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]
- "So hallowed and so gracious is the time" [SSATB] commissioned by Montana State University "Montanans" for the 50th anniversary of Madrigal Dinner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jzYGZBsrm8
- Choral Concerto, Op 133 [SSAATTBB], three movements, settings of texts by Murray Steinman (2015)
- Trees, Op 138 ballet music for voices and two pianos; text by Richard Powers
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 ***
- Harriet Jacobs: A Tribute, Op 129 for soprano and chamber orchestra; setting of text by Harriet Jacobs "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (1861)
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]
- "I am the last man on earth and I cannot remember my name", Op 131 for male voice and percussion, written for Payton MacDonald's Continental Divide Bicycle Tour & film "Sonic Divide"
- The Morton Canons, Op 128 for baritone voice and chamber ensemble, text by Bruce Morton
- A Little While, Op 143 for soprano, piano, and double bass, setting of a poem by the same name written by Emily Bronte, composed for Sarah Poole (Great Britain)
*** Recorded by Elizabeth Croy on What Ships Set Sail? The Songs of Eric Funk ; available for purchase here