler, narrator, strings (with cartoons) (1992)
Mrs. Dalloway, music drama (1993)
God As Ribbon of Light, chorus and organ (1993)
Concert Piece, tuba and piano (1993)
Perineo, baritone and piano (1993)
Overture for the End of a Century, orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
Roll Over Beethoven, chorus and piano (1994)
Slang, clarinet, violin and piano (1994)
Dancing Solo, clarinet (1994)
Fanfare for the Women, trumpet (1994)
Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (1994)
Mary Cassatt, mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides (1994)
Ring of Fire, orchestra (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
Fanfare and Alleluia, chorus, brass, handbells, chimes and organ (1995)
I Arise Today, chorus and organ (1995)
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm, chorus and organ (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
Seven Ghosts, soprano solo, chorus, brass quintet, piano and percussion (1995)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Blue Fiddler, orchestra (1996)
Fanfare: Strum, orchestra (no strings) (1996)
Happy Birthday to David, orchestra (1996)
Brass Flight, brass choir (1996)
Concert Dances, concert band (1996)
Fanfare: Strum, orchestra, no strings (1996)
Short Symphony, concert band (1996)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc. played by chorus (1996)
So Blessedly It Sprung, chorus, oboe, viola and harp (1996)
Blue Third Pieces, flute (or clarinet) and guitar (1996)
Brass Flight, brass choir (1996)
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds, organ (1996)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc played by chorus (1996)
Margaret Songs, soprano and piano (1996)
Roll Out the Thunder, orchestra (1997)
A Spell on Me That Holy Hour: Overture to Tsvetaeva, orchestra (1997)
I Find My Feet Have Further Goals, chorus (1997)
Reasons for Loving the Harmonica, chorus and piano (1997)
A Child's Garden of Monsters: Dracula's Blues, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (1997)
Holy Roller, saxophone and piano (1997) [arr. for solo saxophone and wind ensemble; by Boyd]
Ulloa's Ring, flute and piano (1997)
Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus, organ (1997)
Chanting to Paradise, soprano and piano (1997)
Density of Light, chorus, treble choir and brass (1998)
Ring the Bells, children's chorus and piano (1998)
Stepping Westward, female chorus, handbells, oboe and marimba (1998)
Sweet and Sour Nursery Rhymes, chorus and horn (1998)
Halley's Dance, piano (1998)
Late in the Day, soprano and piano (1998)
The Ant and the Grasshopper, soprano and piano (1998) [extracted from "Late in the Day", 1998]
Songs of Light and Love, soprano and chamber ensemble (1998)
All Around Sing, orchestra (1999)
String Symphony (Symphony No. 4) (1999)
Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5), orchestra (1999)
Hambone, concert band (1999)
By a Departing Light, chorus (1999)
Day Song, female chorus (1999)
Is God, Our Endless Day, chorus (1999)
To a Long Loved Love, chorus and string quartet (1999)
Barnum's Bird, chamber choral opera (2000)
Still Life with Violin, violin and orchestra (2000)
How To Songs, children's chorus (2000)
Lord, Before This Fleeting Season, chorus (2000)
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
Brazen Overture, brass quintet (2000)
Neon Angel, violin, cello, clarinet (or saxophone), flute, piano and percussion (2000)
Three for the Road, violin, cello and piano (2000)
Mephisto Rag, piano (2000)
Love After 1950, mezzo-soprano and piano (2000)
My Antonia, high voice and piano (2000)
Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII, soprano and piano (2000)
Fanfare: Sizzle, orchestra (2001)
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, female chorus, woodwind quintet, percussion and string orchestra (2001)
Bally Deux, 2 clarinets and string quartet (2001)
Barn Dances, flute, clarinet and piano (2001)
The Book of Rhythms, woodwind quintet, Orff instrumentarium (2001)
Trio: Piano, Violin, Cello (2001)
Viola Sonata, viola and piano (2001)
Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub, tenor and piano (2001)
Notes Slipped Under the Door, soprano, flute and orchestra (2001)
Dreaming Blue, opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children's chorus, rhythm chorus and drumming group (2002)
Dreams and Imaginations, orchestra (2002)
Patterns for Orchestra (2002)
A Brandenburg for the New Millennium, trumpet, marimba, electric guitar, amplified harpsichord and string orchestra (2002)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
Licorice Stick, clarinet and piano (2002)
On a Day of Bells, organ (2002)
Raspberry Island Dreaming, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
Strut, concert band (2003)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Bid Call, alto saxophone and violincello (2003)
Fanfare for Humanity, brass ensemble (2003)
Firebrand, flute/picc, violin, cello and piano (2003)
Pocket Sonata, oboe, alto saxophone, violin, cello, marimba/vibraphone and piano (2003)
I Love You Through the Daytimes, voice and piano (2003)
This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, soprano and string quartet (2003)
River Fanfare, british brass band (2004)
Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
Praise One, chorus, chorus favori and orchestra (2004)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (2004)
Cry Peace, chorus (2004)
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, 3 or 2 part chorus, solo voice and piano (2004)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
Mr. Potter's Pokey, clarinet, bones, jaw harp, or other percussion (2004)
Yellow Jersey, 2 clarinets (2004)
Pealing Fire, carillon (2004)
For Two, piano 4-hands (2004)
Gavel Patter, piano 4-hands (2004)
Penta Metrics, piano (2004)
A Pig in the House, tenor and piano (2004)
Song Concerto, alto and soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra (2005)
Giving Thanks, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
God So Loved the World, chorus (2005)
I Dream of Peace, chorus and percussion (2005)
My Soul Borne Up, chorus (2005)
The Summer Day, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
Western Songs, chorus (2005)
Blue Windows: After Marc Chagall, woodwind quintet and piano (2005)
Fanfare for a Learned Man, brass quintet (2005)
Slow Structures, flute, cello and piano (2005)
Tatterdemalion, flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, contrabass, percussion, harp and piano (2005)
Now I Pull Silver, amplified flute and prepared CD (2005)
De Toda La Eternidad, soprano and wind ensemble (or piano) (2003/2005)
Sifting Through the Ruins, mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (2005)
An Introduction to the Moon, wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice and 8 collaborative improvisations (2006)
Thomas Jefferson Alma Mater, chorus, string orchestra and wind ensemble (2006)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
Engelberg: Trio for Brass and Organ, trumpet, horn, trombone and organ (2006)
Take, soprano and piano (2006)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
Crowding North, chorus and chamber ensemble (2007)
Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg, chorus, organ and handbells (2007)
I Lift My Eyes to the Hills, chorus, handbells and organ (2007)
Novum Gaudium, chorus (2007)
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
Whitman's America, chorus (2007)
He Arose: Fanfare for Easter, organ, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, w/opt. horn (2007)
Acapelorus, soprano and string quartet (2007)
Within the Circles of Our Lives, soprano, baritone and orchestra (2007)
Center Field Girl, soprano and piano (2007)
A Quiet Song, voice and piano (2007)
Righty, 1966, soprano, flute and piano (2007)
Ancient Places, orchestra (2008)
Bach 358, orchestra (2008)
Evening in the Palace of Reason, string orchestra and solo string quartet (2008)
Double String Quartet: J.S.B (2008)
Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2008)
Dates Unknown
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
And Sparrows Everywhere, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Falling, chorus, vocal quartet and trio, trumpet, piano and percussion (n.d.)
Flee We to Our Lord, chorus (n.d.)
I It Am: THe Shewings of Julian of Norwich, soprano, countertenor, baritone solos, chorus and chamber orchestra (n.d.)
I Love the Lord, chorus and organ (n.d.)
Little Notes on a Simple Staff, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Love Songs, ???
May Sky, chorus (n.d.)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (n.d.)
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Argyle Sketches, guitar (n.d.)
Fern Hill, tenor solo (n.d.)
Lord, Make Me an Instrument, tenor and piano (n.d.)
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, soprano, flute, guitar and harp (n.d.)
WORKS BY GENRE Larsen Links ~ ~ ~ Larsen on Larsen ~ top of page ~
Choral
Complete Works for Chorus - by Title
Complete Works for Chorus - Chronological List
Chorus w/Orchestra
Chorus a capella
Female Chorus
Male Chorus
Chorus and Keyboard or 1 or 2 Instruments
Chorus and Ensemble
Vocal
Complete Vocal Works - Chronological List
Complete Vocal Works - by Title
Dramatic/Theater
The Silver Fox, one act opera for the young (1979)
Moon Door, opera (1976 & 1980)
Tumbledown Dick, comic opera (1980)
Clair de lune, chamber opera (1984)
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, music drama (1990)
A Wrinkle in Time, opera (1991)
Mrs. Dalloway, music drama (1993)
Barnum's Bird, chamber choral opera (2000)
Dreaming Blue, opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children's chorus, rhythm chorus and drumming group (2002)
Orchestra
Weaver's Song and Jig, chamber orchestra and string band (1978)
Deep Summer Music, orchestra (1982)
Overture: Parachute Dancing, orchestra (1983)
Seven Sneezes, orchestra (1985)
Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1), orchestra (1985)
Coming Forth Into Day (Symphony No. 2), soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1986)
Collage: Boogie, orchestra (1988)
What the Monster Saw, orchestra w/optional slides [adaptation from the opera Frankenstein, 1990]
Tambourines!, orchestra (1991)
Symphony No. 3, "Lyric", orchestra (1992)
Overture for the End of a Century, orchestra (1994)
Ring of Fire, orchestra (1995)
Blue Fiddler, orchestra (1996)
Fanfare: Strum, orchestra (no strings) (1996)
Happy Birthday to David, orchestra (1996)
Roll Out the Thunder, orchestra (1997)
A Spell on Me That Holy Hour: Overture to Tsvetaeva, orchestra (1997)
All Around Sing, orchestra (1999)
String Symphony (Symphony No. 4) (1999)
Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5), orchestra (1999)
Fanfare: Sizzle, orchestra (2001)
Dreams and Imaginations, orchestra (2002)
Patterns for Orchestra (2002)
Ancient Places, orchestra (2008)
Bach 358, orchestra (2008)
Evening in the Palace of Reason, string orchestra and solo string quartet (2008)
Band
Grand Rondo, concert band (1988)
Sun Song, concert band (1991)
Brass Flight, brass choir (1996)
Concert Dances, concert band (1996)
Fanfare: Strum, orchestra, no strings (1996)
Short Symphony, concert band (1996)
Holy Roller, solo saxophone and wind ensemble (1997) [arr. by Boyd]
Hambone, concert band (1999)
Strut, concert band (2003)
River Fanfare, british brass band (2004)
An Introduction to the Moon, wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice and 8 collaborative improvisations (2006)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Pinions - Violin Concerto, chamber orchestra (1981)
Trumpet Concerto (1988)
Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow, flute, harp and chamber orchestra (1989)
The Atmosphere as a Fluid System, flute solo, percussion and string orchestra (1992)
Sky Concerto, flute and orchestra [from "The Atmosphere as a Fluid System", 1992]
Marimba Concerto: After Hampton, marimba and orchestra (1992)
Piano Concerto: Since Armstrong (1992)
Still Life with Violin, violin and orchestra (2000)
A Brandenburg for the New Millennium, trumpet, marimba, electric guitar, amplified harpsichord and string orchestra (2002)
Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
Song Concerto, alto and soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra (2005)
Choral
Complete Works for Chorus - by Title
Complete Works for Chorus - Chronological List
Chorus w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Chorus a capella
Female Chorus
Male Chorus
Chorus and Keyboard or 1 or 2 Instruments
Chorus and Ensemble
Complete Works for Chorus - Chronological List
Dance Set, chorus, clarinet, cello, percussion and piano (1980)
In a Winter Garden, soprano, tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra (1982)
Double Joy, chorus, handbells and organ (1982)
Ringeltanze: A Cycle of Carols and Dances, chorus, handbells and string orchestra (1983)
Everyone Sang, chorus, harp and percussion (1983)
Welcome Yule, male chorus and string orchestra (1984)
A Creeley Collection, chorus, flute, percussion and piano (1984)
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Peace, Perfect Peace, chorus (1985)
We Celebrate, chorus and piano/organ (1985)
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
Coming Forth Into Day (Symphony No. 2), soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1986)
Clair de Lune in Blue, jazz chorus and piano (1986)
Songs of Youth and Pleasure, chorus (1986)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
Three Summer Scenes, chorus, optional youth chorus and orchestra (1988)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
The Settling Years, chorus, woodwind quintet and piano (1988)
How It Thrills Us, chorus (1990)
I Am a Little Church, chorus and organ (1991)
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth, soprano, chorus, female chorus (opt.), oboe, string orchestra and piano 4-hands (1992)
- How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves, soprano and piano (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Agnus Dei/Sanctus"]
- Mother, Sister, Blessed, Holy, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Kyrie"]
- Pied Beauty (Glory Be to God), chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Gloria"]
Alleluia, chorus (1992)
Deck the Halls, male chorus, 5 soloists, piano and handbells (1992)
Eagle Poem, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
God As Ribbon of Light, chorus and organ (1993)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
Roll Over Beethoven, chorus and piano (1994)
Fanfare and Alleluia, chorus, brass, handbells, chimes and organ (1995)
I Arise Today, chorus and organ (1995)
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm, chorus and organ (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
Seven Ghosts, soprano solo, chorus, brass quintet, piano and percussion (1995)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc. played by chorus (1996)
So Blessedly It Sprung, chorus, oboe, viola and harp (1996)
I Find My Feet Have Further Goals, chorus (1997)
Reasons for Loving the Harmonica, chorus and piano (1997)
Density of Light, chorus, treble choir and brass (1998)
Ring the Bells, children's chorus and piano (1998)
Stepping Westward, female chorus, handbells, oboe and marimba (1998)
Sweet and Sour Nursery Rhymes, chorus and horn (1998)
By a Departing Light, chorus (1999)
Day Song, female chorus (1999)
Is God, Our Endless Day, chorus (1999)
To a Long Loved Love, chorus and string quartet (1999)
How To Songs, children's chorus (2000)
Lord, Before This Fleeting Season, chorus (2000)
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, female chorus, woodwind quintet, percussion and string orchestra (2001)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Praise One, chorus, chorus favori and orchestra (2004)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (2004)
Cry Peace, chorus (2004)
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, 3 or 2 part chorus, solo voice and piano (2004)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
Giving Thanks, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
God So Loved the World, chorus (2005)
I Dream of Peace, chorus and percussion (2005)
My Soul Borne Up, chorus (2005)
The Summer Day, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
Western Songs, chorus (2005)
Thomas Jefferson Alma Mater, chorus, string orchestra and wind ensemble (2006)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
Crowding North, chorus and chamber ensemble (2007)
Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg, chorus, organ and handbells (2007)
I Lift My Eyes to the Hills, chorus, handbells and organ (2007)
Novum Gaudium, chorus (2007)
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
Whitman's America, chorus (2007)
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
And Sparrows Everywhere, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Falling, chorus, vocal quartet and trio, trumpet, piano and percussion (n.d.)
Flee We to Our Lord, chorus (n.d.)
I It Am: THe Shewings of Julian of Norwich, soprano, countertenor, baritone solos, chorus and chamber orchestra (n.d.)
I Love the Lord, chorus and organ (n.d.)
Little Notes on a Simple Staff, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Love Songs, ???
May Sky, chorus (n.d.)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (n.d.)
Chamber
Circular Rondo, Canti Breve, oboe and guitar (1974)
Three Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar (1974)
Corker, clarinet and percussion (1977)
Bronze Veils, trombone and 2 percussion (1979)
Cajun Set, guitar and string trio (1980)
Black Roller, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola (featured) and cello (1981)
Four on the Floor, violin, cello, doublebass and piano (1983)
Up Where the Air Gets Thin, cello and doublebass (1985)
With Love and Hisses, double woodwind quintet (1985) [to accompany the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses"]
Alauda: Concerto Piece for String Quartet (1986)
Black Birds, Red Hills, clarinet, viola and piano w/optional slides (1987; rev. 1996)
Vive: Celebration for Flute Quartet (1988)
Xibalba, bassoon and percussion (1990)
Schoenber, Schenker and Schillinger, flute, oboe, viola, cello and keyboard (1991)
String Quartet: Schoenberg, Schenker and Schillinger (1991)
Slang, clarinet, violin and piano (1994)
Blue Third Pieces, flute (or clarinet) and guitar (1996)
Brass Flight, brass choir (1996)
A Child's Garden of Monsters: Dracula's Blues, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (1997)
Brazen Overture, brass quintet (2000)
Neon Angel, violin, cello, clarinet (or saxophone), flute, piano and percussion (2000)
Three for the Road, violin, cello and piano (2000)
Bally Deux, 2 clarinets and string quartet (2001)
Barn Dances, flute, clarinet and piano (2001)
The Book of Rhythms, woodwind quintet, Orff instrumentarium (2001)
Trio: Piano, Violin, Cello (2001)
Bid Call, alto saxophone and violincello (2003)
Fanfare for Humanity, brass ensemble (2003)
Firebrand, flute/picc, violin, cello and piano (2003)
Pocket Sonata, oboe, alto saxophone, violin, cello, marimba/vibraphone and piano (2003)
Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
Mr. Potter's Pokey, clarinet, bones, jaw harp, or other percussion (2004)
Yellow Jersey, 2 clarinets (2004)
Blue Windows: After Marc Chagall, woodwind quintet and piano (2005)
Fanfare for a Learned Man, brass quintet (2005)
Slow Structures, flute, cello and piano (2005)
Tatterdemalion, flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, contrabass, percussion, harp and piano (2005)
Engelberg: Trio for Brass and Organ, trumpet, horn, trombone and organ (2006)
He Arose: Fanfare for Easter, organ, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, w/opt. horn (2007)
Double String Quartet: J.S.B (2008)
Solo Instrument
Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977)
Scudding, cello (1980)
Aubade, flute (1982)
Juba, cello and piano (1986)
Song Without Words, clarinet and piano (1986)
Fantasy on Slane, flute and organ (1989)
Kathleen, As She Was, oboe and harpsichord (1989)
Concert Piece, tuba and piano (1993)
Dancing Solo, clarinet (1994)
Fanfare for the Women, trumpet (1994)
Holy Roller, saxophone and piano (1997)
Ulloa's Ring, flute and piano (1997)
Viola Sonata, viola and piano (2001)
Licorice Stick, clarinet and piano (2002)
Pealing Fire, carillon (2004)
Now I Pull Silver, amplified flute and prepared CD (2005)
Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2008)
Argyle Sketches, guitar (n.d.)
Piano/Organ
Piano Suite, piano (1976)
Sonata in One Movement on Kalenda Maya, organ (1983)
Aspects of Glory, organ (1990)
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds, organ (1996)
Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus, organ (1997)
Halley's Dance, piano (1998)
Mephisto Rag, piano (2000)
On a Day of Bells, organ (2002)
For Two, piano 4-hands (2004)
Gavel Patter, piano 4-hands (2004)
Penta Metrics, piano (2004)
Vocal - also Complete Vocal Works - by Title
Saints Without Tears, soprano, flute and bassoon (1976)
Cowboy Songs, soprano and piano (1979)
A Verse Record of My Peonies, tenor, tape and percussion (1980)
Three Rilke Songs, high voice and guitar (1980)
Before Winter, baritone and organ (1982)
Me (Brenda Ueland), soprano and piano (1987)
Songs From Letters, soprano and piano (or chamber ensemble) (1989)
When I Am An Old Woman, soprano and piano (1990)
Sonnets From the Portuguese, soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano) (1991)
The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One, bass, sampler, narrator, strings (with cartoons) (1992)
Perineo, baritone and piano (1993)
Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (1994)
Mary Cassatt, mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides (1994)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc played by chorus (1996)
Margaret Songs, soprano and piano (1996)
Chanting to Paradise, soprano and piano (1997)
Late in the Day, soprano and piano (1998)
The Ant and the Grasshopper, soprano and piano (1998) [extracted from "Late in the Day", 1998]
Songs of Light and Love, soprano and chamber ensemble (1998)
Love After 1950, mezzo-soprano and piano (2000)
My Antonia, high voice and piano (2000)
Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII, soprano and piano (2000)
Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub, tenor and piano (2001)
Notes Slipped Under the Door, soprano, flute and orchestra (2001)
Raspberry Island Dreaming, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
I Love You Through the Daytimes, voice and piano (2003)
This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, soprano and string quartet (2003)
A Pig in the House, tenor and piano (2004)
De Toda La Eternidad, soprano and wind ensemble (or piano) (2003/2005)
Sifting Through the Ruins, mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (2005)
Take, soprano and piano (2006)
Acapelorus, soprano and string quartet (2007)
Within the Circles of Our Lives, soprano, baritone and orchestra (2007)
Center Field Girl, soprano and piano (2007)
A Quiet Song, voice and piano (2007)
Righty, 1966, soprano, flute and piano (2007)
Fern Hill, tenor solo (n.d.)
Lord, Make Me an Instrument, tenor and piano (n.d.)
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, soprano, flute, guitar and harp (n.d.)
Incidental/Film
With Love and Hisses, double woodwind quintet (1985) [to accompany the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses"]
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Complete Works for Chorus - by Title
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
A Creeley Collection, chorus, flute, percussion and piano (1984)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
Alleluia, chorus (1992)
And Sparrows Everywhere, chorus and piano (n.d.)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
By a Departing Light, chorus (1999)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
Clair de Lune in Blue, jazz chorus and piano (1986)
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
A Creeley Collection, chorus, flute, percussion and piano (1984)
Crowding North, chorus and chamber ensemble (2007)
Cry Peace, chorus (2004)
Dance Set, chorus, clarinet, cello, percussion and piano (1980)
Day Song, female chorus (1999)
Deck the Halls, male chorus, 5 soloists, piano and handbells (1992)
Density of Light, chorus, treble choir and brass (1998)
Double Joy, chorus, handbells and organ (1982)
Eagle Poem, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc. played by chorus (1996)
Everyone Sang, chorus, harp and percussion (1983)
Falling, chorus, vocal quartet and trio, trumpet, piano and percussion (n.d.)
Fanfare and Alleluia, chorus, brass, handbells, chimes and organ (1995)
Flee We to Our Lord, chorus (n.d.)
Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg, chorus, organ and handbells (2007)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
Giving Thanks, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
God As Ribbon of Light, chorus and organ (1993)
God So Loved the World, chorus (2005)
How It Thrills Us, chorus (1990)
How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves, soprano and piano (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Agnus Dei/Sanctus"]
How To Songs, children's chorus (2000)
I Am a Little Church, chorus and organ (1991)
I Arise Today, chorus and organ (1995)
I Dream of Peace, chorus and percussion (2005)
I Find My Feet Have Further Goals, chorus (1997)
I It Am: THe Shewings of Julian of Norwich, soprano, countertenor, baritone solos, chorus and chamber orchestra (n.d.)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
I Lift My Eyes to the Hills, chorus, handbells and organ (2007)
I Love the Lord, chorus and organ (n.d.)
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm, chorus and organ (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
Is God, Our Endless Day, chorus (1999)
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, 3 or 2 part chorus, solo voice and piano (2004)
Little Notes on a Simple Staff, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Lord, Before This Fleeting Season, chorus (2000)
Love Songs, ???
May Sky, chorus (n.d.)
Mother, Sister, Blessed, Holy, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Kyrie"]
My Soul Borne Up, chorus (2005)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (n.d.)
Novum Gaudium, chorus (2007)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
Peace, Perfect Peace, chorus (1985)
Pied Beauty (Glory Be to God), chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Gloria"]
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Reasons for Loving the Harmonica, chorus and piano (1997)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
Ring the Bells, children's chorus and piano (1998)
Roll Over Beethoven, chorus and piano (1994)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
The Settling Years, chorus, woodwind quintet and piano (1988)
Seven Ghosts, soprano solo, chorus, brass quintet, piano and percussion (1995)
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
So Blessedly It Sprung, chorus, oboe, viola and harp (1996)
Songs of Youth and Pleasure, chorus (1986)
Stepping Westward, female chorus, handbells, oboe and marimba (1998)
The Summer Day, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
Sweet and Sour Nursery Rhymes, chorus and horn (1998)
To a Long Loved Love, chorus and string quartet (1999)
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
We Celebrate, chorus and piano/organ (1985)
Western Songs, chorus (2005)
Whitman's America, chorus (2007)
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Chorus w/Orchestra
In a Winter Garden, soprano, tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra (1982)
Ringeltanze: A Cycle of Carols and Dances, chorus, handbells and string orchestra (1983)
Welcome Yule, male chorus and string orchestra (1984)
Coming Forth Into Day (Symphony No. 2), soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1986)
Three Summer Scenes, chorus, optional youth chorus and orchestra (1988)
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth, soprano, chorus, female chorus (opt.), oboe, string orchestra and piano 4-hands (1992)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, female chorus, woodwind quintet, percussion and string orchestra (2001)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
Praise One, chorus, chorus favori and orchestra (2004)
Thomas Jefferson Alma Mater, chorus, string orchestra and wind ensemble (2006)
Chorus a capella
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Peace, Perfect Peace, chorus (1985)
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
Songs of Youth and Pleasure, chorus (1986)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
How It Thrills Us, chorus (1990)
Alleluia, chorus (1992)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
I Find My Feet Have Further Goals, chorus (1997)
By a Departing Light, chorus (1999)
Day Song, female chorus (1999)
Is God, Our Endless Day, chorus (1999)
How To Songs, children's chorus (2000)
Lord, Before This Fleeting Season, chorus (2000)
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Cry Peace, chorus (2004)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
God So Loved the World, chorus (2005)
My Soul Borne Up, chorus (2005)
Western Songs, chorus (2005)
Novum Gaudium, chorus (2007)
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
Whitman's America, chorus (2007)
Flee We to Our Lord, chorus (n.d.)
Love Songs, ???
May Sky, chorus (n.d.)
Female Chorus
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Stepping Westward, female chorus, handbells, oboe and marimba (1998)
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
Giving Thanks, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
The Summer Day, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Male Chorus
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Deck the Halls, male chorus, 5 soloists, piano and handbells (1992)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
Chorus and Keyboard or 1 or 2 Instruments
Everyone Sang, chorus, harp and percussion (1983)
We Celebrate, chorus and piano/organ (1985)
Clair de Lune in Blue, jazz chorus and piano (1986)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
I Am a Little Church, chorus and organ (1991)
Eagle Poem, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992)
God As Ribbon of Light, chorus and organ (1993)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
Roll Over Beethoven, chorus and piano (1994)
I Arise Today, chorus and organ (1995)
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm, chorus and organ (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Reasons for Loving the Harmonica, chorus and piano (1997)
Ring the Bells, children's chorus and piano (1998)
Sweet and Sour Nursery Rhymes, chorus and horn (1998)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, 3 or 2 part chorus, solo voice and piano (2004)
I Dream of Peace, chorus and percussion (2005)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
And Sparrows Everywhere, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
I Love the Lord, chorus and organ (n.d.)
Little Notes on a Simple Staff, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Love Songs, ???
Chorus and Ensemble
Dance Set, chorus, clarinet, cello, percussion and piano (1980)
In a Winter Garden, soprano, tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra (1982)
Double Joy, chorus, handbells and organ (1982)
Ringeltanze: A Cycle of Carols and Dances, chorus, handbells and string orchestra (1983)
Everyone Sang, chorus, harp and percussion (1983)
Welcome Yule, male chorus and string orchestra (1984)
A Creeley Collection, chorus, flute, percussion and piano (1984)
Clair de Lune, male chorus w/tenor solo (1985)
Peace, Perfect Peace, chorus (1985)
We Celebrate, chorus and piano/organ (1985)
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me, mezzo-soprano, tenor and female chorus (1985)
Coming Forth Into Day (Symphony No. 2), soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1986)
Clair de Lune in Blue, jazz chorus and piano (1986)
Songs of Youth and Pleasure, chorus (1986)
A Garden Wall, unison chorus, keyboard, Orff instruments, 2 adults, 5 children with speaking roles, congregational singing (1987)
Canticle of the Sun, female chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer and organ (1987)
Three Summer Scenes, chorus, optional youth chorus and orchestra (1988)
Refuge, female chorus (1988)
The Settling Years, chorus, woodwind quintet and piano (1988)
How It Thrills Us, chorus (1990)
I Am a Little Church, chorus and organ (1991)
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth, soprano, chorus, female chorus (opt.), oboe, string orchestra and piano 4-hands (1992)
- How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves, soprano and piano (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Agnus Dei/Sanctus"]
- Mother, Sister, Blessed, Holy, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Kyrie"]
- Pied Beauty (Glory Be to God), chorus and piano 4-hands (1992) [from Missa Gaia: "Gloria"]
Alleluia, chorus (1992)
Deck the Halls, male chorus, 5 soloists, piano and handbells (1992)
Eagle Poem, chorus and piano 4-hands (1992)
Now I Become Myself, soprano solo and male chorus (1992)
God As Ribbon of Light, chorus and organ (1993)
Canticle of Mary, female chorus, piano 4-hands or chamber orchestra (1994)
A Choral Welcome, chorus and keyboard or orchestra (1994)
I Just Lightning, female chorus and percussion (1994)
Roll Over Beethoven, chorus and piano (1994)
Fanfare and Alleluia, chorus, brass, handbells, chimes and organ (1995)
I Arise Today, chorus and organ (1995)
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm, chorus and organ (1995)
Invitation to Music, chorus and string quintet or string orchestra or piano (1995)
Seven Ghosts, soprano solo, chorus, brass quintet, piano and percussion (1995)
A Salute to Louis Armstrong, chorus and piano [from Seven Ghosts, 1995]
Today, This Spring, female chorus and piano (1995)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc. played by chorus (1996)
So Blessedly It Sprung, chorus, oboe, viola and harp (1996)
I Find My Feet Have Further Goals, chorus (1997)
Reasons for Loving the Harmonica, chorus and piano (1997)
Density of Light, chorus, treble choir and brass (1998)
Ring the Bells, children's chorus and piano (1998)
Stepping Westward, female chorus, handbells, oboe and marimba (1998)
Sweet and Sour Nursery Rhymes, chorus and horn (1998)
By a Departing Light, chorus (1999)
Day Song, female chorus (1999)
Is God, Our Endless Day, chorus (1999)
To a Long Loved Love, chorus and string quartet (1999)
How To Songs, children's chorus (2000)
Lord, Before This Fleeting Season, chorus (2000)
Psalm 121, female chorus (2000)
Touch the Air Softly, female chorus (2000)
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, female chorus, woodwind quintet, percussion and string orchestra (2001)
The Ballerina and the Clown, female chorus and harp (2002)
Come Before Winter, chorus, baritone solo and orchestra or piano (2003)
Give Them Hope, male chorus and piano (2003)
The Womanly Song of God, female chorus (2003)
A Young Nun Singing, female chorus (2003)
Praise One, chorus, chorus favori and orchestra (2004)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (2004)
Cry Peace, chorus (2004)
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, 3 or 2 part chorus, solo voice and piano (2004)
Natus Est Emmanuel, female chorus (2004)
Giving Thanks, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
God So Loved the World, chorus (2005)
I Dream of Peace, chorus and percussion (2005)
My Soul Borne Up, chorus (2005)
The Summer Day, female chorus and string quartet (2005)
Western Songs, chorus (2005)
Thomas Jefferson Alma Mater, chorus, string orchestra and wind ensemble (2006)
Of Music, female chorus and piano 4-hands (2006)
The Blackbird, male chorus and piano (2007)
Crowding North, chorus and chamber ensemble (2007)
Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg, chorus, organ and handbells (2007)
I Lift My Eyes to the Hills, chorus, handbells and organ (2007)
Novum Gaudium, chorus (2007)
A Simple Gloria, chorus (2007)
Whitman's America, chorus (2007)
All Shall Be Well, female chorus, soprano, soprano recorder, triangle and keyboard (n.d.)
And Sparrows Everywhere, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Eine Kleine Snail Music, female chorus, doublebass (n.d.)
Falling, chorus, vocal quartet and trio, trumpet, piano and percussion (n.d.)
Flee We to Our Lord, chorus (n.d.)
I It Am: THe Shewings of Julian of Norwich, soprano, countertenor, baritone solos, chorus and chamber orchestra (n.d.)
I Love the Lord, chorus and organ (n.d.)
Little Notes on a Simple Staff, chorus and piano (n.d.)
Love Songs, ???
May Sky, chorus (n.d.)
The Nothing That Is, chorus, baritone solo, 3 speaking voices and chamber ensemble (n.d.)
Complete Vocal Works - by Title
A Pig in the House, tenor and piano (2004)
A Quiet Song, voice and piano (2007)
A Verse Record of My Peonies, tenor, tape and percussion (1980)
The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One, bass, sampler, narrator, strings (with cartoons) (1992)
Acapelorus, soprano and string quartet (2007)
The Ant and the Grasshopper, soprano and piano (1998) [extracted from "Late in the Day", 1998]
Before Winter, baritone and organ (1982)
Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (1994)
Center Field Girl, soprano and piano (2007)
Chanting to Paradise, soprano and piano (1997)
Cowboy Songs, soprano and piano (1979)
De Toda La Eternidad, soprano and wind ensemble (or piano) (2003/2005)
Eleanor Roosevelt, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, speaker, chorus, cl, vc, pf and perc played by chorus (1996)
Fern Hill, tenor solo (n.d.)
I Love You Through the Daytimes, voice and piano (2003)
Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub, tenor and piano (2001)
Late in the Day, soprano and piano (1998)
Lord, Make Me an Instrument, tenor and piano (n.d.)
Love After 1950, mezzo-soprano and piano (2000)
Margaret Songs, soprano and piano (1996)
Mary Cassatt, mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides (1994)
Me (Brenda Ueland), soprano and piano (1987)
My Antonia, high voice and piano (2000)
Notes Slipped Under the Door, soprano, flute and orchestra (2001)
Perineo, baritone and piano (1993)
A Pig in the House, tenor and piano (2004)
A Quiet Song, voice and piano (2007)
Raspberry Island Dreaming, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
Righty, 1966, soprano, flute and piano (2007)
Saints Without Tears, soprano, flute and bassoon (1976)
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, soprano, flute, guitar and harp (n.d.)
Sifting Through the Ruins, mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (2005)
Songs From Letters, soprano and piano (or chamber ensemble) (1989)
Songs of Light and Love, soprano and chamber ensemble (1998)
Sonnets From the Portuguese, soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano) (1991)
Take, soprano and piano (2006)
This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, soprano and string quartet (2003)
Three Rilke Songs, high voice and guitar (1980)
Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII, soprano and piano (2000)
A Verse Record of My Peonies, tenor, tape and percussion (1980)
When I Am An Old Woman, soprano and piano (1990)
Within the Circles of Our Lives, soprano, baritone and orchestra (2007)
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