Compositions	Music Theater	Sample Scores/Listening
Recordings	Commissions	Selected Performances

Compositions

Orchestra
Dances 2007/2008
Earth March 2007
Flyer, string orchestra and cello solo 2003
Coastal Ghost, string orchestra 1997, chamber orchestra, 2008
The Flying Ladder (Overture) 1984

Ensembles
Icarus, piano trio 2005
Millennium Overture Dance, fl, cl, vln, vla, vc 1999
String Quartet No. 3 1985-87
ZOO, wind quintet and piano 1983
Three Hebrew Songs, voice and six instr. (fl, ob, cl, vln, vla, vc) 1983
The Gypsies Enter The Modern Age, cl, trp, vln, vc, perc 1979
String Quartet No. 2 1978
Processional for the Oresteia, woodwind octet 1976
Wind and Dreams, fl, ob, cl, vln, vla, vc, optional speaker 1974-75
Composition with Order and Chaos, fl, cl, vln, vla, vc 1974
Soirtrios, cl, vln, vla 1974 (rev. 2000)
String Quartet No. 1 1972-73

Duos
Frequent Flyer, viola and piano; cello and piano 1993.
La Fille du Pêcheur, soprano and guitar 1980
Desiderata, clarinet and piano 1977

Chorus
Mass Movements: (Benedictus, Hosanna, Dona nobis Pacem) 2007
Music for Human Choir (text by A. Crossman) 1984 (rev. 1999)
Quiet is Born (text by A.E. Housman) 1965

Voice and piano
Songs - various 1964-2000
Stages (cabaret songs) 1989-2001
New Songs from the Border 1990-92
New Wanderer Fantasy 1989
Gretchen am Komputer, voice with piano or electronic keyboard; after Schubert,
text by Goethe 1985-87
Songs from the Border, text by A. Crossman 1984-85
Three Hebrew Songs 1983

Piano
Street Suite 2002
Gypsy Ballads (after Lorca) 1984-94
Probes 1982-1985
Schumanniana 1982
Persiflage 1980
Smoke and Mirrors 1975-76
Second Nature 1973-75
Dances of Wind and Shade 1972
Four Familiar Pieces 1971
Suite-Fantasy 1964-70
Toccata 1966
Three Pantomimes (canons) 1965

Electroacoustic
Suite from the Comedy of Errors, piano, processed piano, synthesizer, metal objects,
woodwind octet 1984-85
Dream Cycle, women's chorus, children's voices(taped), music box, electronic sounds
(text by E.L. Marsh) 1972

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Music Theater

Composer and Music Director - theater productions

The Log of the Skipper's Wife, a contemporary musical,
based on the book by James Balano, after the diary by Dorothea Balano,
with libretto & direction by Joann Green Breuer.

• with Amy Finegan, soprano: (Maine, Nova Scotia, Montreal, 1997
  Royal Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, England and Kennedy Center, 2003)
• with Emma Greer, soprano: The Yard (Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2007)
• with Elizabeth Henry, soprano: Fresh Voices Festival (San Francisco 2008).

Cabaret/theater/classical songs, Fresh Voices Festival, SF,
2006/2007.
The Border, a musical revue by A. Crossman (San Francisco, Calliope Theatre Co.,
(1991-2).
Crossman: Cross-section of a Crossroads, original songs, dances, stories
(Playwrights Workshop, Montreal, 1987).
The Comedy of Errors, by Shakespeare (Concordia University, Montreal, Joseph
Cazalet, Director, 1984).
From Egg to Earth, performance by Ralph Allison, mime (Centaur Theatre, Montreal,
1982).
Celestina, by de Rojas (Concordia University, Joseph Cazalet, Director, 1981-includes
music for dance).
Metamorphose, by Franz Kafka (Montreal Theatre Lab, Alexander Hausvater,
Director, in French, 1980 - includes electroacoustic music).
Alsino, A Chilean Legend, performance by Ralph Allison, mime (Concordia
University, John Torell, Director, 1980).
Under Milkwood, by Dylan Thomas (Concordia University, Ralph Allison, Director,
1978 - includes music for dance).
Elizabeth I, by Paul Foster (Concordia University, A. Hausvater, Director, 1978).
Blood Wedding, by Garcia Lorca (Concordia University, Ralph Allison, Director,
1977).
The Oresteia, by Aeschylus (Cambridge Ensemble, Joann Green, Director, 1977).
Kafka: The World of Parable, adapted by Peter Sander (Cambridge Ensemble, Peter
Sander, Director, 1974).
Old and Old, by Gertrude Stein (Cambridge Ensemble, Joann Green, Director, 1973).
Calling For Help, by Peter Handke (Cambridge Ensemble, Joann Green, Director,
1972).

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Sample Scores & Listening
Coastal Ghost
Opening Section		Score
Earth March
Opening Section	Notes	Score
Flyer
Opening Section	Notes	Score
Gypsy Ballads
Ballad of the Black Pain	Notes	Score
Sleepwalk Ballad		Score
Saint Gabriel at Sevilla		Score
Icarus
Flight/Plunge to the Sea	Notes	Score
Eulogy		Score
Flight/Lunge to the Sky		Score
Log of the Skippers Wife - Act I
Life of a common sailor	Notes	Score
All hands on deck		Score
Happy days		Score
A lovely unexpected drive		Score
Log of the Skippers Wife - Act II
RIO-opening		Score
Buxom, blithe, and debonair		Score
Finale		Score
Millennium Overture Dance
Opening Section	Notes	Score
Music for Human Choir
New Wanderer Fantasy		Score
Planeturns		Score
Street Suite
Dolores Street	Notes	Score
Avenue des Rapides		Score

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Recordings ordered from the sites below; many pieces not listed below can

can be ordered directly from the composer.

Flyer (string orchestra and cello solo), North/South Recordings (N/S R 1045), 2007.
http://www.northsouthmusic.org
Street Suite (piano solo), North/South Recordings (N/S 1040), Max Lifchitz, pianist,
2005
Desiderata (clarinet and piano), North/South Recordings (N/S 1034), Richard
Goldsmith, clarinetist, Max Lifchitz, pianist, 2004.
Millennium Overture Dance (fl,cl,vln,vla,cello North/South Recordings (N/S 1027),
2002.
The Log of the Skipper’s Wife (SNE-646, Montreal), 1998.
Techni-Sonore Inc. 10175 rue Meunier, Montreal, Quebec H3L 2Z2 or directly
from the composer
Gypsy Ballads (piano), North/South Recordings (N/S 1014), Max Lifchitz, pianist,
1996.

Scores

All scores can be ordered from the Canadian Music Centre at
atelier@centremusique.ca

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Commissions from soloists and ensembles

Annex Players, Boston
Elise Bédard, soprano, Toronto
Concordia Chamber Players
Concordia University Choir
Concordia University Orchestra
Diane Goldsmith, pianist, New York City
Michael Laucke, guitarist, Montreal, (assisted by the Canada Council)
Max Lifchitz, New York City
Margo MacKinnon, soprano, Montreal
Morency String Quartet, Montreal
New Pacific Trio, Oakland
North/South Consonance, New York City
Velma Richter, pianist, New York City
Twentieth-Century Ensemble, New York City
Pauline Vaillancourt, soprano, Montreal (Canada Council)
Wheaton College Choir, Massachusetts
Wheaton Trio, Massachusetts

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Selected performances of concert pieces

Coastal Ghost (version for chamber orchestra), San Francisco Composers Chamber
Orchestra
Desiderata, Richard Goldsmith, clarinetist, Max Lifchitz, pianist,
New York City and Albany.
Dream Cycle, choreographed for dance by the Concordia Dance Ensemble,
Elizabeth Langley, Director.
Earth March, SF Composers Chamber Orchestra
Flyer, North/South Chamber Orchestra, Wolfram Koessel, cello solo,
Max Lifchitz,conductor; Kalistos Chamber Orch., Chris Kim, conductor, Cora
Kuyvenhoven, cello, Denison University, Granville OH; SF Composers Chamber
Orch, Nina Flyer, cello, Mark Alburger, conductor.
Frequent Flyer, Charles Meinen, viola, Loretta Altman, pianist, Montreal.
Gretchen am Komputer, Elise Bédard, soprano, composer at piano, Montreal; Kristen
Jones, soprano, Fresh Voices Festival, SF.
Gypsy Ballads, Nanette Kaplan Solomon, pianist, Lorca conference, Madrid;
Max Lifchitz, pianist, New York City, Albany, Montreal.
The Gypsies Enter The Modern Age, Concordia Student Ensemble,
Liselyn Adams, Dir.
Icarus, New Pacific Trio, Stockton, Los Olivos, CA.
La Fille du Pêcheur, Michael Laucke, guitarist, and Shari Saunders, soprano,
Montreal.
Millennium Overture Dance, North/South Consonance, NYC; New Music Works,
Santa Cruz, Philip Collins, conductor.
Music for Human Choir, The Concordia Choir, Christopher Jackson, Director.
Schumanniana, Genevieve Beaudet, pianist, Montreal.
Soirtrios, Sven Meier, violinist, Nancy Corwin, violist, Charles Dallaire, clarinetist,
Montreal.
Songs (various), Jocelyne Fleury, mezzo-soprano, John Plant, pianist, Montreal.
Songs from the Border, Harriet March Page, soprano, San Francisco;
Margo MacKinnon, soprano, Montreal; Tracy Shuster, soprano, Montreal;
Agnes Sohier, soprano, Montreal; Vivienne Deane, alto, Montreal.
Street Suite, Max Lifchitz, pianist, New York, Albany, Buenos Aires;
Artur Cimirro, Bagé, Brazil
String Quartet No. 2, The Morency Quartet, Montreal.
String Quartet No. 3, Claudel Quartet, Montreal.
Three Hebrew Songs, The Saidye Bronfman Chamber Players, with
Mary Lou Basaraba, soprano, conducted by the composer, Montreal.
The Waves, The Twentieth-Century Ensemble (NYC): Elizabeth Jordan, soprano,
Karl Kraber, flutist, Chris Finckel, cellist, Diane Goldsmith, pianist,
various locations in New Jersey and New York.
ZOO, Le Quintette à vent de MontrÈal (with Louise Auclair, pianist).

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