CHORAL AND VOCAL WORKS

LARGE CHORAL WORKS:

• Dichroism: chorus, chamber orchestra, percussion and piano, two movements; original text by composer
• Earth Is New Begun: chorus, string orchestra and brass, one movement; text by Edmund Blunden
• Choral Suite from the Opera “Pamelia”: chorus, children’s choir, soprano solo, baritone solo, symphony orchestra, one continuous movement
• Mandel’shtam: double symphony orchestra, large chorus, two soloists (sopr., bar.), solo string quartet, five movements; three texts by Osip Mandelstam in Russian
• Requiem, Op. 84 (SATB, Orchestra)
• Cantata, "Set this dry, boring place on fire" (in memory of Albert Bellante): scored for electric guitar, gamelan, oboe, trumpet, alto voice, tenor voice, string quartet, SATB, string orchestra.

OTHER CHORAL WORKS:

• Abyss: chorus a cappella, one movement
• Canon: chorus a cappella, one movement
• And in the Spring: chorus and organ or piano, one movement

• Introit and Benediction: chorus a cappella, two movements
• The Rose of Sharon: chorus a cappella, one movement
• A 20th-Century Madrigal: chorus a cappella, one movement
• The Seasons, Op. 56a: chorus and piano (4 hands), one movement; text based on an Assiniboine legend about the origin of the seasons
• “I Drink to the Ruined House” [SATB, a capella]
  
• Alleluia [SATB, a capella]
• Sacred Service [SATB, piano]
• “Your Beautiful Blue Eyes”, Op. 114a [SATB]

OPERAS: 

• Sanctuary: chamber opera in one act for solo tenor, horn, contrabass, three percussionists and tape; original libretto by composer; horn, ‘cello, contrabass, piano and three percussionists, three acts
  
• Pamelia: full opera for five vocal leads, full chorus and symphony orchestra; libretto by Linda Peavey and Ursula Smith; three acts (1989 Centennial Opera for Six Northern Plains States)
• Anna Akhmatova, Op. 78, One-act opera-ballet for contralto, dancers, and chamber orchestra
• The Men, Op. 119, 2 baritones, male chorus, brass choir and percussion ensemble

LARGE VOCAL WORKS:

• The Seasons, Op. 56: Baritone and chamber orchestra, one movement; text based on Assiniboine legend about the origin of the seasons
• Sequentia: Contralto, oboe, oboe d’amore, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, bass trombone, ‘cello and bass drum; a setting of nine poems by Paul Celan with ten instrumental interludes, nineteen short movements, in German 
• “Like a Captive Lion," Op. 110, soprano, clarinet, string quartet, settings of 9 poems by Marina Tsvetaeva ***
• Villancicos, Op 106, soprano & string quartet, settings of three 15th c. Spanish love songs from a woman’s perspective ***

SOLO VOCAL WORKS: 

• Champs de Blé aux Corbeaux, tenor, flute and ‘cello; text by John Haek
• Canticum, contralto, harpsichord, piano and percussion, two movements; medieval Latin text 
  
• For I Am as a Lark, soprano and pipe organ, two movements 
  
• Before My Hair Turns Gray, soprano and piano; text by Sally Wheeler ***
  
• Four Songs on Poems by Sara Teasdale, soprano and piano ***
  
• Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night, mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Dylan Thomas ***
  
• What Ships Set Sail, soprano and piano ***
  
• Góngora, baritone, flute, bassoon, trombone, ‘cello; five poems by Luis de Góngora, in Spanish; composed at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg/Germany 
  
• Canto X, tenor, four trombones, bass trombone, tuba; setting of Paradiso, Canto X by Dante, in Italian; composed at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg/Germany 
  
• Wiepersdorfer Bild, mezzo-soprano, tenor, piano and chimes; text by Christian Utz and Amanda Aizpuriete in German and Latvian; composed at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
  
• Universe--Solitude, soprano and violin; text by Samuel Beckett; composed at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg/Germany 
  
• Villancicos, Op. 106a, soprano voice, piano 
  
• "Like a Captive Lion," Op. 110a, soprano voice, piano [15 minutes duration]

     *** Recorded by Elizabeth Croy on What Ships Set Sail? The Songs of Eric Funk ; available for purchase here