SATB choir, string orchestra, percussion, recorded sound-scape (25 min.)
Text: Katherine Bitney
Sound-scape: Ken Gregory
premiere: Wanapagow Reserve, Falcon Beach Reserve (April 10/11);Westminster Church, Winnipeg (April 13/11), Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo (cond.)
22 Canzoni Romane (1999)
SATB chorus, String Orchestra (18 min.)
text in Italian by Pier Paulo Passolini
premiere: Feb. 10, 1999, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, University of Manitoba Singers, Simon Streatfeild, cond.
arrangement for piano and chorus: premiere, April 27/03, , University of Manitoba Singers, Henry Engbrecht, cond., Shannon Hiebert piano, 1st Mennonite Church, Winnipeg
21 Shireem (Songs of Love and Praise) (1988)
SATB Chorus, Sop. and Tenor Solos, orch. (30 min.)
texts in Hebrew and Portuguese
premiere: Dec. 3/88, Winnipeg Phil. Choir and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi, cond.
published 1996, Gordon V. Thompson Music, Toronto
20 Shir Hanagid (1983)
SATB chorus, Tenor Solo, Narrator, 9 piece ensemble (60 min.)
text in Hebrew and English on the poetry of Samuel Ibn Nagrella
premiere: May 31, 1983, Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto, Gordon Kushner (cond.)
broadcast Dec. 4, 1983, CBC-FM
Of Heart and Tide (2014)
Kiskatinaw Songs (2006)
SATB Chorus (8 min.)
text by Susan Musgrave
in 4 movements: I.Lure, II. Transformation Song, III. IV. Net Maker's Song
commisioned by theVancouver Chamber Choir (Jon Washburn, cond.)
premiere: March 23/07, Ryerson United Church,Vancouver
Requiem for a Drummer Boy (2013)
SATB chorus (4:30)
premiere: Camerata Nova, Michael Mckay, cond., Sat. Nov. 30, 2013, Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, Winnipeg MB
Songs in a Time of War (2011)
SATB choir, piano (15 min.)
text by Elisha Porat, in English translated from the Hebrew
premiere: Univ. of Wisconsin Oshkosh, March 11, 2012, Carl Chapman, cond., Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano
also performed by Winnipeg Singers, Yuri Klaz, cond., Oct. 19, 2014, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg
In Amerike (2005)
SATB Chorus, Klezmer Band (15 min.
text in Yiddish by Sholem Shtern
premiere: Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (Alexander Veprinski, cond.), Beyond the Pale, Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto, Ont., June 4/06;
also performed at “Ashkenaz,”Harbourfront, Toronto, Sept. 3/06
Awakenings (2005)
SATB Chorus, Soprano Solo, Piano (10 min.)
text by Octavio Paz: I. Puerta del Ser, II. Giran Las Días, III. Todo Está Quieto
premiere: Oct. 18/05, Brandon, Manitoba, Westman Youth Choiir, Vic Pankratz. cond.
also performed by Prairie Voices, Kristel Peters, cond., March 3/06
Three Choral Rags (2004)
SATB chorus, piano, double bass (10 min.)
words by Holly Harris
premiere: May 2, 2004, Ecco Marge Koop, cond.
also performed by the Winnipeg Singers, Yuri Klaz, cond., May 11/08
Sonora Borealis (2004)
SATB chorus, piano, percussion (11 min.)
text in Inuktitut
premiere: Podiium 2004, Winnipeg, Millennium Centre, May 22, 2004, Robert Sund, Diane Loomer (conds.)
Mi Y'malel (1994)
SATB or SSAA Chorus, Piano (4 min.)
arrangement of Israeli folk-song
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Proverbs (2004)
SATB chorus, marimba, double bass, perc. (12 min.)
text consisting of African folk sayings in Gangam
premiere: May 23, 2004, Podium 2004, Winnipeg, Prairie Voices, Elroy Friesen, cond.
Psalm 23 (2002)
SATB chorus, organ (5 min.)
setting of Psalm text in English and Hebrew
premiere: 2004 Winnipeg Organ Festival, July 19/04, Elroy Friesen, cond.
Psalms of Experience
SATB Chorus, Children's Chorus (optional) 2 pianos, percussion (3 players) (14 minutes)
(also available for SATB Chorus, Children's Chorus, 1 piano and percussion (1)
in 3 movements: I. Hymn of Confidence II. Hymn of Longing III. Hymn of Glory
commissioned by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto through a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council
premiere: June 3, 1995, Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, cond.
Sensemayá (2003)
SATB chorus, 2 pianos, timpani, 2 percussion
premiere: Nov. 23, 2003, Iowa All State Chorus, Ames, Iowa
published, Eathsongs, Covallis, Ore.
Au Cabaret (2002)
SATB Chorus (3 min.)
French-Canadian Folk-Song (arr.)
premiere: Festival Unicanto De Corais, Londrina, Brazil, Oct. 29-Nov. 2/02, Brandon University Chorale, Andrée Dagenais, cond
La Fillette Aux Deux Serviteurs (2002)
SATB Chorus (3 min.)
French-Canadian Folk-Song (arr.)
premiere: Festival Unicanto De Corais, Londrina, Brazil, Oct. 29-Nov. 2/02, Brandon University Chorale, Andrée Dagenais, cond.
published byAlliance des Chorales du Québec
Canciones Por Las Américas (2000)
SATB Chorus, Piano (17 min.)
texts in Spanish by Juana de Ibarbaru, Nicholas Guillen and Octavio Paz
in 3 movements: I. Noche de Lluvia, II. Sensemayá, III. Olvido
premiere July 14, 2000, Podium 2000, Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta by the National Youth Choir of Canada, Leonard Ratzlaff, cond., Jeremy Spurgeon, Piano
published by Earthsongs, Corvallis, Ore.