Compositions

Solo Songs (46 total). Selections:

1. Waves and vulture, 1973
   mezzo, piano with text by Peter Black
   The first Drake's Bay song: the through-composed
   vocal line hovers over the repeating waves of the piano



2. Light in darkness, 1976
   mezzo, piano with text by Brother Giovanni
   A winter song, the encouraging
   text written in 1513



3. Photosynthesis, 1977
   mezzo, piano with text by Peter Black
   On the capacity of light to bring back life



4. Children of light, 1977
   mezzo, piano with text by White Eagle
   Brilliant piano writing



5. The Oversoul, 1978
   mezzo, piano with text by Emmerson
   Third-related tonalities portraying
   a transcendental text



6. Fire and ice, 1982
   mezzo, piano with text by Robert Frost
   


7. Psalm 139, 1982
   mezzo, piano with text taken from the Bible
   Our most performed sacred song: brief but powerful



8. River of Spirit(Groundwater) , 1984
   mezzo, piano with text by Yogananda
   A Brucknerian adagio



9. Night, 1984
   mezzo, piano with text by Jeffers
   A large-scale setting [7'30"] of Jeffers' massive poem
   On night as the immortal feminine



10. Ich lebe mein Leben, 1986
    mezzo, piano with text by Rilke/Bly
    Done first in German, then English: "I don't know if I
    am a falcon, a storm or a great song."



11. Sonnet to Orpheus IV, 1986
    mezzo, piano with text by Rilke
    A Gentle entry into Rilke's unique mythology



12. The valley spirit, 1988
    mezzo, piano with text from the Tao Te Ching



13. Rivers, 1991
    mezzo, piano with text by Muir
    A bracing plunge into John Muir's mountain streams.



14. Drake's Bay, 1993
    mezzo, piano with text by Gilliam
    The local Point Reyes seashore's powerful undertow



15. Bishop Pine, 1996
    mezzo, piano with text by Peattie
    A naturalist's finely wrought description demands
    strong sounds.



16. The music in the rain, 1998
    mezzo, piano with text by Lenora Black
    Feelings about living with a composer



17. Ravens, 1999
    mezzo, piano with text by Peter Black
    An accompanied version of a piece
    that was originally a round: "You shadow my flight
    twin of my soul . . ."



18. A garment of brightness, 1999
    mezzo, piano with text by Tewa Indian
    originally a round. ". . .May the border be the Standing rainbow."



19. Become like children, 2000
    mezzo, piano with text taken from the Bible
    "Unless you become like children, you will not Enter the kingdom of heaven."



20. Sapphic Invocations, 2000
    mezzo, piano with text by Sappho
    I. To the muses, II. To those who came before
    III.. To her lyre IV. To Aphrodite. A short cycle.



21. Answers
    mezzo, piano with text taken from the Bible, 2001
    ". . .to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
    
22. Songs of Marin
    for voice and piano
    
    i.    Shady Lane
          Four seasons on the road between San Anselmo and Ross.
    ii.   Rain in Ross Valley
         From first drops to flood, and finally rainbow.
    iii.  Chain of Lakes
         Following the course of Lagunitas Creek from the source, through the water district      lakes.
    iv.  Fog over Four Corners
         Portraying the growing river of fog spilling over the ridge above Mill Valley.
    v.  The Greenleaf and the Straw
        The foothills behind the cities.
    vi.  Around Tamalpais
        The changing aspect of the great mountain seen from the north, east and south.
    vii. From Greenbrae to Inverness
         Urban, pastoral and wilderness Marin.

Vocal Duets (9 total). Selections:

1. For we are stars, 1976
   soprano, alto, piano with text by Passamaquoddy
   ". . .Our voice is a light."



2. The Lord is gracious, 1999
   soprano, alto, piano with text from Psalm 103



3. The two sons, 2001
   Soprano, alto, organ with text taken from the Bible



4. The mustard seed, 2001
   Soprano, alto, organ with text taken from the Bible



5. Answers
   Sporano, alto, piano with text taken from the bible
   "Ask and it will be given to you."

Solo Songs with various instruments (5 total). Selections:

1. Rosetta's Song
   alto, viola, cellowith text by Buchner
   


2. Wind in the willows
   Childrens' choir, bsn, pft.



3. Lines and Squares
   Mezzo, bassoon, piano, with text by A.A. Milne

Rounds, canons, and part songs, a capella (30 total). Selections:

1. The snow is melting on Vogelsang Peak, 3 voice canon



2. Laughter is like the leaping deer, 4 voice round



3. Quiet, 2 voice canon



4. Sunset, 4 voice round



5. Sundown, 4 voice round



6. Dammit, these shoes, 3 voice round



7. Ant, mole, bear, 3 voice round



8. Through clouds and rain, 3 voice round



9. The earth and myself (Nez Perce), 4 voice with rattle



10. Waves and vulture (original version), mezzo, 2 basses



11. Prominences, SATB part song



12. Where wind and wing, mezzo, 2 basses



13. Ravens, 4 voice round



14. Climb the mountains (Muir), 4 voice round



15. Coffee, 2 voice round



16. Going Out (Muir), 4 voice round



17. The oak, the bay and the buckeye, soprano, mezzo and bass



18. Orion the Hunter, SATB a capella
    A choral picture of the shape and mythology of the winter constellation.



19. Blade of Grass, SATB, piano

Choral works (15 total). Selections:

1. David penitent, 1970
   SATB a capella with text from the Bible



2. Thorugh clouds and rain, 1980
   SATB, organ with text by Peter Black



3. Do unto others, 1985
   SATB, organ with text from the Bible
   A. Introit, B. anthem



4. The Levite and the Samaritan, 1987
   SATB, organ, piano with mezzo & bariton solos
   Text by Martin Luther King Jr.



5. Out of the depths, 1987
   SATBB, organ introit and text from Psalm 130



6. Constant love, 1987
   SATB, organ anthem and text from Psalm 103



7. In beauty I walk, 1987
   SATB, string orchestra - Navajo text



8. Our Light is a Voice, 2002
   sacred music for women’s voices and piano or organ
   Published by Intrada

Chamber ensembles (8 total). Selections:

1. Scherzo, 1971
   2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns



2. Waterfall organum, 1986
   2 clarinets, basson



3. Passacaglia and fugue, 1987
   2 pianos

Organ (18 total). Selections:

1. Fughetta on Herzlich lieb' hab' ich dich, 1967



2. Chorale partita on Herzlich thut mich verlangen, 1967
   1. c.f. in soprano, adagio
   2. trio, c.f. in soprano
   3. trio, manualiter
   4. canon at the fourth, allegro
   5. canon at the fourth, in augmentation
   6. c.f. in pedal in inversion, in sop. in diminution
   
   
   
3. Antiphon, concert piece, 1973



4. Chorale prelude on Vater unser in Himmelreich, 1977

Arrangements (16 total). Selections:

1. British Isles Folksong Book, 1969
   13 songs, voice and piano



2. Heiligste Nacht, 1970
   Tyrolian carol SSA, piano 4 hand



3. Mi Y' malel- Who can retell, 1970
   Chanukah song



4. Soon I will be done, 1972
   Gospel song, voice, piano



5. Six Sephardic Songs, 1984
   voice, piano
   1. La rosa enflorece
   2. Adio
   3. Irme quiero, la mi madre
   4. Ja viene el cativo
   5. Jo m'enamori d'un aire
   6. Una matica de rude
      

Solo voice and orchestra (5 total). Selections:

1. Vision Fire, 1995
   2 fl, pcc., 2 cl., 2 bsn., 2 hn., timp, perc, string. A nine minute setting of the history of a devastating forest fire in the Point Reyes National Seashore.



2. Salmon Run, 2000
   mezzo, 2 fl, picc, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 trb, tuba, timp, perc, strings. On the life cycle of the silver salmon in their breeding streams in Muir Woods, CA.



3. The sweet power, 1998
   From Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice on the power of music to transform people, beasts and nature