Triptych cycle (2012) 11 min 57 sec
Text: three poems by Marilyn Lerch
Mezzo soprano & piano
Audio tracks recorded in 2012: Gayle Shay, mezzo soprano; Arlene Shrut, piano
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Winter Words In A Dark Love Song (2009) 10 min 30 sec
Text: four poems by Robin Blaser
Mezzo soprano, english horn & piano
Audio tracks recorded in 2011: Julie Simson, mezzo soprano; Laura Loewen, piano; Geronimo Mendoza, english horn
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Download sample score (pdf)Yellow The Sweet Ache (2000) 9 min
Text: five poems by Betsy Warland
Mezzo soprano & piano
Also arranged for SSAA & piano
Commissioned by CMC Project 2000
Premiere: November 2000, North Vancouver; Jessica Duckles, mezzo soprano; Arlie Thompson, piano
Audio tracks recorded in 2010: Lynne McMurtry, mezzo soprano; Alison d’Amato, piano
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Download sample score (pdf)Three Autumn Songs (1965) 8 min.
Text: poems by Robert Frost, F. R. Scott, Archibald MacLeish
Mezzo-soprano/1111/1000/percussion, strings & piano
Also arranged for mezzo-soprano and piano
Premiere: 1965, Vancouver; Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano; University of British Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Lloyd Burritt, conductor
Audio tracks recorded at premiere:
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