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Catalogue
Chamber Music
Solo Instrument
Orchestra
Choral - Secular
Choral - Sacred
Vocal
Opera
Dance
Music Theater
Scores & Parts Availability


Chamber Music

...given for a time
Trombone and organ (2000) 5 minutes; commissioned by Fondazione Donne in Music for the Grand Jubilee for the Year 2000, Rome; supported by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award.

When night came...
Clarinet and chamber ensemble (fl., ob., bsn., hn., pno., perc., 2 vln., vla., vcl., db.) (1994; revised 1996) 14 minutes. Dedicated to the women of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Commissioned by Laura DeLuca;
Supported by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award and an Artist Trust grant.

When night came...
Clarinet and piano (1994; revised 1996) 14 minutes; Dedicated to the women of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Commissioned by Laura DeLuca; Supported by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award.

Sopravvento
Woodwind quintet and percussion (1994) 13 minutes; Commissioned by the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.

Roundup
Saxophone quartet (1993) 10 minutes; For the Joseph Wytko Saxophone Quartet.

Nenana
Brass quintet (1993) 6 minutes; Commissioned by the Ninth International Congress on Women in Music; Supported by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Artist Trust GAP Grant and King County Arts Commission.

Clarion Dances
Brass Ensemble (1993) 12 minutes; Commissioned by Clarion Brass Ensemble.

Desert Songs
Flute and guitar (1992) 10 minutes; Commissioned by Duende; Partially supported by a Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship.

Elementi
Clarinet and percussion (1990) 11 minutes; Commissioned by Sylvia Pollack and Molly McGee.

There must be a Lone Ranger!
Soprano or mezzo, narrator, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (1987) 20 minutes
Commissioned by Soundwork for Performa '87 Festival of New Works; Funded by King County Arts Commission.

Brass Quintet
(1987) 8 minutes; Commissioned by the Emerald City Brass Quintet.

Kyrie and Transformations
Violin, viola, cello, double bass (1984) 10 minutes.

Metamorphoses on a Machaut Kyrie
String quartet (1983) 10 minutes.

Four Folk Songs
Soprano, clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion (1979, revised 1982) 12 minutes; Commissioned by the Bumbershoot Arts Festival.

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Solo Instrument
...burning with ecstatic harmony... (Dar eltehab-é jazbe-yé yeganegy)
Organ (2004) 8 minutes; For Joseph Adam, Cathedral Organist of St. James Cathedral; Support by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award.

Rhapsodic Ignition
Guitar (1995) 8 minutes; Commissioned by Roger Cope.

Four Delineations of Curtmantle
Tenor trombone (1982, revised 1984) 11 minutes; For Monique Buzzarte.

Four Delineations of Curtmantle
Cello (1985) 11 minutes.

Sonata for Solo Flute
(1977) 9 minutes.

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Orchestra
When night came...
Clarinet and chamber orchestra (fl., ob., bsn., hn., pno., perc., strings) (1994; revised 1996) 14 minutes; Dedicated to the women of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Commissioned by Laura DeLuca; Supported by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award and an Artist Trust grant.

Metamorphoses on a Machaut Kyrie
String orchestra (1983) 10 minutes.

ECHO: Metamorphoses on a Theme of John Barth
Symphony orchestra (3,3,3,3;4,3,3,1; 3 perc., celesta; strings) (1981) 9 minutes.

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Choral - Secular
Over the city
SATB choir, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano (1995) 9 minutes; In memory of the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima; for the 50th Anniversary; Commissioned by the Unitarian Universalist National Consortium.

Over the city
SATB choir, piano and cello; or SATB choir and organ (1995) 9 minutes; In memory of the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima; for the 50th Anniversary; Commissioned by the Unitarian Universalist National Consortium.

Two Medieval Lyrics
ATTB (1994) 6 minutes; For the Hilliard Ensemble.

Three Medieval Lyrics
SATB choir (1992) 10 minutes
Winner of Second Prize in His Majestie's Clerkes Choral Composition Competition 1997; Honorable mention in the Roger Wagner Choral Composition Competition 1993; Commissioned by Seattle Pro Musica Board of Directors and Friends; Partially supported by Seattle Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant.

The Gloves
SATB choir, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano (1992) 25 minutes; Commissioned by Masterworks Choral Ensemble; Partially supported by a Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship.

Four Lewis Carroll Songs
SATB choir or soli (1989) 10 minutes; Winner of the Melodious Accord Composition Prize;

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Choral - Sacred
Lux Lucis
SSAA choir (2003) 13 minutes; Composed for Seattle Pro Musica.

How Can I Keep from Singing
Arranged for SSAA choir or SATB choir (2004) 5 minutes; Composed for the 2004 World Festival of Women's Singing.

Ancient Souls
SATB choir and organ (2000) 10 minutes; Commissioned by the American Guild of organists for the Biennial National Convention, Seattle, Washington, July 2000.

For you shall go out with joy
SATB choir, 3 trumpets and organ (1997) 4 minutes; On the occasion of the retirement of the Reverend Dr. Peter S. Raible.

Deep River
SATB choir (1996) 4 minutes; For Seattle Pro Musica, in honor of Sam and Mona Dworkin.

The Calling
Hymn for SATB (1996) 2 minutes; For the Ordination of the Reverend Deborah Renee Raible
Commissioned by Dr. Peter S. Raible.

Psalm 75
SATB choir and organ (1993) 4 minutes; Commissioned by Mercer Island Presbyterian Church.

The Holly and the Ivy
Arrangement for SATB choir (1990) 3 minutes; Published by Jaymar Music, Ltd., PO Box 2191, London, Ontario N6A 4E3 Canada, http://www.jaymar.com.

I will pour out my spirit
SATB choir, brass quintet, organ and soli (1989) 4 minutes; Commissioned by St. James Cathedral.

I will pour out my spirit
SATB choir, 2 trumpets, organ and soli (1989) 4 minutes; Commissioned by St. James Cathedral.

Stabat Mater
Mezzo-soprano solo, speaker, double-choir and orchestra (1979, revised 1984) 18 minutes.

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Vocal
Song of Myself
High, medium or low voice and piano (2001) 6 minutes; Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

Ancestral Hunt
High, medium or low voice and piano (1996) 6 minutes; Commissioned by Louise Marley; Supported by a Seattle Arts Commission Artist Award.

Two Spirituals
Arranged for high, medium or low voice and piano (1994) 6 minutes; Commissioned by Louise Marley.

Set me as a seal
Voice and piano (1991) 2 minutes; Commissioned by Marcia Bellamy and Walter vom Hove.

There must be a Lone Ranger!
Soprano or mezzo, narrator, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (1987) 20 minutes; Commissioned by Soundwork for Performa '87 Festival of New Works; Funded by King County Arts Commission.

cowboy songs
High, medium or low voice and piano (1985) 10 minutes; For Marcia Bellamy.

Four Folk Songs
High or medium voice and piano (1982) 12 minutes; Commissioned by the Bumbershoot Arts Festival.

Four Folk Songs
Soprano, clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion (1979, revised 1982) 12 minutes; Commissioned by the Bumbershoot Arts Festival.

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Opera
Coyote's Tail
Opera in one act for children. Nine roles, chamber ensemble (fl., vln., vcl., pno., perc.) (1991) 60 minutes; Commissioned by Cornish Chamber Opera; Supported by King County Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant; Libretto by Molly McGee.

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Dance
BOXIANA: The Women's Flyweight Championship of the World
Two sopranos, female chorus, percussion, dancers and actors (1988, revised 1990) 70 minutes
Supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Seattle Arts Commission and New Langton Arts; Choreography by Georgia Ragsdale.

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Music Theater
There must be a Lone Ranger!
Soprano or mezzo, narrator, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (1987) 20 minutes
Commissioned by Soundwork for Performa '87 Festival of New Works; Funded by King County Arts Commission.

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Scores & Parts Availability
Scores and parts are available from

Karen P. Thomas
4435 1st Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 706-9745
e-mail: karen@seattlepromusica.org

Perusal scores available through:
American Music Center Library
30 West 26th St., Suite 1001
New York, NY 10010
(212) 366-5263

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