Choral
Arise, My Love (1996) for a SATB a capella
Text from the Song of Solomon
By the Fireside (2008) for SATB chorus & chamber orchestra, with optional African drums
Texts by Odia Ofeimun, Ingrid de Kok, and from the Latin Requiem Mass
Instrumentation: 2* 2 2 2, 2 2 0 0, timp+1, strings
Duration: 17:00
(also available in a chamber version for SATB chorus, oboe, cello & piano)
December Carol (1999) for SATB chorus & piano (or harp)
Text by Merie Kirby
From the Reeds (2002) for SATB chorus & chamber orchestra
Texts from the Rig Veda, Langston Hughes, Rumi, and Hildegard of Bingen
Instr.: 1(doubles picc. & alto flute), 1 1 1, 2 0 0 0, timp+1, pno, strings
Duration: 20:00
The Hagseed's Isle (1992) for TTBB chorus & cello
Text by William Shakespeare (from The Tempest)
Hold On (Pueblo Blessing) (2018) for SAB chorus & piano
Homesteading (2014) for SATB a capella
Text by Joyce Sutphen
Song of the Worms (1994) for SATB chorus & piano
Text by Margaret Atwood
Thy Name Is Love (2007) for SATB, piano & flute
Text by Charles Wesley
You Spotted Snakes (2003) for SATB chorus & piano
Text by William Shakespeare (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Solo Vocal
December Carol (1997) voice & piano
Text by Merie Kirby
Four Translations (1997) soprano & viola
1. Prelude
2, Now No One Will Listen to Songs (Anna Akhmatova)
3. Instructions for Crossing the Border (Dan Pagis)
4. An Appendix to the Vision of Peace (Yehuda Amichai)
Hens--Their Diseases and Cure (2003) soprano & guitar (also available for soprano & piano)
Text by Nancy Luce
Introduction, Remedies, Birds, Epitaphs, Prayer
I Send My Song Into the World (2006) voice & piano
Text by Merie Kirby
A Minnesota Timetable (2013) mezzo-soprano & guitar
1. Lying in a Hammock (James Wright)
2. Platting, Roseville Township Video
3. Apple Season (Joyce Sutphen)
4. Letter to Mother and Father (Albert Parker)
5. A Timetable, for the Redcaps
6. A Little Poem About the Rain (John Engman)
7. Lying in a Hammock (reprise)
Solstice Lullaby (1998) voice & piano
Text by Merie Kirby
Stand Up Three: Songs About Baseball (1994) baritone & piano
1. From Altitude, the Diamonds (Richard Hugo)
2. Pitcher (Robert Francis)
3. Late Innings (Neal Bowers)
This City (1997) soprano & piano
Text by Merie Kirby