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DreamListening Sticks Rose Mountain, NM, 1999.

Spirit Talk: Conversations with the Singing Masks for Singing Masks, Bird/River Sounds and Electronics. Premiered for Spirituality House, Drew University, Nov. 7, 1998. Performed: Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, October 26, 2001; Columbia College, Chicago, April 1999; Oberlin Conservatory of Music, April 1999; St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., April 1999; Plan B, Santa Fe, NM, August 1999; Deep Listening Space, Kingston, NY, October 1999; Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ, April 2000

Spirit Dreams: Stories of the Singing Masks for Singing Masks, Narrator, River Sounds and Electronics. Premiered at Ione's Dream Festival, October 25, 1997. Performed at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., April 1998; Center for Symbolic Studies, Stone Mountain Farm, New Paltz, NY, July 1998; Drew University, October 1998; Columbia College, Chicago, April 1999; Korn Gallery, Drew University, April 2000. Review by Tom Bickley.

Dreaming W...(ave)(edge) Gate from dream, Rose Mountain, NM, August 4, 1996.

Into the River of Longest Night: Celebrating Winter Solstice for 4 Flutes, 4 French Horns, Xylophone, Narrator & Riversounds, on a Poem by Theodore Roethke. Commissioned by the Drew University Chamber Orchestra for performance December 10, 1995.

riverdream through us A Listening Ceremony in Seven Dreamings for Singing/Listening Masks, Riversounds, & Listener/Celebrants. Performed: Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, October 19, 2001; Korn Gallery, Drew University, April 2000; Ocean County Library, Barnegat, NJ, April 1998 (sponsored by Composers Guild of New Jersey); St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., April 1998; Ione's Dream Festival, in the Deep Listening Gallery, Kingston, NY, October 25, 1997 (sponsored in part by Meet the Composer); Aquifer Art Gallery, Barnegat, NJ, October 19, 1997 (sponsored by Composers Guild of New Jersey); Capital Music Festival XII, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, May 17, 1997 (sponsored by Composers Guild of New Jersey); Drew University, April 1995, Shawnee Valley, PA and Washington's Crossing State Park, PA in June, 1995, as part of Delaware River Sojourn Fesitval; Nutshell Art Center, Lake Huntington, NY, July, 1995; Linwood, NY, August 1995; Rockaway River Festival, October 1995.

from Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma for Voices and Riversounds, commissioned by Chaplain's office, Drew University for performance at Baccalaureate, May, 1995; performed at opening ceremonies of Multicultural Awareness Day, Drew University, September, 1995.

Delaware River Sounding, 1994, a collaborative project with the Delaware River Keeper, listening at seven sites along the Delaware River throughtout the summer of 1994.

Spirit Dream A Mask Performance/Ceremony, with Pauline Oliveros. Performed: Drew University, March 23, 1993, Great Hall.

To Hear a World... (After thoughts regarding the work of David Bohm) Composed for the Drew University Aquinas Seminar, January, 1992.

Out of the Wasteland Music for the Dance. Performed: Drew University February, 1991 and Washington Irving High School, New York City, March, 1991.

Interface Music for the Dance, performed: Studio 61, New York City, May 11-14, 1989; Commons Theatre, Drew University,February 10-13, 1989.

whisperswithin Music for the Dance, performed: The Blue Door, New York City, May 25, 1988; Studio 61, New York City, May 19-21, 1988; Great Hall, Drew University, April 19, 1988. Commissioned by the Graduate School, Drew University.

The Water Dances Music for the Dance, performed: Drew University, February 12,13,14, 1988. (Funded in part by a grant from Meet the Composer); The Nikolais/Louis Choreospace, New York City, January 15,16,17, 1988; Bowling Green Fountain, Bethesda Fountain, Children's Fountain, 111th Street, New York, N.Y., September, 1987

Voices of Possibility Music and masks for dance in collaboration with Cat Maguire, Ethnic Folk Arts Center, N.Y., April, 1987; Commons Theatre, Drew University, February, 1987

Music to Selected Sonnets of Willaim Shakespeare for Soprano and Orch. Performed, Midland Symphony, Midland, Michigan, November, 1985.Rental Library, Carl Fischer, Inc.

Inside Out, A Journey to the Spirit World an environmental theatre piece with masks and music. Written in collaboration with Buzz McLaughlin and Peeka Trenkle, January-March, 1985 Performed, Commons Theatre, Drew University, March 28-31, 1985

Inua Yua (Image's Person) Gallery exhibit/performance in collaboration with Peeka Trenkle Korn Memorial Art Gallery, Drew University, September 7-23, 1984

The White Canoe (A Ceremony of Transformation) for masks, reciters and gamelan Written in collaboration with Peeka Trenkle Performed, Bowne Theatre, Drew University, with Gamelan Son of Lion, April 16,1984

Inventing Voice for masks and gamelan. Performed with Gamelan Son of Lion, Washington Square Church, New York, March 13, 1983; with Gamelan Son of Lion, Trinity Methodist Church, Princeton, New Jersey, April 23, 1983

The Origin of Winter Holidays Ceremony composed for Greenwich Pottery House, New York Performed, Greenwich Pottery HOuse, December 3, 1982

The Origin of Flute/Masks Ceremony composed for the Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences Performed, Morris Museum, October 24, 1982

How Moon Acquired Phases Ceremony composed for Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine Performed, Haystack, August, 1982

Shamanic Voices for ceramic sculpture, music, choreography, videotape and narration, 1980-81. Written in collaboration with Marion E. Held. Exhibit/performance, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J., November-December, 1981

Earth Song for ceramic sculpture, music, narration and videotape, 1978-79. Written in collaboration with Marion E. Held. Exhibit/performances: College Art Gallery, Drew University, October- November, 1979; Gallery 84, New York City, February-March, 1980; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J., November-December, 1981

Dance Reflections, for Violin, Soprano & Alto Recorders/Narrator, and Piano, 1979. Performed by Nova Crwth Trio, Drew University, April, 1979

Trumantra, for Five Trumpets, Tape and Audience, 1978. Commissioned by Jack Logan, San Diego State University. Performed, San Diego State University, March, 1978. Published, Carl Fischer, Inc, 1979

Waves, For Solo Trumpet, Narrator, and Prepared Tape, on texts by Virginia Woolf, 1976-77. Commissioned and performed by Dr. Betty Scott, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, March, 1977. Published, Carl Fischer, Inc., 1978

Breaking Open, for Women's Chorus and Orchestra, 1976. Setting of poems by Muriel Rukeyser. Commissioned by Stephens College for performance during Bicentenniel Celebration, April, 1976. Rental library, Carl Fischer, Inc, 1979. Performed, Haddonfield Symphony, February, 1980.

A Child's Christmas in Wales Setting of Dylan Thomas' poem for Narrator and Orchestra, 1974. Commissioned by Samuel Jones. Performed, Midland Symphony, Dec., 1977. Rental Library, Carl Fischer, Inc, 1977.



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